Nicolas Dahbar - Personal Website

This is my personal website built with Hugo using a modified version of the Sada theme. The site serves as my online resume and professional portfolio, but more importantly, it's a learning project focused on learning DevOps/CI/CD.

Technologies Used

• Hugo (Static Site Generator)
• Tailwind CSS
• GitHub Actions
• Digital Ocean
• Nginx

Project Purpose

This project was created to:

1. Build a professional portfolio website
2. Learn and implement DevOps principles
3. Set up a complete CI/CD pipeline
4. Practice infrastructure as code concepts

CI/CD Pipeline

The site features a GitHub Actions workflow that:

1. Runs on every push to the main branch
2. Performs automated HTML validation
3. Builds the static site with Hugo
4. Deploys the built files to Digital Ocean via SCP
5. Includes security best practices for secret management

Local Development

To run the site locally:

1. Install Hugo (extended version)
2. Clone this repository
3. Run hugo server -D

Build

To build the site for production:

1. Run hugo
2. The built site will be in the public directory

Theme

Based on the Sada theme by Darshan Baral, with custom modifications for dark mode and additional layouts.