Rolling Around at the Speed of Light

Hugo is “The world’s fastest framework for building websites,” and by that I think they mean that it’s quick to compile, and it’s true. Hugo is quick as heck - I’ve never seen a faster system.

So what?

The build time is not the bottleneck, right? I mean, I spend at least 10 times the time writing code, so what does it matter if my build times are a little long?

The reality is a fast build time is invaluable.

Gatsby; that Other Static Site Generator

I make a bunch of websites. Like, a lot of websites. When you’re that, it’s good to rely on a standard set of tools, and more and more I’m leaning on Gatsby for the heavy lifting. It’s got a core group of features that are supplemented by an even richer plugin library.

For most of my projects I’ve needed some more hands-on customization and I don’t see a whole lot of Gatsby blogs talking about exactly how things are set up. So it’s up to this Hugo blog to do it!