Writing ✍🏻

A collection of writing and musings on various topics that interest me, as well as technical writing.

Deploying aaronjy.me on a Google Storage bucket

May 1st, 2024

Google Cloud Storage is an effective solution for hosting static sites, offering a simple and scalable way to manage web assets. A manual deployment strategy involves four key steps: backing up existing files to a backup bucket, removing sensitive files for security, uploading the latest site files from the build directory, and invalidating Google’s global cache to ensure users access updated content.

Supporting content file structure changes on a static site

March 18th, 2024

Static site generators (SSGs) convert complex site sources into HTML, CSS, and JS, allowing flexible hosting options. While they offer benefits like speed and low costs, updating content can be challenging for non-technical users. A solution involves assigning unique identifiers to articles and creating a URL mapping file to simplify restructuring and managing content links.