After years of building software and writing technical documentation, I decided to create a blog to share my experience and help others on similar journeys. This article walks through how I set up my technical blog, aimed at those new to blogging or Hugo. Choosing the platform For me, it’s important to have as minimal a solution as possible. While building my own Markdown-to-HTML publishing script is an idea for the future, my immediate priority was to get the blog online quickly.