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
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

P-Lo

Outkast

Ottorino Respighi

Otis Redding

Oscar Peterson Trio

I played Oscar Peterson Trio 13 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Oscar Peterson Trio

Genres

bebop | contemporary post-bop | jazz | jazz trio

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Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya

I played Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya

Genres

orchestra
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Orchestre National De Lyon

I played Orchestre National De Lyon 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Orchestre National De Lyon

Genres

french orchestra | orchestra

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Ollie & The Nightingales

I played Ollie & The Nightingales 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Ollie & The Nightingales

Genres

memphis soul | southern soul

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Oliver Nelson

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

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Oliver Nelson

Genres

bebop | contemporary post-bop | jazz | jazz saxophone

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Old Crow Medicine Show

okay cool

I played okay cool 5 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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okay cool

Genres

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Nucleus

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

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Nucleus

Genres

canterbury scene | jazz rock

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Nirvana

I played Nirvana 3 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Nirvana

Genres

grunge | permanent wave | rock

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Niney The Observer

Nina Simone

I played Nina Simone 3 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Nina Simone

Genres

jazz blues | neo soul | soul | soul jazz | torch song | vocal jazz

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Nick Drake

Neutral Milk Hotel

NEU!

Neil Young

Nature Expedition

I played Nature Expedition 6 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Nature Expedition

Genres

whale song
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Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

I played Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley 16 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley

Genres

reggae fusion
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Nas

Muzio Clementi

I played Muzio Clementi 30 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Muzio Clementi

Genres

classical | classical era

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Mulatu Astatke

I played Mulatu Astatke 17 times on spotify this month. Spotify Artist Page

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Mulatu Astatke

Genres

afrobeat | afropop | ethio-jazz | world

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