lol not terminal. markdown in a text editor. if one uses the basic default stock hugo templates, then it's gonna be easier than WordPress imho. If they want a custom design, then yeah your solution with Nitro is likely going to be easier for most people. I wish you a lot of success with it.
Out of curiocity, what Hugo theme would you recommend the most? Ananke? Or does it depend widely on the use case? How do you teach non-tech people (esp. on Windows) the publishing process? Generate locally and upload via Filezilla? I guess Hugo kinda has the same issues moving people away from Wordpress, as I do with NP 🙈. No matter how good the alternatives, they just stick with Wordpress, because everybody uses it - democrazy works 🫠. Thank you 🤗.
Hugo theme depends on the person's taste, that's art Filezilla or other FTP clients would work for windows. I hear you on getting people off it. It's a battle for anyone doing freedom tech. including nostr, monero, messengers, ect. Keep in mind that the bulk of these WordPress sites don't just suck because it's WP, but the content