To speedup closing of Pull Requests you can use the web interface to close them, without any need to use your toolchain
When you move to Hugo, sooner of later you should migrate every old content to it, so you can get rid of databases and other annoying things
First impression on using GitHub codespaces for my blog authored in Hugo
Why using Hugo and in general why static site generator is a good idea
Why using Hugo and in general why static site generator is a good idea
Why using server code and a database when all you need is a static code generator?