My Hugo blog was downloading 3.6 MB of JavaScript and 40 KB of external CSS on every page load. For a static blog with mostly text and a few diagrams, that was absurd. Here is how I fixed it. HTML: 86 KB JavaScript: 3.6 MB (Mermaid + KaTeX) CSS: 40 KB (KaTeX stylesheets) Problem: render-blocking scripts loaded on every page for math and diagrams Adding minifyOutput = true to hugo.toml shrunk HTML
Everyone told me I needed Python for AI. I didn't listen. Here's what happened. Let me be real with you. Every time I say "I'm building an AI agent," people assume I'm wrist-deep in Python virtual environments, pip dependencies, and a LangChain tutorial from 2023. And when I say "in Java?" — I get the look. You know the one. So I built it anyway. A fully functional AI agent. With tool use. With R