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Hugo user here. I just wanted to reinforce your message - I sometimes think about posting on Medium instead, for "hits"... When I crave attention; but as you sa

Hugo user here. I just wanted to reinforce your message - I sometimes think about posting on Medium instead, for "hits"... When I crave attention; but as you said, those readers likely aren't my target audience anyhow. For those thinking of using Hugo (or any static site generator), do it!

__turbobrew__ 5y ago
Similarly, it took me about 2 hours to set up a personal Jekyll website with a deployment script to a S3 static website cached by cloud front. I usually pay less than $1 per month in AWS fees. No trackers, no JavaScript, no third party assets. If you can get away with a static website it is definitely the way to go and the tools are out there and easy to use.
- strokirk 5y ago
  Don't you also need to pay for a domain name?
  - approxim8ion 5y ago
    Not if you use GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Netlify, Neocities etc etc. They all offer the same kind of deal substack and wordpress do, ie an author.platformname.com kind of domain.
  - __turbobrew__ 5y ago
    Yes, I have a route 53 domain name for approx $14/yr
ghoward 5y ago
Yes, do it! Hugo is great because it's fast. [1] Fast software is the best software. [2] (Comments: [3]) Speed is the killer feature. [4] (Comments: [5]) Slow software is an opportunity for competitors. [6] [1]: https://gavinhoward.com/2019/12/performance-matters-jekyll-vs-hugo/ https://gavinhoward.com/2019/12/performance-matters-jekyll-v... [2]: https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/ https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/ [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20517144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20517144 [4]: https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/ https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/ [5]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26312516 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26312516 [6]: https://fabiensanglard.net/silicone/index.html https://fabiensanglard.net/silicone/index.html
- Lammy 5y ago
  Hugo is great until you want to do something it doesn't support. The performance and single-binary nature of Hugo are really cool, but I ended up sticking with Jekyll for its robust plugins API despite the trade-offs in speed and complexity (dealing with gem/bundler, maybe even rbenv, etc)
  - ghoward 5y ago
    That makes sense; there's always a tradeoff. For me, it was a lot of work to switch from Jekyll to Hugo, and for some, that's not worth it.

__turbobrew__ 5y ago

Similarly, it took me about 2 hours to set up a personal Jekyll website with a deployment script to a S3 static website cached by cloud front. I usually pay less than $1 per month in AWS fees. No trackers, no JavaScript, no third party assets. If you can get away with a static website it is definitely the way to go and the tools are out there and easy to use.

strokirk 5y ago
Don't you also need to pay for a domain name?
- approxim8ion 5y ago
  Not if you use GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Netlify, Neocities etc etc. They all offer the same kind of deal substack and wordpress do, ie an author.platformname.com kind of domain.
- __turbobrew__ 5y ago
  Yes, I have a route 53 domain name for approx $14/yr

ghoward 5y ago

Yes, do it! Hugo is great because it's fast. [1] Fast software is the best software. [2] (Comments: [3]) Speed is the killer feature. [4] (Comments: [5]) Slow software is an opportunity for competitors. [6] [1]: https://gavinhoward.com/2019/12/performance-matters-jekyll-vs-hugo/ https://gavinhoward.com/2019/12/performance-matters-jekyll-v... [2]: https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/ https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/ [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20517144 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20517144 [4]: https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/ https://bdickason.com/posts/speed-is-the-killer-feature/ [5]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26312516 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26312516 [6]: https://fabiensanglard.net/silicone/index.html https://fabiensanglard.net/silicone/index.html

Lammy 5y ago
Hugo is great until you want to do something it doesn't support. The performance and single-binary nature of Hugo are really cool, but I ended up sticking with Jekyll for its robust plugins API despite the trade-offs in speed and complexity (dealing with gem/bundler, maybe even rbenv, etc)
- ghoward 5y ago
  That makes sense; there's always a tradeoff. For me, it was a lot of work to switch from Jekyll to Hugo, and for some, that's not worth it.