Colophon
How bupd.xyz is built and maintained.
This site is intentionally boring infrastructure.
Stack
- Static site generator: Hugo
- Hosting target: Netlify
- Content format: Markdown files in
content/blogs/ - Styling: hand-written CSS in
static/css/site.css - Search: static JSON index generated by Hugo and queried in the browser
Build
The production build command is:
hugo --gc --minify
Design
The site is blog-first: quick to load, easy to read, and cheap to maintain. The visual direction is warm paper, navy ink, rounded cards, generous whitespace, and no runtime framework.
Maintenance rules
- Posts are Markdown files.
- URLs should stay stable after publishing.
- Prefer redirects over breaking old links.
- Keep JavaScript optional and small.
- Do not add a CMS unless writing becomes painful without it.