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+title: hugo blog rewrite
+date: 2021-03-24T16:16:11-04:00
+tags:
+- blog
+---
+
+i finally got sick of some outstanding bashblog bugs and decided to rewrite my blog
+with [hugo](https://gohugo.io)
+
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+
+## why fix something that ain't broken?
+
+there are several [major bugs](https://tildegit.org/team/bashblog/issues) in
+bashblog that i haven't had the time or interest to fix. luckily, i have my
+blog source in a [git repo](https://tildegit.org/ben/tilde), so the messed-up
+files are relatively easy to fix up.
+
+my theory is that the cognitive load of dealing with those bugs has been
+preventing me from writing any new posts... (among other current events).
+
+plus i guess i just needed a project!
+
+## the hard part
+
+it was a bit of a struggle to get my blogposts converted over to a proper format.
+
+bashblog maintains the tags with a plaintext link line at the bottom of the file
+and keeps track of modify dates _on the filesystem_ using `date -r` and `touch -t`
+to keep them up to date.
+
+this makes it hard to work with the blog in any place other than where it's already
+deployed live. additionally, parsing the tags to another format was a bit of a headache...
+
+i ended up writing a little [script](https://tildegit.org/ben/blog/src/branch/main/fix_dates.sh)
+to pull the timestamp from bashblog's generated html since i no longer had the original
+file metadata.
+
+## time to write more
+
+i'm always tempted to play with the publishing process instead of actually writing.
+
+we'll see how well i can avoid the temptation now!
+
+
+