Although many prefer using PhotoLab as the central hub of their photography workflow, using separate applications for DAM and printing, I’m looking for an all-in-one solution with tight integration and a uniform interface. PhotoLab 9 seems (after a several days with the trial) to have hit the sweet spot in capabilities for my needs.

If you’re looking for a SSG (Static Site Generator) to create a website, it pretty much comes down to Hugo or 11ty (Eleventy). The rest of the SSGs are either too old, poorly supported, or meant for creating web apps. I’ve tried quite a few of them, I found that I kept coming back to Hugo and 11ty.

While experimenting with various static site generators, I’ve also been learning about Bulma (a traditional CSS framework) and TailwindCSS (a utility-based CSS framework). They come at the idea of a CSS framework from two very different directions, and if you’ve seen the Internet discussions, you’ll know that opinions are decidedly mixed.

This site is now running on Hugo, a popular Static Site Generator (SSG). I tried Jekyll, Hugo, Astro, and Eleventy/11ty on the way here, but settled on Hugo. It’s good!