What is Hugo blog awesome?
It is a Hugo theme to create a blog/website using the Hugo static site generator.
- Link to GitHub repo: hugo-sid/hugo-blog-awesome
- Tech stack: Hugo (Go templating), HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript.
Why did I create this project?
I felt the need to create a blog which is:
- Fast - since the final output is static HTML (usually deployed to a CDN) & no external libraries are included
- Minimal - because less is more
- Responsive - mobile devices can’t be ignored
- Light and dark modes - reading content should be less stressful on eyes
- Syntax highlighting - code should look like code
- RSS feed - support for the old fashioned
- No jQuery, Bootstrap, Fontawesome & Google fonts - we don’t need libraries for simple menu toggle, theme toggle, responsive design etc. Saves around 100-200 KB of data transfer on each page load.
- 100/100 Google PageSpeed Insights score on all 4 metrics - because performance, accessibility, best Practices & SEO matters.
Tools used
Tech: Hugo (Go templating), HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript.
Other tools/skills: managing issues, review/merge pull requests & managing community (GitHub discussions).
Fun facts
- I have received 9 coffees (each coffee worth $5) so far from people who have found this theme useful.
- The project receives around 1 star/day (first 3 months average) on GitHub.