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My experience hosting a static Jekyll blog with Azure
- joebubna 7y agoI hope someone from the cloud team at Microsoft reads this, as doing a static Jekyll blog shouldn't be something that is difficult...
- codebolt 7y agoSomeone from the Azure team actually just reached out to me and said they had raised my critique internally. Kudos to MS for listening to their users and reacting quickly!
- deepersprout 7y agoDid they change something? Is it better now? Keep us posted!
- codebolt 7y agoCurrently in a dialog with the Azure engineering team. Depending on how this plays out I will probably do a follow up. Will let you know :)
- deepersprout 7y agoPlease do!
- codebolt 7y agoFollow-up here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21806740 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21806740
- mindfulgeek 7y agoI really love Azure, but not so much for hobby projects. If you want ssl on an app service, you’ll need at least the basic tier which starts at about $50/month. How does that make sense?
- codebolt 7y agoMy blog runs on just a storage container, no app service. So the up-front cost is zero, only paying for the bandwidth. If I was lucky enough to get to the point where bandwidth is costing me more than my free 50 USD/mo credit, I think I should be able to recoup it with a few ads.
- mindfulgeek 7y agoThe beauty of static sites. How long does that monthly credit last?
- codebolt 7y agoI get it through my Visual Studio Subscription at work. And based on how they promote it I don't think they will take it away anytime soon: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/credit-for-visual-studio-subscribers/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/cred...