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Deploying Hugo Websites to AWS CloudFront and S3 for Faster Content Delivery

A new way to deploy my hugo websites

A simple and cost-effective approach to deploying Hugo projects to AWS CloudFront.

I have and still do use services like AWS Amplify and Netlify to automate my CI/CD pipeline for many of my projects, triggered by a GitHub check-in and running in GitHub Actions. However, for a recent photography project that involved deploying a large number of files, storing everything in GitHub wasn’t feasible. I needed a solution that was simple, affordable, and delivered high performance. That’s when I decided to use AWS CloudFront with an S3 bucket, integrated with an SSL certificate generated through CloudFront.

Why AWS CloudFront?

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Tarragon Beets Salad

With some green tomatoes on top
With some green tomatoes on top

This was an attempt to copy a salad from Bristol Farms. I ended up modifying it quite a bit from the initial ingredients.

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Latest stuff

Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Yusef Lateef

I played Yusef Lateef 20 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Yusef Lateef

Genres

avant-garde | bebop | free jazz | jazz | jazz saxophone

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Yuja Wang

Young Miko

I played Young Miko 8 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Young Miko

Genres

trap latino | urbano latino

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Young Marble Giants

I played Young Marble Giants 8 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Young Marble Giants

Genres

post-punk | uk post-punk

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Yo-Yo Ma

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Wynton Kelly

I played Wynton Kelly 11 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Wynton Kelly

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz | jazz piano

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Wu-Tang Clan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 9 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Genres

classical | classical era

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Wire

Wipers

Willie Watson

William Bell

I played William Bell 13 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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William Bell

Genres

memphis soul | southern soul

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Will Sessions

I played Will Sessions 3 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Will Sessions

Genres

detroit indie
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Wes Montgomery Trio

I played Wes Montgomery Trio 23 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Wes Montgomery Trio

Genres

jazz guitar | jazz guitar trio | jazz trio

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Wes Montgomery

I played Wes Montgomery 9 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Wes Montgomery

Genres

hard bop | jazz | jazz guitar

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Weedthief

I played Weedthief 11 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Weedthief

Genres

lo-fi beats
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Weather Batches

I played Weather Batches 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Weather Batches

Genres

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Wayne Shorter

I played Wayne Shorter 16 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Wayne Shorter

Genres

contemporary post-bop | jazz | jazz saxophone

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Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

I played Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra 3 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Genres

chamber orchestra | orkiestra symfoniczna

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Warren G

Vladimir Horowitz

I played Vladimir Horowitz 12 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Vladimir Horowitz

Genres

classical | classical piano | russian classical piano

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Vladimir Ashkenazy