Day 1: Setting Up My Technical Blog with Hugo

What I Learned Today

Today marks the beginning of my daily blogging journey! I decided to document my learning progress publicly to:

• Stay accountable
• Share knowledge with the community
• Track my progress over time
• Help others on similar paths

Accomplishments

✅ Set up Hugo static site generator
✅ Configured Hugoplate theme
✅ Customized homepage for ConfigThatWorks brand
✅ Created Daily Blogs section
✅ Learned about Hugo’s content structure

Technical Details

Theme Customization:

• Updated site branding and metadata
• Modified homepage content sections
• Configured navigation menu
• Set up SEO optimization

Tools Used:

• Hugo v0.144+
• TailwindCSS v4.0
• Git for version control
• VS Code for editing

Challenges Faced

The main challenge was understanding Hugo’s content organization and how to structure different content types (blog posts, daily updates, technical guides).

Solution: Created separate content sections with their own _index.md files for better organization.

What’s Next

Tomorrow I plan to:

• Write about my current home lab setup
• Document my network automation workflow
• Share my Vim configuration

Resources

• Hugo Documentation
• Hugoplate Theme

Tags: #Hugo #BlogSetup #WebDevelopment #LearningJourney
Time Spent: 2 hours
Difficulty: ⭐⭐☆☆☆