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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