Hinshelwood.com

The official website for Martin Hinshelwood - Independent consultant specialising in DevOps, Agile, Lean, and AI enablement.

🌐 Live Deployments

Environment	AFD	Azure Static Site
Production	https://hinshelwood.com	https://calm-island-0dc928510.4.azurestaticapps.net/
Preview	https://preview.hinshelwood.com	https://calm-island-0dc928510-preview.centralus.4.azurestaticapps.net/
Canary	n/a	https://calm-island-0dc928510-{{#PullRequestID#}}.centralus.4.azurestaticapps.net/

📋 About

This site helps organisations understand and improve their systems of work so teams can deliver valuable software more effectively and with greater confidence. The site features:

• Case studies
• Technical insights and articles
• Outcomes and success stories
• Solutions to common problems in DevOps, AI, and Scaling

🛠️ Technology Stack

• Static Site Generator: Hugo
• Hosting: Azure Static Web Apps
• Language: Go templating with HTML/CSS/JavaScript

📁 Project Structure

Hinshelwood.com/
├── site/                           # Hugo source files
│   ├── content/                    # Markdown content files
│   │   ├── about/
│   │   ├── case-studies/
│   │   ├── insights/
│   │   ├── outcomes/
│   │   └── problems/
│   ├── layouts/                    # Hugo templates
│   │   ├── _partials/              # Reusable partial templates
│   │   ├── shortcodes/             # Hugo shortcodes
│   │   ├── baseof.html
│   │   ├── single.html
│   │   └── list.html
│   ├── hugo.yaml                   # Main Hugo configuration
│   ├── hugo.production.yaml        # Production config
│   ├── hugo.preview.yaml           # Preview config
│   └── hugo.canary.yaml            # Canary config
├── public/                         # Generated static files (output)
├── staticwebapp.config.json        # Azure Static Web Apps config
├── staticwebapp.config.production.json
├── staticwebapp.config.preview.json
└── staticwebapp.config.canary.json

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Hugo (Extended version recommended)
• Git

Local Development

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/nkdAgility/hinshelwood.com.git
   cd hinshelwood.com

2. Run Hugo locally

   cd site
   hugo server --config hugo.local.yaml

3. View the site Open your browser to http://localhost:1313

Building for Production

To build the static site for production:

cd site
hugo --config hugo.production.yaml

The generated files will be in the public/ directory.

🌍 Environment Configurations

The site supports multiple deployment environments:

• Local: hugo.local.yaml - For local development
• Preview: hugo.preview.yaml - For preview deployments
• Canary: hugo.canary.yaml - For canary testing
• Production: hugo.production.yaml - For production deployments

Each configuration can override base settings from hugo.yaml.

📝 Content Management

Content is written in Markdown and stored in site/content/. Each content type has its own directory:

• about/ - About page
• case-studies/ - Client case studies
• insights/ - Technical articles and blog posts
• outcomes/ - Success stories and outcomes
• problems/ - Problem domains and solutions

Adding New Content

cd site
hugo new insights/my-new-article.md

🔧 Azure Static Web Apps Configuration

The site uses different Static Web Apps configurations per environment:

• staticwebapp.config.json - Base configuration
• staticwebapp.config.production.json - Production overrides
• staticwebapp.config.preview.json - Preview overrides
• staticwebapp.config.canary.json - Canary overrides

🤝 Contributing

This is a personal website, but if you notice any issues or have suggestions, please:

1. Open an issue in the GitHub repository
2. Submit a pull request with your changes

📄 License

Copyright © Martin Hinshelwood. All rights reserved.

👤 Author

Martin Hinshelwood

• Website: Hinshelwood.com
• Twitter: @mrhinsh
• GitHub: @nkdAgility