Blog on Rishabh

On Minimal Tools

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Every tool you adopt is a tool you have to maintain. The fewer moving parts in your setup, the less time you spend fixing it and the more time you spend actually working.

My rule of thumb: prefer programs that read and write plain text, that can be composed together, and that will still run on whatever computer I own in ten years.

Why Everyone Should Have a Personal Website

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Social media platforms come and go. Their algorithms decide who sees what you write, and their terms of service decide whether you can keep writing at all.

A personal website is different. You own the domain, you own the files, and you decide what goes on it.

The best time to start a website was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

It doesn’t have to be complicated

You don’t need a CMS, a JavaScript framework, or a monthly subscription. A handful of HTML files on a static host is enough. Tools like Hugo just make writing those files more pleasant.

Hello, World

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first post on my new website. I built it with Hugo because I wanted something I own, something that will still work in twenty years, and something that doesn’t need a database to show a few paragraphs of text.

Writing a new post is as simple as adding a Markdown file to content/blog/:

hugo new content blog/my-new-post.md