6 months of Code with Hugo, in numbers
Tags: blogging, retrospective, writing
Published: 2018-10-21 13:23:05

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title: 6 months of Code with Hugo, in numbers
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tags: blogging, retrospective, writing
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> Going from 0 to small. A developer’s journey starting a technical blog from scratch.

Stats in this post as of 21st of October, [follow me on Twitter](https://twitter.com/hugo__df) for monthly updates.

Contents:

- [Timeline](#timeline)
- [Post count, total word and read time](#post-count-total-word-and-read-time)
- [Top visited](#top-visited)
- [Top day, analytics and search traffic data](#top-day-analytics-and-search-traffic-data)
- [Highlights](#highlights)
- [Newsletter, dev.to and Twitter](#newsletter-devto-and-twitter)
- [Code and example repositories](#code-and-example-repositories)
- [Revenue](#revenue)

## Timeline

**First commit** : 10th of March 2018

![First commit to the Code with Hugo repository](https://d2mxuefqeaa7sj.cloudfront.net/s_12BC44EFC445B39435F24188DC09E3523F5F0BB39541BE515F4AE118481862F4_1540125428049_image.png)

**First post** : [Avoiding falsy values in JavaScript](https://dev.to/hugo__df/avoiding-falsy-values-in-javascript-arrays-19c7), _published 10th of April 2018_

![First post on Code with Hugo repository](https://d2mxuefqeaa7sj.cloudfront.net/s_12BC44EFC445B39435F24188DC09E3523F5F0BB39541BE515F4AE118481862F4_1540125423109_image.png)

**6 month date** : 11th of October

**Days** : 183 days (for the 6-month date)

## Post count, total word and read time

**Posts** : 35 (36 since this is published, live stats at [https://beta.observablehq.com/@hugodf/code-with-hugo-posts](https://beta.observablehq.com/@hugodf/code-with-hugo-posts))

**Total Words** : 32,900

> output of : `cat content/post/2018-{04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12}-* | wc -w` in the Hugo root directory

**Total reading time** : 110 minutes, 1h 50min

**Mean post reading time** : 3.02 minutes

## Top visited

1. [How to make beautiful, simple CLI apps with Node](https://dev.to/hugo__df/how-to-make-beautiful-simple-cli-apps-with-node-c1b), _published 20th of June 2018_
2. [How components won the frameworks wars](https://dev.to/hugo__df/how-components-won-the-framework-wars-5fko), _published 22nd of April 2018_
3. [Using ES6 classes for Sequelize 4 models](https://dev.to/hugo__df/using-es6-classes-for-sequelize-4-models-17ga), _published 9th of May 2018_
4. [Testing an Express app with Supertest, moxios and Jest](https://dev.to/hugo__df/testing-an-express-app-with-supertest-moxios-and-jest-4f44), _published 27th of June 2018_
5. [Setting up Express and Redis with Docker Compose](https://dev.to/hugo__df/setting-up-express-and-redis-with-docker-compose-aaa), _published 6th of June 2018_
6. [JavaScript GraphQL Client Requests in Node and the browser using graphql.js](https://dev.to/hugo__df/javascript-graphql-client-requests-in-node-and-the-browser-using-graphqljs-45n5), _published 5th of September 2018_
7. [Homepage, codewithhugo.com](https://codewithhugo.com)
8. [Change the date of a git commit](https://dev.to/hugo__df/change-the-date-of-a-git-commit-261e), _published 29th of August 2018_
9. [Mocking the current Date in Jest tests](https://dev.to/hugo__df/mocking-javascripts-current-date-in-jest-tests-412j), _published 7th of July 2018_
10. [A gentle introduction to GraphQL API integrations](https://dev.to/hugo__df/a-gentle-introduction-to-graphql-api-integrations-6fk), _published 10th of September 2018_

![Top 10 posts for pageviews after 6 months](https://d2mxuefqeaa7sj.cloudfront.net/s_12BC44EFC445B39435F24188DC09E3523F5F0BB39541BE515F4AE118481862F4_1540124344695_image.png)

## Top day, analytics and search traffic data

**Top Day** : 23rd of April, 2,622 page views

[How to make beautiful, simple CLI apps with Node](https://dev.to/hugo__df/how-to-make-beautiful-simple-cli-apps-with-node-c1b) got pretty high on [`/r/node`](http://reddit.com/r/node).

![Google Analytics after 6 months](https://d2mxuefqeaa7sj.cloudfront.net/s_12BC44EFC445B39435F24188DC09E3523F5F0BB39541BE515F4AE118481862F4_1540124269010_image.png)

Search traffic for the last 6 months (as of 21st of October 2018):

![Search traffic graph after 6 months](https://d2mxuefqeaa7sj.cloudfront.net/s_12BC44EFC445B39435F24188DC09E3523F5F0BB39541BE515F4AE118481862F4_1540124214742_image.png)

## Highlights

- Getting onto [Node Weekly](https://nodeweekly.com/), [JavaScript Weekly](https://javascriptweekly.com/), [Vue.js feed](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vuejsfeed&oq=vuejsfeed&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.1928j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8), [GraphQL Weekly](https://graphqlweekly.com/), thanks for all the work put into curating top content (and deeming some of mine was).
- Becoming a writer for freeCodeCamp and The Startup, on top of a HackerNoon and Codeburst contributor

## Newsletter, dev.to and Twitter

Newsletter:

- **Subscribes** : 72
- **Unsubscribes** : 4

dev.to:

- **Followers:** 2,811

## Code and example repositories

**Repositories count** : 11

**In order of appearance:**

1. [github.com/HugoDF/express-redis-docker](https://github.com/HugoDF/express-redis-docker)
2. [github.com/HugoDF/fix-package-lock](https://github.com/HugoDF/fix-package-lock)
3. [github.com/HugoDF/express-supertest-moxios](https://github.com/HugoDF/express-supertest-moxios)
4. [github.com/HugoDF/express-bull-es6](https://github.com/HugoDF/express-bull-es6)
5. [github.com/HugoDF/snapshot-everything](https://github.com/HugoDF/snapshot-everything)
6. [github.com/HugoDF/python-graphql-client-example](https://github.com/HugoDF/python-graphql-client-example)
7. [github.com/HugoDF/js-graphql-client-example](https://github.com/HugoDF/js-graphql-client-example)
8. [github.com/HugoDF/parcel-gh-pages-deploy](https://github.com/HugoDF/parcel-gh-pages-deploy)
9. [github.com/HugoDF/vue-multiple-components-in-sfc](https://github.com/HugoDF/vue-multiple-components-in-sfc)
10. [github.com/HugoDF/wait-for-pg](https://github.com/HugoDF/wait-for-pg)
11. [github.com/HugoDF/micro-vs-express-example](https://github.com/HugoDF/micro-vs-express-example)

> Extracted using: `cat content/post/2018-{04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12}-* | grep "https://github.com/HugoDF/"` followed by manual cleaning 🙂

## Revenue

👌, a big fat `0`.

I’m working on [Accountable Blogging](https://accountableblogging.com) and a Sequelize cheat sheet so [subscribe to the newsletter](https://buttondown.email/hugo)

Again, stats and data in this post as of 21st of October, [follow me on Twitter](https://twitter.com/hugo__df) for monthly updates.

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