So I Made My Own Hugo Theme Kinda

Saying “no new theme” did not last long. The site had been running on Smigle, which is a solid Hugo theme, but it carried more functionality than needed. CSS overrides reached their limit, so the next step was to fork.

The fork respects the original license and credits the Smigle theme. The code lives on GitHub. Most changes focused on removing features rather than adding them. Reading time was removed, the footer was simplified to reflect the new theme and its history, and a few small cleanups reduced visual noise.

The goal is simple: keep the site fast, readable, and easy to maintain without chasing features that do not serve the writing.

Thanks for reading. If you are trimming a Hugo theme and have a neat approach to keeping attribution obvious and tidy, share it so others can learn from it.