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+date = 2020-02-15T12:11:43Z
+title = "Building a Blog with Hugo"
+slug = "my-hugo-blog"
+description = ""
+tags = ["Hugo"]
+categories = ["Blog"]
+series = []
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+wanted to build a blog.
+
+decided on hugo.  
+why?
+
+customisation  
+dark mode -- persistence
+material icons, not fontawesome - fontawesome bloated,
+  unfortunately no social icons
+  require only a few icons so decided to use svg and partial templates
+  this does duplicate the code (the rendered code, not the source code - duplication of code is bad in source code) but because of the size of them think this is worth it
+  adds a little to size of page - but don't need to load fontawesome file (although probably cached when using cdn)
+  could have used them as regular assets and included in img tag but why didn't I? 
+
+challenges  
+not knowing Go  
+solution - learn go in y minutes  
+looks an interesting language - would like to learn more when got enough time  
+
+impressions of hugo  
+fast  
+sometimes forget just how fast static sites are  
+
+the future  
+add comments - don't like sound of disquss  
+consider adding google analytics  
+conflicted about google