From WordPress to a Go CMS: Why the Migration Was Easier Than Expected
Moving from WordPress to a Go-based CMS — what the WXR import handled, what needed manual work, and the surprises that made it easier than feared.
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Go html/template: Why Auto-Escaping Is Your Friend
Go's html/template escapes output automatically — that is the feature, not a limitation. How it stops the XSS you would otherwise write, and where it gets in the way.
How Comment Moderation Works in My CMS (Approve Before It Goes Live)
Comments are where a small site gets spammed and defaced. Here is the approve-first moderation flow that keeps comments useful without hiring a moderator.
E-E-A-T for a Solo Developer Site: Proving You Actually Used the Tools
Google rewards experience, expertise, authority, and trust. For a solo site the strongest signal is one you control: demonstrably real use of every tool you review.
Why I Moved This Site From a Static Generator to a CMS (That I Wrote Myself)
This site started as a hand-built static generator and moved to my own Go CMS. The honest reasons: content workflow, ad slots, and the cost of static's purity.
Why I Document Everything in the Repo (DEPLOY, DESIGN, SECURITY)
The docs that pay for themselves: a DEPLOY.md, a DESIGN.md, and a SECURITY.md in the repo. What each one prevents, and how to keep them honest.
How I Built a Static Site Generator in Go (and When You Should Too)
A hands-on account of writing a ~600-line Go static site generator for a data-driven site — the pieces, the pitfalls, and the honest build-vs-adopt decision.
The Single-Binary CMS: Why One Executable Beats a LAMP Stack
A Go CMS that is one executable plus a SQLite file. No PHP, no MySQL, no package soup — and what that does to deployment, security, and ops.
How a Data-Driven Tools Subsystem Works: Adding a Calculator Is a Config Entry
Behind the scenes of the /tools section: YAML definitions + a tested Go math engine + a JS mirror. Adding a new calculator is a config entry, not a code change.
Go Static Site Generator vs Hugo: I Just Built One, Here's the Honest Comparison
I hand-built a Go static site generator for this site. Here is the honest comparison against Hugo, from someone who has now done both.