WordPress to Hugo — Lightning Fast Sites in 2025
Static, reliable, and actually fast. A practical migration story.
Hi there,
This week’s essay takes a break from SQL and dives into real-world performance.
If you’ve ever wondered why your WordPress site feels sluggish no matter how much caching you throw at it, this one’s for you. It’s about moving to Hugo — a static site generator that trades complexity for control.
→ Read now: WordPress to Hugo: Lightning Fast Sites in 2025
What you’ll learn:
- Why static generation still matters in 2025
- How to migrate content without breaking everything
- What you actually gain by dropping dynamic rendering
“Fast isn’t just speed. It’s fewer moving parts, fewer surprises.”
🔄 Coming Monday on Efficient Laziness
MyScaleDB: Why Vector Databases Need SQL (The 2025 Reality Check) Because vectors aren’t magic. SQL still runs the show.
Discover why hybrid architectures (SQL + vector search) are the real way forward — and how MyScaleDB makes that practical.
📚 In case you missed it — The SQL CTE Series
- Your ORM Is Lying to You About SQL (CTEs Explained)
- Recursive CTEs: Because Writing Nested Loops for Trees Is Psychopathic
- Using CTEs When Your ORM Says No (The Lazy Developer’s Survival Guide)
Efficient Laziness — Think once, well, and move forward.