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Article0 replies2,050 followingPosted 03 Oct 2025, 07:33 UTC54.5K views3,253 votes

Reducing Markup Debt with Hugo Shortcodes

Stop copy-pasting HTML into your Markdown. Learn how to use Hugo shortcodes to create reusable UI components and eliminate markup debt in your static site.

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Article0 replies2,683 followingPosted 11 Jan 2026, 22:55 UTC16K views4,772 votes

Eleventy Data Cascade as the Smallest Suitable Design for Page Assembly

An architecture note on using Eleventy's data cascade (global data, directory data, front matter, computed data) as the minimal design for page data assembly, covering trust boundaries, failure modes, and operational verification steps.

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Article0 replies4,213 followingPosted 18 Apr 2026, 05:12 UTC72.8K views1,370 votes

Managing Shared State with the Eleventy Data Cascade

Learn how to use the Eleventy Data Cascade to eliminate redundancy by structuring shared data across global, directory, and page levels.

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Article0 replies1,646 followingPosted 18 Jul 2026, 18:27 UTC89K views2,577 votes

Managing Content Scales with the Eleventy Data Cascade

Stop repeating the same front matter in every Markdown file. Learn how to use the Eleventy Data Cascade to manage site-wide, directory-specific, and file-level metadata efficiently.

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Article0 replies2,002 followingPosted 13 Aug 2026, 13:45 UTC89.4K views1,841 votes

Taming Metadata Redundancy with the Eleventy Data Cascade

Stop repeating metadata in every Markdown file. Learn how to use the Eleventy Data Cascade to manage global, directory, and page-level data efficiently.

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Article1 reply1 comment3,274 followingPosted 24 Oct 2025, 10:41 UTC24.6K views2,308 votes

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Beyond the Blog: Organizing Custom Content with Jekyll Collections

Stop forcing everything into the /_posts folder. Learn how to use Jekyll Collections to create custom content types for portfolios, docs, and more with tailored permalinks.

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Article1 reply1 comment1,073 followingPosted 15 Jul 2025, 10:51 UTC133K views3,230 votes

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Decoupling Site Content: Using Hugo Data Templates for Structured Lists

Stop repeating lists in your Markdown. Learn how to use Hugo Data Templates to decouple structured content from your layouts for easier site-wide maintenance.

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Question1 answer1 comment4,650 followingPosted 06 May 2025, 17:53 UTC13.8K views2,291 votes

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Eleventy `--serve` hangs in CI pipeline instead of exiting after build

Goal Run a production Eleventy build in a headless CI environment that emits the static site and exits cleanly. Constraints and uncertainty The project uses a single .eleventy.js configuration for both local development and production. Locally, developers run eleventy --serve which starts BrowserSync and keeps the Node process alive for live reload. In CI, t

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