Own Your Stack, Part 2: The How
Building a custom Hugo theme from scratch, wrangling Wrangler, and discovering that the finished automation always looks trivial but the knowledge baked into it never is.
Infrastructure, automation, and operational thinking applied to real projects. These posts cover the DevOps decisions behind building and running production systems.
Building a custom Hugo theme from scratch, wrangling Wrangler, and discovering that the finished automation always looks trivial but the knowledge baked into it never is.
Technology selection, cost analysis, and bootstrapping a Hugo site with Claude Code. The napkin math, the theme trap, and why mentoring your AI assistant matters more than prompting it.
I build interesting things constantly and share almost none of it. This series is about fixing that by replacing a $384/year platform with a zero-cost stack I actually control.
Introducing The Clouditect — a cloud consulting practice built on partnership, trust, and simplifying technology for businesses of all sizes.