How this site is made

I made a new website recently. My goals: Modern-looking Easy to maintain, minimal infrastructure Content lasts indefinitely even as web technologies come and go I decided on a static site, with content in Markdown and a modest amount of templating. I chose the Hugo static site generator with the PaperMod theme, plus a second theme for CV-type timelines. I used bundled system fonts (no Google Fonts tracking). I added small customisations using CSS and Hugo shortcodes including colour themes, a general timeline (in addition to the CV one), handy infoboxes and the like. Hugo makes this quite easy to achieve while still using mostly standard markdown. That bodes well for being able to move to other systems as the years roll on. ...

February 10, 2026 · 171 words · Dan Shearer

Website challenge

My new website is nice enough, but it really needs work. I’m offering prizes! Small fixes for wording, grammar or links - my warmest thanks A page or more of such small fixes - I will buy you the (non-outrageous) beverage of your choice A substantial improvement or correction consisting of a page or more - a pizza from a mutally agreed place 10 non-trivial pull requests for the codeberg repository - I’ll help you learn Linux, if that’s a thing you want Assistance to help me fix any of the following list - prizes as per the above, based on scale/complexity Here’s the list of things I have yet to sort: ...

February 10, 2026 · 195 words · Dan Shearer