Intro

In my last post I went over creating a blogging workflow that utilized Obsidian, Hugo, and GitHub. The Obsidian plugin streamlined the migration of data from Obsidian to Hugo, but the building and deployment of the Hugo site involved a little jiggery-pokery.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could automate the process? Here’s where bash scripting comes to the rescue. I’ll post an example of my script here and then I’ll go over what it does.

Intro

The idea here is to create a blog based personal website that doesn’t cost anything but a bit of time and elbow grease.

This is the tech stack I’ll be using:

• Hugo - A static website generator.
• GitHub Pages - Hosts the static website for free.
• Obsidian - A note taking application used to create the blog posts and adds the Markdown for formatting.
• Dropbox - I’m using cloud storage to keep things backed up.

This solution could cost money if I want a custom domain name or need additional cloud storage, but a decent site can be created gratis.