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Why Hugo for Blogging?

As a developer who enjoys working with Python (especially Django) and React, it might seem natural to build my own blog platform using Django REST Framework for the backend and React for the frontend.

There are plenty of great Django libraries for blogging, as well as full-blown CMSs like Wagtail CMS, and building things from scratch is always tempting.

But for this blog, I chose Hugo (static site generator) for a few key reasons:

• Simplicity: Hugo lets me focus on writing content, not maintaining code. There’s no database, no backend to patch, and no frontend build pipeline to wrangle. But I can still follow Gitflow workflow.
• Speed: Hugo is incredibly fast. It generates the entire site in seconds, and the resulting static files are easy to host anywhere (e.g. with Cloudflare Pages).
• Content-First: With Hugo, I write posts in Markdown. There’s no admin panel to distract me, just my editor and my thoughts. I am very used to Markdown, because my main note-taking app is Obsidian - using symbolic links you can even use Obsidian as your “IDE”.
• Best Tool for the Job: While Django and React are powerful, they’re often overkill for a personal blog. Hugo is purpose-built for content sites, and it does that job exceptionally well.
• Low Maintenance: No server, no security updates, no dependencies to manage—just push and publish. Even though I use Docker every day and manage multiple Linux servers, it doesn’t mean I should do it for my personal blog.