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

The Bar-Kays

Testiculo y Uno

I played Testiculo y Uno 6 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Testiculo y Uno

Genres

german jazz rap | jazz boom bap

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Terrace Martin

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

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Terrace Martin

Genres

alternative r&b | indie soul

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Ted Hawkins

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

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Ted Hawkins

Genres

soul blues
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Tatiana Nikolayeva

Talking Heads

Tai Verdes

Swans

Sun Ra

Suff Daddy

I played Suff Daddy 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Suff Daddy

Genres

abstract beats | jazz boom bap

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Sublime

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Steven Osborne

I played Steven Osborne 20 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Steven Osborne

Genres

british classical piano
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Steve Cropper

I played Steve Cropper 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Steve Cropper

Genres

memphis soul
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Stetsasonic

Stephen Hough

Steely Dan

SpoonBeats

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

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SpoonBeats

Genres

focus beats | lo-fi latino

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Sonny Stitt

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

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Sonny Stitt

Genres

bebop | hard bop | jazz saxophone

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Sonny Rollins

I played Sonny Rollins 37 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Sonny Rollins

Genres

bebop | contemporary post-bop | jazz | jazz saxophone

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Sonny Clark

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

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Sonny Clark

Genres

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

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Sonny Boy Williamson II

Snoop Dogg

I played Snoop Dogg 12 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Snoop Dogg

Genres

g funk | gangster rap | hip hop | pop rap | rap | west coast rap

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Smoke Trees

I played Smoke Trees 4 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Smoke Trees

Genres

chillhop | lo-fi beats

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