Blog style photo site

Cargo (https://u.cargo.site/designlab) is what my friend Emily uses: https://mlybitar.com

My current setup

Currently my blog is running on Hugo & GitHub pages, it’s not really suiting either purpose very well. Either purpose being:

  1. photo showcase
  2. blog (articles about tech, OR photos)

Hugo as a blog frustrations

  • It’s just a static site generator, not a full CMS
  • No easy way to post from different devices
  • No drafts management
  • Images have to be hosted somewhere else like Flickr (can’t store a ton of files in GitHub…)
  • Kind of cool from a techie standpoint but not actually something I enjoy using (otherwise I’d be posting on there more often)

Hugo as a photo site frustrations

  • no such thing as a gallery
  • No way to easily restrict access