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title: "Let's get started!"
date: 2019-12-07
draft: false

featured_image: /images/flymetothemoon.jpg

tags:
- hugo

categories: 
- Tech
- Photography

---

I've been meaning to blog for a while. At the same time, I did not want to go back to Wordpress & Co and the whole set up and headache it involves with databases, overkill amount of plugins etc... I wanted something simple. 


It quickly was clear that, for my needs, a static website generator would be best. And there are literally *hundreds* of projects out there. 

**Rule #1**: When in doubt, start with the biggest (as in: most popular/used) tool. 

So, naturally, I tried to set up [Jekyll][1]. Two steps into the "Quick Start" process, something failed. Something related to gems / Ruby setup and permissions. This brought familiar memories of such pains I had with Ruby years ago when playing with [Redmine][2]. I am sure this is nothing big and easy to fix if you know how, but...

**Rule #2**: If you have a gazillion alternatives, don't waste time trying to solve little problems with your first choice right from the start. 

So I moved on to the [Hugo][3] website - and here we are. 

This will be a slow journey of learning how to use this in the most practical way while starting to write more regularly. Should be fun!


[1]: https://jekyllrb.com
[2]: https://www.redmine.org
[3]: https://gohugo.io