Robin Tom's Blog

A minimal developer blog built with Hugo.

Quick Start

Prerequisites

Install Hugo (extended version not required):

# macOS
brew install hugo

# Windows (scoop)
scoop install hugo

# Windows (choco)
choco install hugo

# Linux (snap)
snap install hugo

Development

# Start dev server with drafts
hugo server -D

# Site available at http://localhost:1313
# Auto-reloads on file changes

Create New Post

hugo new posts/my-new-post.md

Edit the file in content/posts/my-new-post.md. Set draft: false when ready to publish.

Build for Production

hugo --minify

Output goes to public/ directory.

Deploy to Cloudflare Pages

1. Push this repo to GitHub
2. Go to Cloudflare Pages
3. Create new project → Connect to Git → Select your repo
4. Build settings:
   • Build command: hugo --minify
   • Build output directory: public
   • Environment variable: HUGO_VERSION = 0.140.0
5. Deploy!

Every push to main will auto-deploy.

Project Structure

├── content/posts/    # Blog posts (markdown)
├── content/about.md  # About page
├── layouts/          # HTML templates
├── static/css/       # Stylesheet
├── static/js/        # Theme toggle
└── hugo.toml         # Configuration

Customization

• Site title/author: Edit hugo.toml
• Colors: Edit CSS variables in static/css/style.css
• Intro text: Edit layouts/index.html
• About page: Edit content/about.md

Documentation

See DEVLOG.md for detailed explanations of how everything works.