Forget anything I said about Hugo in my last post about SSG. I do not remember the reasons why I chose hexo over Hugo.

But on my mission to replace most software I use daily with something written in Go, I took a second look at Hugo. And now this site is powered by Hugo.

The migration was surprisingly easy as I only had to copy all markdown files and images from the hexo folder to Hugo, find (and tune) a theme and thats basically it. Gone is the gigantic pile of node modules and (nearly) the entire JavaScript crapchain.

In recent years, static site generators have gained popularity among web developers and content creators alike. They offer a simple yet powerful solution for building and maintaining websites that are fast, secure (I am looking at you PHP ..), and easy to deploy. One of the key advantages of static site generators - at least for me - is their ability to work with Markdown, a lightweight markup language that allows you to write content using plain text formatting.