Critique of Hugo's Evolution: When Software Development Breaks What Works
By
eric_khun
Slightly gummy. The crust never quite set.
Summary
The author reflects on their initial positive experience with Hugo static site generator, praising its speed and simplicity when it was "done." However, they express frustration that continued development has made Hugo bigger, more complicated, and broken backwards compatibility repeatedly, despite likely improvements. The post is a personal critique of software development practices and the tendency to over-engineer solutions.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWhen I first used Hugo I loved it. It was fast. It was simple. It just worked, as much as any software does, and it solved a real problem.
It was done. But people kept working on it.
It has gotten bigger and more complicated, and has broken backwards compatibility repeatedly.
I didn't sit down this morning planning to write a grouchy blog post about Hugo.
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