Hexo, Hugo, Astro 🚀
I originally chose Hugo because it was stable and well-structured.
It worked well for writing and organizing content.
But over time, the site slowly turned into Markdown mixed with a lot of HTML and shortcodes, which made the content harder to maintain.
I explored a few other options along the way, including Sveltia, Decap, Publii, and Ghost.
I also briefly tried adding a CMS layer, but it quickly felt unnecessary for how I actually use this site.
What I wanted to keep was simple: GitHub hosting, with the flexibility to customize both pages and the blog, without introducing extra tooling to maintain.
Astro felt like a better fit for keeping content and layout loosely coupled, without adding more abstraction ✨
The hardest parts of this migration were:
- Converting Hugo shortcodes 🧩
- Figuring out how to migrate with minimal changes, without rewriting the whole theme 🧱
- Summary handling (Hugo
morevs Astro) ✂️
Many problems were not technical, but about deciding what to keep and what to let go.
For now, the goal was to get everything working again with a clean structure.
Next, I’m planning to re-theme the site and clean up some old decisions 🎨