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Notes on my journey learning to code with Python & Django

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 com…...

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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…...

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Videogames  

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"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…...

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Computer science  

Videogames  

Git  

SOLID  

Kawaii stuff  

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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…...

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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…...

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Videogames  

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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 …...

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Django  

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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
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My name is Alejandra and I'm learning Python & Django to become a backend developer. I also love videogames, anime, plants and decorating my home.

You can contact me at alejandramartin@outlook.com

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