I set up a Media Server with Urve Pi, Nginx, and a Dynu dynamic DNS (Part 2)
AMartin1987 | Published on: Oct. 11, 2025, 10:59 p.m.
Continuing from Part 1, in this section I focused on making the server secure with HTTPS and ensuring the site is safe and easy for my family to use.
Step 6: Enabling HTTPS with Let’s Encryp…
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I set up a Media Server with Urve Pi, Nginx, and a Dynu dynamic DNS (Part 1)
AMartin1987 | Published on: Sept. 20, 2025, 11:40 p.m.
These are the steps I followed to set up a server over the internet on my Urve Pi, so I could share media like movies with my family over the internet.
So, my parents (who are not technologically …
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I got my own SBC! an Urve Pi
AMartin1987 | Published on: Sept. 2, 2025, 2:01 p.m.
I can’t fully express how excited I am with my new single-board computer (SBC): an Urve Pi!
It's a Polish clone of the Raspberry Pi 3B that has since been discontinued, but it comes…
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Django in Production: serving static files with WhiteNoise and Cloudinary (also, my new toy!!)
AMartin1987 | Published on: Aug. 8, 2025, 9:27 p.m.
A lot has happened since the last post. From now on I'll try to post here more regularly 😅
Last year I started studying Crossplatform Applications Development at IES Dr Balmis, while maki…
"Clean Code", Git, Elden Ring & cute things
AMartin1987 | Published on: March 2, 2024, 5:47 p.m.
So currently, while I'm looking for work (almost any kind of work, really 😅, as my bank account is running out of savings and I want to keep contributing to our household expenses), I've been…
Study notes: CS50 week 3 - Sorting algorithms
AMartin1987 | Published on: Jan. 26, 2024, 7:24 p.m.
As reviewed here, algorithms run faster and more efficiently when they operate on information that is already organized, i.e., sorted. This is why, when dealing with a large amount of data, searching…
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Study notes: CS50 week 3 - Searching algorithms
AMartin1987 | Published on: Jan. 3, 2024, 9:54 p.m.
What is an algorithm? It's a finite sequence of rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation (Wi…
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Study notes: Arrays vs lists in Python
AMartin1987 | Published on: Dec. 27, 2023, 8:48 p.m.
An array is a linear data structure that stores a collection of similar data types at continuous locations in a computer's memory.
An representation of an array in memory. S…
Deployed PostgreSQL db to Vercel
AMartin1987 | Published on: Dec. 25, 2023, 9:59 p.m.
So, here I am after a few months of not writing on here... I spent some time working full-time at a beauty products store. Whenever I had a moment to rest, I found myself too tired to study 😅, so I e…
Migrated my db to PostgreSQL !
AMartin1987 | Published on: May 30, 2023, 4:47 p.m.
Finally, I converted my database (intially in SQLite3, as its Django's default db format) to PostgreSQL! So I guess it's ready for the next step in my learning project, which is hosting this …
CKEditor in Django Admin
AMartin1987 | Published on: May 18, 2023, 5:04 p.m.
I needed a more convenient way to apply HTML formatting to my posts, so I decided to install my first Django package: CKEditor.
Installation was quick and easy (aside from the fact that the first …
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My first post
AMartin1987 | Published on: May 15, 2023, 6:59 p.m.
This is my first post. I'll be treating this blog like a personal diary. I intend to use it mainly as a notebook to help me study some of the fundamentals of computer science (i.e., concepts dire…
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About me
My name is Alejandra and I'm learning to code to become a backend developer. I also love videogames, anime, animals, plants and decorating my home.
You can contact me at alejandramartin@outlook.com
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