A high tech image depicting a migration to AWS Amplify on the cloud

Moving to AWS Amplify from Azure

In my earlier post, I shared how I clicked a button to migrate Azure CDN to Front Door and then started being charged a lot for hosting a simple blog on Azure. So I decided to end my relationship with Azure and move on to greener pastures with AWS. It was not too much work, so why not. I read about AWS Amplify and saw that it was the perfect solution to my problem. So off I went looking for resources to get onboard. ...

May 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1264 words · Eakan Gopalakrishnan
An ornate turquoise front door set in a carved facade, flanked by wall lanterns, potted topiary and flower beds

Azure CDN, Front Door and the cost

So I recently did something that I didn’t expect to have financial consequences. I switched from Azure CDN to Azure FrontDoor Standard. Sounds like a simple thing to do considering Microsoft was suggesting I do the move - move from one product to another. Unfortunately the implications were that I would now have to pay £34 per month to ensure my blog was running smooth! This is up nearly 33 times what it cost me before! And the warning didn’t actually tell me that there was a base price involved. ...

April 25, 2025 · 3 min · 619 words · Eakan Gopalakrishnan
Goodbye

Good Bye Wordpress. Hello Hugo on Azure Storage

In May 2020, having realised that my role at work had stabilised a bit, I decided to get back to blogging again. I had learned so much over the years and had not really made an effort to share any of it. Not that I have a million followers waiting to read what I share. But for me, it meant, having to think about what I learned again and explain it in a way that another person can understand. An excercise in communication. ...

April 4, 2021 · 12 min · 2519 words · Eakan Gopalakrishnan
The same web page laid out on a laptop, a tablet and a phone, each connected to a glowing cloud above them

A static responsive website as an Azure AppService

I have been working on a simple responsive website that would serve as an online address for my dog-walking/boarding service. This being my first ever official side-hustle as a registered company, it took pretty long to even get here. Registering a private limited company was also an adventure. But I wanted to experience. This isn’t like a full blown venture intended to become the leader in pet services or anything. We just love dogs and would love to do something that would be different from software. Something that would encourage us to get out of the house and teach us empathy and have some fun with dogs. ...

October 31, 2020 · 7 min · 1290 words · Eakan Gopalakrishnan