I hope someone from the cloud team at Microsoft reads this, as doing a static Jekyll blog shouldn't be something that is difficult...
Someone 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!
Did they change something? Is it better now? Keep us posted!
Currently 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 :)
I 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?
My 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.
The beauty of static sites. How long does that monthly credit last?
I 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: