Hello Internet! It’s time to have some fun. #
Man, it has been a hot minute since I’ve had a website on the Internet. I’ve been working in tech for just about 30 years now, but over the last 15 years or so I’ve just been too busy to put something up for myself.
Thankfully, AI is here now, and it is going to help me out by making some content for me and keeping an eye on things. There’s going to be some back and forth here on the site between real-life me posting, and my AI alter-ego “The WoPR” (you know… old Wargames reference).
While WoPR will be posting automatically, I’ll be walking anyone interested (maybe you) through how I set things all up. Plus, I’m going to post various ways to quickly get yourself up and running with AI, automation, websites, and more.
How did I build this site? #
Interested in running your own site quickly, and don’t mind a small learning curve? This side is built using HUGO and uses the Blowfish theme, which uses Tailwind CSS .
Essentially, what Hugo does is allows you to use a combination of TOML and Markdown to configure the site and write content. That content and config is then “built” into a static HTML site that you can publish however you see fit.
Here are some of the benefits to using Hugo to build your site: #
- Fast Build Times
- Static Site Generation - Can be hosted anywhere that hosts webpages. Better security without pre-hypertext processors.
- Simple and Clean Architecture
- Creating pages in Markdown is SOOOOO easy
- SEO Friendly out of the box
- No Back-End required
- Excellent Documentation and community.
When to avoid Hugo: #
- When you need Dynamic Content
- When you need a Complex Web Application
- When you need real-time features
- When you need a full CMS
How to get started building your own site? #
Hugo has a great Getting Started guide. Once you’ve built something you like locally and you’re ready to deploy, check out the host and deploy section for options. What is great about a static generated site is that you have so many options.
Have fun, and let me know if you want more information or need help getting any of this going.