I had a day off today (Friday). And what did I do? Spent some of it reconfiguring my website — guess I don’t have to turn in my geek card just yet! For some context, see my earlier post about switching the site over to Azure IaaS.

Today I switched from Azure IaaS (think VM) to Platform as a Service or PaaS. And it worked! What that means for me is no more server to worry about, and in fact once the cutover was complete I turned the VM off. Basically what I have now are two services that serve up my website, a web service and a database service (MySQL). No more patching, no more administering a server. Earlier in the day, I spent some time upgrading the version of MySQL Server on my VM (this was before I decided to make the switch.) That’s exactly the kind of thing I *don’t* have to worry about going forward. Woo hoo!

PS I very nearly went solo paddling today on my day off, but the forecast (wind/waves) wasn’t so nice — a bit out of my risk tolerance. And there’s the snow and cold temps, too. Although I got a fleece drysuit liner (think adult onesie) that will definitely help the cold-weather paddling. And truth be told, it’s so comfy I wear around the house sometimes! It’s marvelous.

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