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How to create a custom mode for Hugo-PaperMod theme using go template and html

If you are reading this post, you might already be wondering what theme I use. It is not a secret. I use Hugo-PaperMod for this blog. It is a minimalistic looking theme which just so happens to be pretty feature rich at the same time. Hugo-PaperMod offers you three modes in which you can display the landing page of your blog. Regular Mode Home Info Mode Profile Mode I appreciate these modes as they are....

February 3, 2024 · 2 min · 422 words · eakangk
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Style Modifications to Hugo PaperMod

I wanted to give a shout out to a Github Repository that I came across, which hosted some custom CSS for modifying the look of papermod by a tiny bit. I thought I’d try it and hence the shout out. Checkout hugo-PaperMod-Mod. The styles include: thumbnails sidebar table of contents wider posts on landing page

February 2, 2024 · 1 min · 55 words · eakangk
Coffee

Hugo Partial for Buy me a coffee button

So you have started using Hugo for your website or blog or whatever you have built and you came across something called Shortcode. If Hugo were a programming language, shortcodes would be sub-routines, or reusable units of code. - Eakan But the truth is Hugo is not a programming language. It is a static site generator that generates content based on markdown files. Markdown syntax is pretty limited. So how do you make your website as attractive and engaging as any other modern website with these limitations?...

December 26, 2023 · 4 min · 785 words · eakangk
Handshake

What happens during a TLS handshake?

Background I have been wondering how to simplify the concept of handshakes - not the human handshakes; I’m talking about the computer ones, like the ones that happen between a server and a client when establishing a connection over HTTPS. So I went reading online to see if the content was digestible for everyone - including beginners. I couldn’t find a simple diagrammatic representation, so I thought maybe this is my chance to draw them and help others understand it at a glance....

October 22, 2023 · 2 min · 322 words · eakangk
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Handling conflicts in a high performing team

Conflicts are healthy Did the title of this section, set off alarm bells in your head? Maybe it depends on your experience with conflicts. In the early days of my career, I thought conflicts were unhealthy and I used to get into conflicts a lot because as an engineer, I had my opinion on solving a problem a certain way. And obviously my way was the best way because I had done my reading and compared other solutions and made my decision based on that research....

September 17, 2023 · 7 min · 1389 words