Creating a Blog with Hugo and AWS Amplify

2022-08-28 6 min read Walkthroughs Adam Divall

This post is a Walkthrough Guide of how I’ve created this Blog using Hugo and AWS Amplify.

I’m not a Developer by trade and therefore when determining on what to use for the Blog Software I had the following high-level requirements:

Simple to Setup & Configure
Easy to Use & Maintain on an ongoing Basis
Cost Effective

After reviewing a number of different options following a few hours of reading on Google, I settled on Hugo. What is Hugo, you may ask? Well in short, it’s a static site generator. It allows you to create files in markdown format and using some magic it converts it into HTML.

AWS re:Invent 2021 - Keynote Recap

Unfortunately as a result of my own personal situation during the Covid-19 pandemic, I’ve not been able to attend AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas and won’t be able to attend this year either. When I’ve been in previous years (2017 & 2019), I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it and have found the opportunities for learning and networking with other like minded individuals really worthwhile. All being well I plan to be in attendance in 2023!