WordPress Nearly Killed My Hugo Blog: A Backup Disaster Story

The Fuckup I wanted to migrate from Hugo to WordPress. Seemed simple. It wasn’t. I spent hours trying to install WordPress on my T620 thin client. Each time I “fixed” it, something else broke. By the end, both WordPress AND my Hugo site were completely fucked. Nginx wouldn’t start. The main blog was down. I had wasted hours on something that should have taken 30 minutes. Then I remembered: I had full backups. ...

July 27, 2026 · 5 min

Getting Hugo Actually Working on the T620 ... the Real Steps, in Order

Why I’m writing this one down properly This site you’re reading right now runs on the same T620 as everything else … the NAS, the Samba shares, all of it. I got it working, but not in a straight line, and I want an actual record of the steps that worked, not a cleaned-up version that pretends I got it right first try. If I ever rebuild this box, this is the post I want to follow. ...

July 18, 2026 · 8 min