TL;DR: If using Google Analytics, most Hugo themes load the tracking script even when running locally. This causes a bunch of bogus page views when writing a new article. Creating separate config files for development and production is an easy way to fix this.
TL;DR: Configuring Cloud Build to automatically handle Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment for this site based on Git triggers ended up being a bit trickier than I would have expected.
Alternate title: Just use Netlify.
TL;DR: Deploy a Hugo site to GCP for free in less time than it will take you to read this article (Github Repo with all referenced commands)
EDIT: In October 2020 I updated the hosting of this site to use GCS + Cloudflare](https://devopsdirective.com/posts/2020/10/gcs-cloudflare-hosting/).
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