Before I walk away, I want to give it to the ones who truly get it

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Years ago, I was just another dev working a stable but boring job, building stuff I didn’t care about.

One day, a friend messaged me:

“Yo, you heard of Hugo? Static site generator. Fast as hell. Uses Markdown.”

I checked it out.
And it hit me—this is what I actually wanna build for. Clean tools. No bloat. Full control.
So I quit my job to make something of my own.

A few months later, I launched HugoNest—a mobile app for Hugo users.
You can write blogs on your phone, sync with Git, and even use AI to help you start your posts.
No laptop needed. No distractions. Just you and your ideas.

But real talk?
It flopped.

Barely any downloads. I couldn’t even pay my server bill.
People told me to quit. Get a real job. Do consulting.
I almost gave up.

Then I saw this comment on GitHub from a dev in South Africa:

“Wrote my travel blog on the bus using HugoNest. No laptop. Just my phone. Thank you.”

That message? Man… it kept me going.

I realized HugoNest isn’t for the masses.
It’s for people like us—indie makers, devs, bloggers who wanna own their work, build without limits, and stay off the big platforms.

So I made one final decision:

I made HugoNest 100% free.

Not because it’s worthless.
But because I believe in it.
And I believe someone out there still needs it.

If you use Hugo, or you just wanna write your story your way—this is for you.

I don’t know if this will save the app.
But I know this:

Before I walk away, I want to give it to the ones who truly get it.

:mobile_phone: HugoNest - now FREE

Write, edit, and publish your Hugo blog from anywhere.
All you need is your phone.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Get it here

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I just discovered Hugo and your passion for this mission. Inspiring! 1. It’s just the tool I’m looking for so I’m getting started with it. 2- If you’re available I’d love to tap your wisdom for my project, because having read your blog, I think you’ll resonate with the mission and there is much you could offer based on your experience: I built a startup in 24 hours with 100 strangers for a very simple purpose: Helping people connect at tech events. We discovered how much people crave to help each other, and a very simple way to facilitate this. The mission resonated with many and we’re making a real startup out of it. I want to use HugoNest to share my ideas as I build in public, but more than that, I want to tap into your experience as a mission driven builder of simple solutions. If you want to connect, this is my linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartcerne/ Very grateful if you can spare some time. As I just discovered you, I’m not sure Why you’re thinking of quitting Hugo, but hope it’s for sailing to where you want to be in life!

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I couldn’t find HugoNest’s sources or anything that outlines its architecture. Is it basically a reinvention of Decap CMS?

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