I just upgraded our blog site this week to a new Digital Ocean Ubuntu instance, and used LetsEncrypt to install an SSL certificate on it. I couldn't believe ju

I just upgraded our blog site this week to a new Digital Ocean Ubuntu instance, and used LetsEncrypt to install an SSL certificate on it. I couldn't believe just how easy and QUICK it was! Certainly a far cry from 15 years ago when I used to go through the Spanish Inquisition to get an SSL certificate, not to mention the cost. LetsEncrypt has been a game changer. So too has AWS, with their Certificate Manager. I've been rolling out their own issued SSL certs to our various Elastic Beanstalk instances as they come up for renewal. Saving a pile of money, but more importantly, TIME, doing this. For me personally, that is the tipping point - making SSL installs on server a couple of mouse click and less than a minute. Not surprised that it is becoming increasingly popular given this.