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Ok so now that we have our secure backup location, it's time to actually grab everything from the database. The first command will allow us to securely communicate with the remote server over SSH. If we didn't do this, all of the website traffic would be vulnerable to interception since it would be unencrypted in transit (with the exception of the user passwords which are stored encrypted already).

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As of the time of writing, the website still looks crumby. But there has been progress! You just can't enjoy it yet.

Considering I implemented the strictest level of encryption on my website before I even built a way for users to submit data, I obviously care about security. In fact, I probably approach security in way that could be construed as paranoia, but that's just because I think such an approach offers the greatest …

As with most computer related things it seems, working on one problem always seems to expose a variety of new problems, some of which are blocking while others are just interesting optimizations. In the age of Squarespace and other such tools that allow one to erect aesthetically pleasing websites in a matter of minutes, part of the fun of this project is to tackle as many of the challenges I encounter head on. As such, …

This website will serve to showcase my various projects and interests.

Various topics and categories will be explored:

• Programming

• Photography

• Miscellaneous projects

For the foreseeable future, I will mainly be writing about programming in Python and various web-focused languages while I build out this website. The site is hosted by DigitalOcean* on an Ubuntu 16.04 x64 instance and powered by Django and Wagtail. It is served by the nginx web server. The source …