ben strawbridge

DOT COM CONSULTING

Consulting

API Integration projects

Offering comprehensive consulting services including API integration projects, product management, and full stack application development, tailored to solve complex problems and enhance business operations efficiently and effectively.

Read on

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?

Read on

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.

Read on

Latest stuff

Butthole Surfers

I played Butthole Surfers 75 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Butthole Surfers

Genres

alternative rock | experimental rock | grunge | noise rock | psychedelic punk | punk

Read on

Butcher Brown

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

Butcher Brown

Genres

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

Read on

Bugseed

I played Bugseed 14 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bugseed

Genres

abstract beats | japanese beats | jazz boom bap

Read on

Buffalo Springfield

I played Buffalo Springfield 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Buffalo Springfield

Genres

album rock | blues rock | classic rock | country rock | folk | folk rock | mellow gold | psychedelic rock | rock | soft rock | southern rock

Read on

Bud Powell Trio

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

Bud Powell Trio

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz | jazz trio

Read on

Bud Powell

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

Bud Powell

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz | jazz piano

Read on

Brigitte Fontaine

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

Brigitte Fontaine

Genres

chanson | laboratorio

Read on

Brian Eno

Brand Nubian

I played Brand Nubian 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Brand Nubian

Genres

conscious hip hop | east coast hip hop | golden age hip hop

Read on

Boris Giltburg

I played Boris Giltburg 8 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Boris Giltburg

Genres

classical piano | israeli classical piano | russian classical piano

Read on

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

I played Booker T. & the M.G.’s 14 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Booker T. & the M.G.’s

Genres

blues | classic soul | instrumental funk | instrumental soul | memphis soul | soul | southern soul | traditional blues

Read on

Bobby Timmons Trio

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

Bobby Timmons Trio

Genres

hard bop | jazz trio

Read on

Bobby Timmons

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

Bobby Timmons

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz piano

Read on

Bob Marley & The Wailers

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

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Genres

reggae | roots reggae

Read on

Bob Dylan

I played Bob Dylan 43 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bob Dylan

Genres

classic rock | country rock | folk | folk rock | rock | roots rock | singer-songwriter

Read on

Bob Andy

I played Bob Andy 13 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bob Andy

Genres

dub | lovers rock | old school dancehall | reggae | rocksteady | roots reggae

Read on

Blackberry Smoke

I played Blackberry Smoke 17 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Blackberry Smoke

Genres

modern southern rock | southern rock

Read on

Blackalicious

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

Blackalicious

Genres

alternative hip hop | hip hop

Read on

Black Star

I played Black Star 10 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Black Star

Genres

east coast hip hop | hip hop | political hip hop

Read on

Bizarrap

I played Bizarrap 10 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bizarrap

Genres

argentine hip hop | pop venezolano | trap argentino | trap latino | urbano latino

Read on

Billy Cobham

I played Billy Cobham 19 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Billy Cobham

Genres

jazz | jazz drums | jazz funk | jazz fusion

Read on

Billie Holiday

I played Billie Holiday 99 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Billie Holiday

Genres

adult standards | harlem renaissance | jazz | jazz blues | soul | swing | torch song | vocal jazz

Read on

Bill Withers

I played Bill Withers 8 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bill Withers

Genres

classic soul | funk | quiet storm | soul

Read on

Bill Evans Trio

I played Bill Evans Trio 16 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bill Evans Trio

Genres

bebop | contemporary post-bop | jazz | jazz trio

Read on