# Hello World · Divyam Ahuja
First post on my new blog, built with Hugo.
Author: Divyam Ahuja

# Hello World

DIVYAM AHUJA · 08 May 2026 | #meta #hugo

Welcome to my new blog! I’ve rebuilt my personal website from scratch using Hugo, a fast static site generator written in Go.

## Why Hugo?

I wanted something minimal, fast, and that gets out of the way. Hugo checks all the boxes:

- Blazing fast builds — the entire site builds in under 100ms
- Markdown-first — I write posts in plain markdown files
- Zero JavaScript — the site ships pure HTML and CSS
- Built-in features — syntax highlighting, RSS feeds, sitemaps, all out of the box

## The Design

The design is inspired by the Cactus Dark theme — a minimalist, terminal-inspired aesthetic with monospace typography and a dark color scheme. I built the theme from scratch for full control.

Here’s a quick code example to make sure syntax highlighting works:

    def greet(name: str) -> str:
        """Return a greeting message."""
        return f"Hello, {name}! Welcome to divyam.dev"

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        print(greet("World"))

And some JavaScript too:

    const fetchPosts = async () => {
      const response = await fetch('/api/posts');
      const posts = await response.json();
      return posts.filter(post => post.published);
    };

## What’s Next?

I plan to write about:

- Full-stack development patterns and best practices
- Side projects and what I learn building them
- Deep dives into interesting technical problems
- Tools and workflows that make development better

Stay tuned — there’s more coming soon.

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