# Welcome to Maceage's blog!

*2024-01-07*

> Welcome to Maceage's blog!


## Welcome to my blog!

Welcome! This is probably the second or third time that I've tried to create a blog over the years.

Previous attempts have involved creating a [wiki](https://github.com/ScrewTurnWiki/wiki) or thinking about using [WordPress](https://wordpress.org/) with a backend database such as [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/).

While [Medium](https://medium.com/) and [Blogger](https://www.blogger.com/) are popular blogging platforms, they often require a subscription, and I feel that you're not really in control of your own content.

Therefore, I wanted something that was simple, portable, version-controlled, easy to maintain and secure. I also didn't want particularly want to run a Virtual Private Server (VPS) as that seemed overkill.

With the advent of [Markdown](https://www.markdownguide.org/), [GoLang](https://golang.org/), the awesome [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) and [Amazon Web Services](https://aws.amazon.com/), I decided to create this blog using a static site generator.

While I could have opted for [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) or [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/), after some research and comparisons I settled on [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/).

I also wanted a clean, responsive design, and so I'm using the [primer-blog](https://github.com/ngs/hugo-primer-blog) theme by Atsushi Nagase that uses GitHub's [Primer CSS](https://primer.style/) design system.

The intention of this blog is to document learnings, experiences and share knowledge.

Here's hoping you find this useful as much as I enjoy publishing to it!