In recent weeks, I’ve refined the design aesthetics of this blog, focusing primarily on the background and link colors. Additionally, I’ve added Lightbox functionality. Since the Lightbox resources are served via a CDN, the overhead is minimal.

CloudFront speeds up image retrieval by caching images at multiple edge locations around the world. When a user requests an image, CloudFront delivers it from the nearest edge location instead of fetching it from your origin (like your S3 bucket), which might be far away. This significantly reduces latency and load times. Additionally, CloudFront optimizes network routing and supports features like compression and smart caching policies to ensure that content is delivered as efficiently as possible.