From Plain to Personality: Spicing Up My Hugo Site with Claude

My personal site has been running on Hugo with the PaperMod theme for a while now. It worked fine — clean, fast, readable — but it also looked like roughly ten thousand other Hugo sites on the internet. No real personality, no visual identity. Just a list of posts and a default color scheme. Time to change that. I decided to work through it with Claude, starting from a simple question: what can we actually do here without rebuilding everything from scratch? The answer turned out to be quite a lot. We started with a custom CSS file — a single file that overrides PaperMod’s defaults without touching the theme itself, meaning future theme updates won’t wipe my changes. In went a bold orange accent color and a new font pairing: Syne for headings, DM Sans for body text. Two changes that sound small but immediately made the site feel like mine. After that, we switched the homepage to PaperMod’s profile mode, replacing the plain text intro with a proper landing block. Finally, adding cover images to posts transformed the post list from a wall of text into something that actually invites you to read. ...

May 3, 2026 · 2 min · Daniel Aanstoot

The Rise of AI Chatbots: Your New Digital Conversation Partners

AI chatbots have quietly revolutionized how we interact with technology, transforming from simple scripted responses to sophisticated conversational partners that can tackle everything from customer service inquiries to creative brainstorming sessions. These digital assistants are now capable of understanding context, maintaining coherent discussions, and even adapting their communication style to match your preferences. Whether you’re debugging code at 2 AM or looking for inspiration for your next project, AI chatbots offer 24/7 availability that never sleeps, never gets cranky, and always has time for your questions. ...

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · Daniel Aanstoot

Happy Pi Day

Happy Pi Day! 🎉 Whether you’re here just for the pie or if you’re into the actual math, let me spill the beans on why today is so special. Pi Day may be all about circles, circumference, and irrational numbers—but this year’s got something extra radial to offer. Let’s not forget it’s also International Algorithm Day, where we celebrate the code that powers everything from AI to your morning coffee ☕ . ...

March 14, 2025 · 1 min · Daniel Aanstoot

The Exhaustion of IPv4 Addresses: The Need for IPv6 Adoption

In the ever-evolving landscape of internet technology, the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses has become a critical concern. With only approximately 4 billion IPv4 addresses available, the growing number of connected devices and advancements in networking technology have begun to strain this limited resource. IPv4, or Internet Protocol version 4, uses 32-bit addressing, providing a fixed pool of unique IP addresses. This limitation becomes increasingly apparent as more devices—smartphones, tablets, laptops, IoT devices, and autonomous vehicles—access the internet. Each device requires a unique IP address to communicate effectively within networks. ...

March 11, 2025 · 2 min · Daniel Aanstoot