Tech

This site runs on Hugo with the PaperMod theme, bilingual content, and Algolia for search. None of those choices were difficult. Wiring them together produced four bugs that were, so this post is mostly about those. Why Hugo The decision came down to Hugo against Hexo. Two requirements settled it: content organised by directory, and a tolerable path for Org-mode files. Hugo maps content/ directly onto URL structure. A file at content/tech/foo.md becomes /tech/foo/ and the tech directory becomes a section with its own list page. No plugin, no configuration. Hexo can be pushed into the same shape with permalink rules and a category plugin, but it is a workaround rather than the design. ...