Building my Portfolio: Hugo + Traefik + Docker
Motivation I wanted a personal site that reflects my work philosophy: fast, secure, reproducible, and automated. No WordPress, no heavy CMS. A static site generated with Hugo, served behind a hardened reverse proxy, deployed with Docker Compose, and ready to scale. Architecture ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Internet │ └──────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘ │ ┌────────▼────────┐ │ Cloudflare DNS │ └────────┬────────┘ │ ┌────────▼────────┐ │ Traefik v3 │ │ (Reverse Proxy)│ │ :80 → :443 │ └────────┬────────┘ │ ┌────────▼────────┐ │ Hugo Server │ │ (PaperMod) │ │ :1313 │ └─────────────────┘ Components Component Technology Purpose Static generator Hugo + PaperMod Generates HTML/CSS/JS site Reverse proxy Traefik v3 TLS termination, security headers, rate limiting Certificates Let’s Encrypt + DNS Challenge Automatic TLS via Cloudflare Containers Docker Compose Service orchestration DNS Cloudflare DNS management and caching Hugo + PaperMod I chose Hugo for its extreme speed and PaperMod for its clean, minimalist design. ...