Finally an Update

This post links in with Travel because again it refers to the sense of having no time, but also it shows what happens if you update software without keeping an eye on the changes … the theme I used no longer builds with the version hugo now installed hugo v0.136.5+extended darwin/arm64 BuildDate=2024-10-24T12:26:27Z VendorInfo=brew and there are so many errors and elements broken due to internal hugo changes I’m not even sure I could update it. So either I revert back to level of hugo which works or I try out something new - new it is.

I’m trialling the Today I Learned or Console and both though they are completely different, the TIL theme the author notes is still in the early beta stage but I figured it worth a try as I like the idea of the graph, reminds me of org-roam or obsidians graph something I’m still getting used to but has potential. The title of the TIL theme is true as I have now learned to use hugo specific exports https://ox-hugo.scripter.co/doc/shortcodes/ and this was because the graph uses backlinks to draw itself and the style of those links is {{ < backlink "travelling" >}} which does not translate well so after a little reading I found using @@hugo:{{ < backlink "travelling" > }} @@ did the job however I’m sure there is a better way. One thing I was missing is the gallery element which I used for my photography side though I found this one: https://github.com/mfg92/hugo-shortcode-gallery/tree/master and once added as a sub-module the shortcode is available and working well. Check out his photography here: https://matze.rocks/images/ the one with black squirrel perfectly separated from the background and staring into you is my favourite so far but the one of an ibex? in B&W framed by the foliage really appeals to the old B&W developer in me.

Previously tags & categories provided the interlinking, perhaps the graph can be made to work for them instead of backlinks? though I like the idea of making something specifically linked but there is also the point that it might not be advisable working backlinks into all posts (you can see in the graph below this post links to the travel one) I like it but perhaps one should learn from the reason for this update, it was simple enough to migrate to this theme but adding the shortcode breaks other themes so perhaps do not use or add that functionality. Maybe the lesson is that unless you take ownership of the theme or freeze at a certain software level then you’re always going to face some major changes.

I still haven’t decided which one to use, I am slowly migrating content to both themes to see what they’re like but for a while I’ll trial one and see how I feel.