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November 20, 2025

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

  1. Your ORM Is Lying to You About SQL (CTEs Explained)
  2. Recursive CTEs: Because Writing Nested Loops for Trees Is Psychopathic
  3. Using CTEs When Your ORM Says No (The Lazy Developer’s Survival Guide)

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