Take the Leap! 10 Steps to Building Your Personal Blog With AWS + Hugo | Ready, Set, Cloud!

In 2020, content is king. It has never been easier to get started with your own blog to create, publish, and promote your work.

They say you’re not cool unless you write. I don’t know who says it, but they do. I’m sure.

There are 30,000 writers on Medium, a whopping 2 million WordPress sites, and a total estimated 500 million blog sites. With roughly 1.7 billion websites today, blogs account for almost a third of the internet.

You see the numbers and decide you want to get in on the action. Why not? You’re an expert in something and there are people out there interested in what you have to say. That is a fact.

As a techie, you like fine grain control over your content. You don’t want your words edited or censored by posting on Medium. You want to tinker with the way your blog looks without digging into php and a smorgasbord of plugins if you went with Wordpress.

So it’s time to start your own blog!

What are my options?

Static site generators are about to be your new best friend.