Happy birthday!!! 🎂
At long last, after years of owning this domain, I finally had the desire to put up a site to show that yes - this domain actually exists!
As embarassing as it sounds, I had already planned on making something like this years ago when I first got the domain but I dreaded the thought of designing and making the site from scratch. Not like I’m going to need something complex, I just wanted something simple like the one you are looking at right now. But still, the whole idea of doing all the CSS stuff and whatnot put me off. I’d heard of the existence of static site generators before but I never really paid much attention to them.
Until yesterday. I’d received an email notification for the renewal of this domain so I went ahead and renewed it before I forget about it expiring in February. I also played with changing the DNS settings a bit before finally deciding to transfer to a cheaper registrar. At that point, I was like: “Well, we’ve come this far transfering and renewing so why not take it up a notch and make something like a landing page for once? You know, just so there is something to look at in the browser when we visit the address?” Now I had ditched the idea of building it from scratch so I looked for something quick and easy. After some light Googling I came upon Hugo and now here we are. And I was not expecting it to be THAT quick and easy. It was very simple to install and I promise you (provided that you at least know the basics of web programming) that you won’t spend too much time reading docs just to get one site running.
If you’re interested, learn more about Hugo here:
Hoping the best for everyone in 2025.