ben strawbridge

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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.

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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

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

Big Walter Horton

I played Big Walter Horton 6 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Big Walter Horton

Genres

blues | chicago blues | harmonica blues | memphis blues

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Big Black

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

Big Black

Genres

chicago hardcore | chicago punk | experimental rock | industrial rock | noise rock | post-hardcore | post-punk

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biff!pow!bang!

I played biff!pow!bang! 6 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

biff!pow!bang!

Genres

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Bertrand Chamayou

I played Bertrand Chamayou 9 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bertrand Chamayou

Genres

classical piano | french classical piano

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Bennie Maupin

I played Bennie Maupin 9 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bennie Maupin

Genres

free jazz | jazz funk

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Benjamin Frith

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

Benjamin Frith

Genres

british classical piano | classical piano

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Beck

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

Beck

Genres

alternative rock | anti-folk | permanent wave | rock | slacker rock

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Beastie Boys

I played Beastie Boys 78 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Beastie Boys

Genres

alternative rock | east coast hip hop | golden age hip hop | hip hop | old school hip hop | rap | rap rock | rock

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Beak>

I played Beak> 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Beak>

Genres

bristol indie | chamber psych | crank wave | neo-kraut | neo-psychedelic

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Bad Bunny

I played Bad Bunny 16 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Bad Bunny

Genres

reggaeton | trap latino | urbano latino

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Artifakts

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

Artifakts

Genres

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Art Ensemble Of Chicago

I played Art Ensemble Of Chicago 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Genres

avant-garde jazz | free improvisation | free jazz

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

I played Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 51 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz | jazz drums

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Art Blakey

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

Art Blakey

Genres

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

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Arms and Sleepers

I played Arms and Sleepers 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Arms and Sleepers

Genres

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Arcangelo Corelli

I played Arcangelo Corelli 15 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Arcangelo Corelli

Genres

baroque | classical | early music | italian baroque

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Anthony Camden

I played Anthony Camden 9 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Anthony Camden

Genres

classical oboe | classical performance

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Ann Peebles

I played Ann Peebles 17 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Ann Peebles

Genres

memphis soul | soul | soul blues | southern soul

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Anja Lechner

I played Anja Lechner 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Anja Lechner

Genres

classical cello

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André Previn

I played André Previn 6 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

André Previn

Genres

orchestral performance

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Ana-Marija Markovina

I played Ana-Marija Markovina 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Ana-Marija Markovina

Genres

balkan classical piano | classical piano

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Alton Ellis

I played Alton Ellis 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Alton Ellis

Genres

jamaican ska | reggae | rocksteady | roots reggae

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Althea And Donna

I played Althea And Donna 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Althea And Donna

Genres

dub | reggae | roots reggae

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Allman Brothers Band

I played Allman Brothers Band 18 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

Allman Brothers Band

Genres

album rock | blues rock | classic rock | country rock | electric blues | folk rock | hard rock | jam band | mellow gold | rock | singer-songwriter | soft rock | southern rock

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