[{"content":"Every blog starts somewhere. This is mine.\nI\u0026rsquo;m Hiep Nguyen, a software engineer. I\u0026rsquo;ve been meaning to write publicly for a while — mostly to think more clearly, and partly in case what I figure out is useful to someone else.\nWhat I\u0026rsquo;ll Write About Mostly technical things:\nProblems I\u0026rsquo;ve hit while building software and how I solved them Architectural decisions and the trade-offs behind them Tools, patterns, and ideas I find worth sharing No grand plan. Just writing about what I\u0026rsquo;m working on.\nHow This Site Works This blog is built with Hugo and hosted on GitHub Pages — no database, no server, no CMS. Posts are Markdown files committed to a git repo. Every push triggers a GitHub Actions workflow that builds and deploys the site automatically.\nIt\u0026rsquo;s as simple as a blog can get, and that\u0026rsquo;s exactly the point.\nMore soon.\n","permalink":"http://hoanghiep.dev/posts/2026-05-04-hello-world/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eEvery blog starts somewhere. This is mine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m \u003cstrong\u003eHiep Nguyen\u003c/strong\u003e, a software engineer. I\u0026rsquo;ve been meaning to write publicly for a while — mostly to think more clearly, and partly in case what I figure out is useful to someone else.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-ill-write-about\"\u003eWhat I\u0026rsquo;ll Write About\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMostly technical things:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProblems I\u0026rsquo;ve hit while building software and how I solved them\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchitectural decisions and the trade-offs behind them\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTools, patterns, and ideas I find worth sharing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo grand plan. Just writing about what I\u0026rsquo;m working on.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Hello World"}]