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This series tracks how the site moved from WordPress to Hugo, then grew into a static-first setup with GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages, search, validation, and small Cloudflare-backed API edges.
Deep-dive guide to migrating from WordPress to Hugo. Fix 40-second page loads and 2.5MB transfers with static HTML, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and nginx deployment. Includes export strategy, theme customization, and a secure deployment setup.
When Hugo plus GitHub Pages is enough, when it is not, and how this site grew into CI/CD, search, validation, and a small Cloudflare backend.