Launching My First Portfolio

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I’m really excited to share my very first portfolio website, built with Hugo and the Congo theme. 🎉

This portfolio is a big step for me — it will serve as a place to showcase my projects, write posts, and share my journey in tech.

Why Hugo + Congo? #

Hugo is a super-fast static site generator. Once I learned the basics, it became much easier to structure my site.
Congo is a clean, minimal, and customizable theme that works perfectly for portfolios and blogs.

Setup Commands #

Here are some of the key commands I used to get my portfolio up and running:

# Create a new Hugo site
hugo new site my-portfolio

# Move into the new site
cd my-portfolio

# Initialize Hugo modules (instead of using git submodules)
hugo mod init github.com/yourusername/my-portfolio

# Add the Congo theme
hugo mod get github.com/jpanther/congo/v2

# Copy the example config from Congo
cp -r themes/congo/config/_default config/_default

# Run the development server
hugo server