Sometimes Code Blog

A personal blog built with Hugo, designed for longevity and simplicity.

Quick Start

1. Install Hugo: brew install hugo
2. Clone with submodules: git clone --recurse-submodules <repo-url>
3. Start development server: hugo server --buildDrafts
4. View at: http://localhost:1313

Writing Content

New Post

hugo new content posts/my-new-post.md

Categories

• Use categories = ['programming'] for technical posts
• Use categories = ['family'] for personal/family posts

Publishing

• Set draft = false in the frontmatter to publish

Project Structure

├── content/
│   ├── posts/          # Blog posts
│   └── resume.md       # Resume page
├── themes/ananke/      # Hugo theme (git submodule)
├── hugo.toml           # Site configuration
└── .github/workflows/  # Deployment automation

Deployment

Digital Ocean Setup

1. Server Requirements:

   • Ubuntu 22.04+ droplet
   • Nginx installed
   • SSL certificate (use certbot)

2. GitHub Secrets (for automatic deployment):

   • DO_HOST: Your server IP or domain
   • DO_USERNAME: SSH username (usually root or ubuntu)
   • DO_SSH_KEY: Private SSH key for server access

3. Server Setup:

   # Create web directory
   sudo mkdir -p /var/www/sometimescode.com
   
   # Copy nginx config
   sudo cp nginx-example.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/sometimescode.com
   sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/sometimescode.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
   
   # Get SSL certificate
   sudo certbot --nginx -d sometimescode.com -d www.sometimescode.com
   
   # Restart nginx
   sudo systemctl restart nginx
   

Manual Deployment

# Build site
hugo --minify

# Upload to server
scp -r public/* user@server:/var/www/sometimescode.com/

Development

• Theme: Ananke with custom dark mode
• Hugo Version: 0.150.0+
• Content Format: Markdown with YAML frontmatter
• Dark Mode: Custom CSS and JavaScript implementation with toggle button

Philosophy

This blog is built for longevity:

• Markdown files: Human-readable, future-proof content
• Static generation: No database dependencies
• Simple theme: Minimal dependencies, maximum compatibility
• Git history: Complete version control of all content

The goal is for this blog to be readable and maintainable for decades to come.