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+title: "About"
+date: 2025-06-03T10:29:25-04:00
+draft: true
+---
+
+After procrastinating for a long time, finally got to starting my blog. I
+decided to go use static site generators and [hugo][0] easily. But the problem
+was with choosing a theme.
+
+### Choosing a theme
+
+My requirements for a theme:
+
+1. Absolutely no external requests from browser. Like, no CDNs, no
+   'fonts.gstatic.com', etc.
+2. No complex javascript/css build setup. I am not a front-end dev, not willing
+   to waste time learning current javascript tools which will be outdated every
+   time I write a blog post.
+3. Small enough, I can review and understand the entire theme code.
+
+At first, I didn't want to use a theme. I started to create one using
+[bootstrap][1]. Turned out to be too difficult to customize. Then tried to
+write css from scratch. It was a disaster. When I write code, I don't stop when
+the code does what I want, I try to go through all the possible methods and
+make sure I am doing in the best possible way . In css, there are thousands of
+settings and millions of ways to do achive the same thing.
+
+I have now settled with [this][2] theme. My fork [here][3]. Please share if you
+have any suggestions to improve.
+
+[0]: https://gohugo.io
+[1]: https://getbootstrap.com
+[2]: https://github.com/stevenengler/no-js-hugo-theme
+[3]: https://gitea.balki.me/balki/no-js-hugo-theme