A black and white portrait photo of Martin Hicks.

Software developer & AWS consultant.

Hello. I'm Martin, a software developer and entrepreneur based in Manchester, England.

I'm a co-founder of Si Novi, where we build cloud-based applications and consult on AWS architecture. I'm also currently building open source tooling for DynamoDB developers.


Latest posts

Illustration of a lock surrounded by device icons connected through a VPN tunnel 28th July 2025

Using WireGuard so kids' devices stay protected on any network

Configuring WireGuard so children's devices always route DNS through home filtering, even on school Wi-Fi, friends' houses and mobile data.

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Illustration of a shield with a checkmark surrounded by DNS query flow lines 20th July 2025

Running AdGuard Home and Unbound on a home server

Using AdGuard Home and Unbound together for fast, private DNS resolution and network-wide ad blocking.

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Illustration of a small server with radiating network connections on a dark grid background 3rd July 2025

Building a tiny Intel N100 home server

A small, quiet, power-efficient home server build using an Intel N100 board for backups, DNS, VPN and development services.

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NPM package manager logo - red text, on a white background, reads - NPM 16th May 2023

Remove trailing slash on 11ty S3 hosted sites using Cloudfront function

How to rewrite the Cloudfront request so trailing slashes are redirected to the non-trailing slash URI using a Cloudfront function.

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