> I decided to use an off-the-shelf theme, but it didn't quite meet the needs and I forked it; as it so happens Hugo breaks userland relatively often and a complex theme like the one I have requires a lot of maintenance. Like.. a lot.

> Now I can't really justify the time investment of fixing it so I just don't post anymore, the site won't even compile. In theory I could use an old version of Hugo, but I have no idea when it broke, so how far do I go back?

I've had the same issues as you, and yes, I agree that pinning a version is very important for Hugo.

It's more useful for once-and-done throwaway sites that need some form of structure that a static site generator can provide.