divyam.dev/content/posts/hello-world.md

title	date	description	tags
Hello World	2026-05-08	First post on my new blog, built with Hugo.	meta hugo

Welcome to my new blog! I've rebuilt my personal website from scratch using Hugo, a fast static site generator written in Go.

Why Hugo?

I wanted something minimal, fast, and that gets out of the way. Hugo checks all the boxes:

• Blazing fast builds — the entire site builds in under 100ms
• Markdown-first — I write posts in plain markdown files
• Zero JavaScript — the site ships pure HTML and CSS
• Built-in features — syntax highlighting, RSS feeds, sitemaps, all out of the box

The Design

The design is inspired by the Cactus Dark theme — a minimalist, terminal-inspired aesthetic with monospace typography and a dark color scheme. I built the theme from scratch for full control.

Here's a quick code example to make sure syntax highlighting works:

def greet(name: str) -> str:
    """Return a greeting message."""
    return f"Hello, {name}! Welcome to divyam.dev"

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(greet("World"))

And some JavaScript too:

const fetchPosts = async () => {
  const response = await fetch('/api/posts');
  const posts = await response.json();
  return posts.filter(post => post.published);
};

What's Next?

I plan to write about:

• Full-stack development patterns and best practices
• Side projects and what I learn building them
• Deep dives into interesting technical problems
• Tools and workflows that make development better

Stay tuned — there's more coming soon.