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title: Overmind Studios
date: 2023-01-23

description: "A fresh start to make things easier in the future."

# The URL to the site on the internet.
siteURL: https://www.overmind-studios.de/

# Link to the site's Hugo source code if public and you can/want to share.
# Remove or leave blank if not needed/wanted.
siteSource:

# Add credit to the article author. Leave blank or remove if not needed/wanted.
byline: "[tobkum](https://github.com/tobkum), Co-Founder Overmind Studios"

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After many years of running our site on WordPress, we decided to switch to Hugo.

After running our site on the Wordpress CMS for quite some years, the downsides of this became more and more apparent. Plugins weren't updated to work with newer Wordpress versions, customization was hard, the page was slow to load due to all the added bloat.\
So we decided to have a fresh start. The main reasons that attracted me to Hugo:
- Fast to build and iterate
- No PHP needed
- Customization (we needed a range of different pages and layouts, as well as video backgrounds)
- Simplicity/easy to learn
- Security (no backend or MySQL database that can be broken into)

Since webdesign/programming is not our core business, we are happy that updating the website with new projects is a breeze now. We have a great Lighthouse score, the loading times are great from almost everywhere on earth and we have more time being creative instead of trying to work around the quirks and not breaking the website with every update.
WordPress is a great CMS for many people, but it has some downsides, especially for those who need a fast, secure, and customizable site. Plugins can become outdated, customization can be difficult, and bloat can slow down page loading times.

Hugo is a static site generator that addresses many of these problems. It is fast to build and iterate, does not require PHP, is highly customizable, and is easy to learn and use. It is also secure, as it does not have a backend or MySQL database that can be hacked.

We are very happy with our switch to Hugo. It is easy to update our site with new projects, and our Lighthouse score and loading times are both excellent. We now have more time to be creative instead of troubleshooting WordPress quirks and updates.

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