Today I worked on some small visual improvements and tweaks on the site. Content creation and management are still new to me when using static site generators like Hugo, so it takes a while to get used to the workflow and adjust to some of the limitations.
One limitation for me is the lack of a traditional CMS. But that’s not really what Hugo and similar tools were designed for, so I can’t complain too much. I previously tried building a family blog, which ended up being too difficult to manage. I made one post and almost went nuts trying to add Disneyland photos into it.
This time around with casualnerd.net, I decided to try using the Obsidian markdown editor as my main “CMS.” The setup was actually pretty simple: link Obsidian to the local site folder, install the Git plugin, configure a few options (remove wikilink tags, set up a hotkey for Git commits, etc.), and create a front matter template.
After a few small adjustments, everything seems to be working nicely.
Now I can focus on the fun part: reviewing, researching, and posting.