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Ive used mkdocs at work, and Hugo for my personal blogs and sites (I recently created https://cyphersrd.quest https://cyphersrd.quest using Hugo). I will say a
by Daegalus 4y ago
Ive used mkdocs at work, and Hugo for my personal blogs and sites (I recently created https://cyphersrd.quest https://cyphersrd.quest using Hugo).
I will say at first its always takes a second to remember how all the folders nad files interplay, especially the `_index.md` file, but after that its super clean.
I tend to find a theme that I like that is MIT or ISC licensed, and then modify it from there to my liking. Like for the site I linked, I started with `hugo-book` but didn't like some of the coloring, so I transplanted a good chunk of Water.css into it and it looks good now.
- baby 4y agoEvery time I use hugo I feel like it’s way too complicated for what it offers
- Daegalus 4y agoI think thats mostly because the default setup and boilerplate make it seem that way. You only really need a `config.{toml,yaml,json}` a `content` folder and a 1 file theme like the one in the article of this thread. Everything else is just extras. I will admit I am currently for fun working on my own static site generator, and its slowly getting pretty complex just implementing the basics. Which gives me a new appreciation for what Hugo is doing, and many other site generators. The more generic and multi-featured you make it, the complexity just increases.
- baby 4y agoI think my gripes are mostly in how the folder is organized. It’s just confusing.