My entire blog pipeline runs through GitHub Actions. Push to main, it deploys to staging on GitHub Pages, I review it, then approve the production deploy to my DigitalOcean droplet. The system works great at a desk. But what about writing from a phone? What if I want to draft a post on the couch, fix a typo I noticed on the train, or ship a quick update without opening a laptop? ...
This site runs on Hugo, deploys to GitHub Pages for staging, and ships to a DigitalOcean droplet for production. The entire pipeline is a single GitHub Actions workflow. Push to main, preview on staging, approve, and it goes live. Here is exactly how it works, step by step. If you want to build something similar, this post is your blueprint. Why Hugo Hugo is a static site generator written in Go. It takes Markdown files, applies a theme, and outputs plain HTML. No database, no server-side rendering, no JavaScript framework. Just files. ...