On: Hugo: A fast and modern static website engine

[sfifs]

The main reason I like Hugo is almost all other engines require me to install an entire Ruby or JavaScript ecosystem of packages on machine just to be able to preview my blog post. I don't want to manage the dependency hell when I don't have to.

[edem → sfifs]

I have never succeeded at installing any Ruby software in one go.

[cryptos → edem]

Ruby is terrible in this regard. Even Rails was a pain to setup last time I tried it (some years ago).

[scriptstar → edem]

Me too :-(

[jajern → edem]

I've found that using RVM, much like using virtualenv in python, has helped me with Ruby issues. It doesn't work exactly like virtualenv but it's pretty close.

[Funnnny → jajern]

And then again, it's hard to install a virtualenv successfully the first time.

[amelius → sfifs]

I don't know about Ruby, but most sufficiently advanced ecosystems have package managers to help with dependency hell.

[bobwaycott → amelius]

That still doesn't beat a single binary. :)