https://john-jkar.github.io/myblog/tags/hugo/Recent content in Hugo on 4mN3s14 | CTF Player & StudentHugoen-usWed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://john-jkar.github.io/myblog/posts/the-pain-of-building-this-blog/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://john-jkar.github.io/myblog/posts/the-pain-of-building-this-blog/<h1 id="the-pain-of-building-this-blog">The Pain of Building This Blog.</h1> <p>Let&rsquo;s be real: setting up this blog was torture.</p> <h2 id="the-struggle">The Struggle</h2> <ul> <li><strong>TOML errors</strong>: Spent hours fixing config syntax</li> <li><strong>Template hell</strong>: Theme had broken syntax</li> <li><strong>About page mystery</strong>: <code>about/_index.md</code> vs <code>about.md</code> confusion</li> <li><strong>Cache demons</strong>: Hugo cached everything</li> <li><strong>Avatar saga</strong>: 4 hours to get transparent PNG working</li> </ul> <h2 id="why-bother">Why Bother?</h2> <ol> <li><strong>Learning</strong>: Debugging Hugo taught me systems</li> <li><strong>Control</strong>: No WordPress bloat, no Medium restrictions</li> <li><strong>CTF practice</strong>: Finding syntax errors = RE practice</li> </ol> <h2 id="the-win">The Win</h2> <p>After days of frustration:</p>