I chose to use Gatsby for several reasons. One simply because I wanted to learn the Gatsby framework along with GraphQL. Secondly, because I wanted to utilize Markdown for my posts and Gatsby combined with GraphQL makes working with Markdown files a breeze.
The site is currently hosted using AWS's Amplify which allows me continuously deploy my site as I push changes. I am also able to create and deploy test branches, allowing me to put my code into a production environment before committing it to my master branch.
I am also taking advantage of AWS to host my images on their S3 service. Between Gatsby and GraphQL, I am able to source these images from my S3 Bucket and process them locally in order to create optimized versions. The big winner here is the ability to serve .webp images to devices that support it.
