I decided to start a blog and wanted to try something different - building it entirely with Claude Code as my development assistant. I gave Claude Code full permission to execute commands and edit files directly on my system. This post chronicles my experience creating this Hugo-based blog from scratch, where every line of code, every file, and every command was executed by AI through our conversation.

Starting Simple

I had Hugo already installed on my Mac (via Homebrew), but beyond that, I was starting completely fresh. My goal was simple: create a clean, fast blog that would showcase posts with previews on the home page.