For the last year I haven’t added a post to my blog. It isn’t like I haven’t written anything. I just never got around to polishing it and posting. Note to self stop, trying to be a perfectionist you have never even close. My blog was running on Hugo, a very capable static site generator…Continue readingSSG to Wordpress
Soon after I moved my site from Drupal to a Hugo generated static site hosted on Amazon S3 my Google Apps email stopped working. In this post I share how I set up my DNS for my site and kept my email working. If you use Amazon Route 53 for your DNS you will not…Continue readingKeep Your Domain Email Working When Hosting Your Static Site on Amazon S3
When I wrote about my move from Drupal to Hugo I didn’t provide details. This is an opinionated list of reasons I went with Hugo. TL;DR I don’t have time to maintain database server and web server. Static file hosting is cheaper. Hugo is self contained executable with no dependecies to worry about. Shared hosting…Continue readingWhy Hugo Static Site Generator
After 10 years using Drupal as my blogging platform, I have decided switch to Hugo, a static site generator. I don’t have the time to maintain a VPS server and keep Drupal updated and secure. I decided that I want to focus on writing and less on maintenance of the architecture powering my blog. Drupal…Continue readingFrom Drupal to Hugo
Background Whilst I do most of my SQL editing using using an Open Source SQL editing tool, there are some online tools I use for SQL related tasks. I always keep privacy in mind so I never use these tools with sensitive data. Reasons for using these tools include: When I am not working on…Continue readingOnline SQL Tools I Use