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A Cloud Engineer and an Entrepreneur. You’ll find two things on this site:

  1. Notes mostly about Azure cloud services and DevOps in Azure.
  2. Insights about books I have read.

Link Tree - Links to my socials.

Website Setup With Hugo, AWS S3, and Route 53

SSGs (Static Site Generator) like Hugo generates static HTML files without having to rely on databases and server-side processes. They have fast load times and can handle high traffic loads without the need for server management. I was looking for a website setup with minimal management, and decided to use Hugo as an SSG. This isn’t a full tutorial but an overall breakdown of how my website is currently setup using Hugo as a static site generator, AWS S3 as a hosting platform, and Route 53 and CloudFlare for domain management....

May 12, 2024 · 4 min · Murphy Elo

Reverse Proxy for Microservices Using Docker and Nginx

One of the importance of NGINX is its use as a reverse proxy between user requests and a web server. To explain what a reverse proxy is, think of it like a traffic warden on a busy road. Since we are referring to web requests, a reverse proxy acts as a traffic warden, receiving user requests and sending them to the appropriate destination based on the URL. This process eventually would help to reduce request congestions, simplify routing, and enhance scalability....

April 22, 2024 · 7 min · Murphy Elo