How I Version My Blog?
When I moved this blog from WordPress to Hugo, I added a version number to the footer. While it served no practical purpose at the time, it made the blog feel more polished, more deliberate—an aesthetic touch, rather than utilitarian. I used to update it occasionally, but often used to forget about it and it was never automated.
A few months later, during a casual conversation, a friend asked, “You seem to tweak your blog a lot. How many times have you changed it?”. It was meant to poke fun at my endless fiddling with the blog’s design and features, but the question stayed in my mind.
Let’s address the elephant in the room: version control for blogs isn’t necessary, especially for personal blogs. It’s not like software where a misplaced change can crash an entire system, or academic research where drafts evolve significantly over time.
Version control systems truly shine when managing package releases or software distributions. You’ve probably encountered this yourself - a tech support representative asking about your app version or device firmware while troubleshooting.
