ben strawbridge

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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

Charles Mingus

Charles Bradley

I played Charles Bradley 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Charles Bradley

Genres

funk | soul

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Charlene Farrugia

I played Charlene Farrugia 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Charlene Farrugia

Genres

classical piano
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Cedar Walton

I played Cedar Walton 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Cedar Walton

Genres

hard bop | jazz piano

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Carole King

Carla Thomas

I played Carla Thomas 8 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Carla Thomas

Genres

memphis soul | soul | southern soul

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Carl Petersson

I played Carl Petersson 8 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Carl Petersson

Genres

nordic classical piano
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Cage The Elephant

Butthole Surfers

Butcher Brown

I played Butcher Brown 7 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Butcher Brown

Genres

indie jazz | indie soul | neo r&b | rva indie

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Bugseed

Buffalo Springfield

Bud Powell Trio

I played Bud Powell Trio 23 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Bud Powell Trio

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz | jazz trio

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Bud Powell

I played Bud Powell 16 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Bud Powell

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz | jazz piano

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Brigitte Fontaine

I played Brigitte Fontaine 39 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Brigitte Fontaine

Genres

chanson | laboratorio

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Brian Eno

Brand Nubian

Boris Giltburg

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Bobby Timmons Trio

I played Bobby Timmons Trio 11 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Bobby Timmons Trio

Genres

hard bop | jazz trio

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Bobby Timmons

I played Bobby Timmons 19 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Bobby Timmons

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz piano

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

I played Bob Marley & The Wailers 106 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

Genres

reggae | roots reggae

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Bob Dylan

Bob Andy