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

Violent Femmes

I played Violent Femmes 16 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Violent Femmes

Genres

acoustic punk | alternative rock | punk

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Van Morrison

Valentina Lisitsa

I played Valentina Lisitsa 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Valentina Lisitsa

Genres

classical piano | ukrainian classical piano

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Valentin Silvestrov

Underwater Sound

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

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Underwater Sound

Genres

ocean | water

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Uncle Tupelo

Umphrey's McGee

I played Umphrey’s McGee 37 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Umphrey’s McGee

Genres

jam band
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Ulster Orchestra

I played Ulster Orchestra 7 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Ulster Orchestra

Genres

british orchestra | orchestra

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U-Men

I played U-Men 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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U-Men

Genres

grunge | underground grunge

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Tommy Flanagan Trio

I played Tommy Flanagan Trio 9 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Tommy Flanagan Trio

Genres

jazz trio
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Tommy Flanagan

I played Tommy Flanagan 13 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Tommy Flanagan

Genres

bebop | jazz | jazz piano

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Tim Hardin

I played Tim Hardin 44 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Tim Hardin

Genres

folk | singer-songwriter

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Tim Buckley

Thriftworks

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

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Thriftworks

Genres

glitch hop
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Thought Process

I played Thought Process 9 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Thought Process

Genres

downtempo bass
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Thes One

I played Thes One 106 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Thes One

Genres

jazz boom bap
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Thelonious Monk Septet

I played Thelonious Monk Septet 13 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Thelonious Monk Septet

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz

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Thelonious Monk Quartet

I played Thelonious Monk Quartet 7 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Thelonious Monk Quartet

Genres

bebop | contemporary post-bop | hard bop | jazz | jazz quartet

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Thelonious Monk

I played Thelonious Monk 88 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Thelonious Monk

Genres

bebop | contemporary post-bop | jazz | jazz piano | jazz trio

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The Wailers

I played The Wailers 6 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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The Wailers

Genres

reggae | roots reggae | ska

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The Viceroys

I played The Viceroys 7 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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The Viceroys

Genres

dub | reggae | roots reggae

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The Vaselines

The The

The Stooges