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Building a Multi-Language Blog with Hugo

Learn how to set up a multi-language blog using Hugo, featuring data science and legal research content.

Shipped January 2026

A personal data science and legal research blog powered by Hugo, featuring rich content on quantitative analysis, legal AI research, and energy sector insights.

Features

  • Static site generated with Hugo using the Anubis theme
  • Multi-language support with translations in German, Polish, Portuguese, French, English, Chinese, Russian, and Taiwanese
  • Blog posts on topics including Julia programming, legal research with AI, energy sector GIS analysis, and statistical methods
  • Pagination, tagging, categories, and series taxonomy support
  • Integrated Google Analytics and Disqus comments
  • Syntax-highlighted code blocks with copy-to-clipboard functionality

Tech Stack

  • Hugo static site generator
  • HTML, YAML for configuration
  • Python and Julia for data analysis and research content
  • JavaScript for UI enhancements (copy code button)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Hugo installed (https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/)
  • Git

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/justin-napolitano/another-hugo-blog.git
cd another-hugo-blog

Running Locally

hugo server -D

Open your browser at http://localhost:1313 to view the site.

Building for Production

hugo

The generated site will be in the public directory.

Project Structure

/archetypes       # Hugo archetypes for new content
/assets           # Site assets like CSS and JS
/config.yaml      # Site configuration
/content          # Markdown content for posts and pages
/i18n             # Internationalization files
/layouts          # Custom Hugo layouts
/public           # Generated static site output
/resources        # Hugo resource files
/static           # Static files like images
/themes           # Hugo themes (Anubis)

Future Work / Roadmap

  • Add more detailed documentation and contribution guidelines
  • Expand multi-language support and translations
  • Integrate additional analytics

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