Under the convention that every first thing starts with hello, the name of this post is self-explanatory 😊.

Why a personal website?

To have things to put on LinkedIn, as a way to jot down some thoughts and discoveries, as an alternative way for writing down some optimization-related math notes, and most importantly - it is an interesting thing to do.

How is this site generated?

The Short answer

This site is built using Hugo, with theme Doks, built on top of Thulite, hosted on Netlify.

The Not-so-short answer

• This static site is built using the static site generator (SSG) Hugo, which is Go-based. SSG is a convenient tool for generating nice webpages from Markdown files supplied by the user.
• The theme used in this site (which can be roughly understood as a set of pre-built configurations and clever customizations) is called Doks.
• Doks is also built on top of the web framework Thulite, powered by Hugo and npm.
• This site is hosted on Netlify, which provides services for hosting sites; for small sites, no fee is needed.

How to setup a Hugo Site?

1. Install Go and Hugo.
2. Browse the themes gallery, find one that you like the most and clone that into your machine.
3. Add contents and customize!

That’s basically it!