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When it comes to observability, especially in an incident, more data is usually better.

Docker has a reputation when it comes to firewalling - it's pretty difficult to restrict ports.

It's been 3.5 years since I last did this, so it's clearly about that time - time I rewrote my website.

When something breaks, our clients deserve to know.

I was invited to an episode of Django Chat, to chat about Django Tasks, the Security Team and much more.

A few times a year, everyone at Torchbox (my employer) gets together in person to hear updates about the company and its strategy from various members of the team (or "co-owners").

You can still report Wagtail security issues via email — just not with GPG.

DNS is the cornerstone of any infrastructure.

Software projects in git repositories (or Version Control Systems - yes there are others) tend to be made up of much more than just 1 file, or even 1 directory.

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Over 2025, I've come to realise quite how much I rely on the services running on my home server.

Christmas is quieting down in my household, marking the end of yet another crazy life-changing year.

Nearly 10 years ago, I used Proton Mail for my email.

I'm not a runner, not by any stretch of imagination.

As developers, we're tasked with writing code, with the intention of running it.

As of today (well, technically yesterday), django.tasks is officially released upon the world!

I like to configure as much of I can on the things I host (of which there's a fair amount) using Infrastructure as code, especially if it's a critical service.

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I talk to a lot of people through some form of online platform - conventional social media, forums, chat etc.

A talk about how I use Tailscale (well, technically Headscale) and why.

I've been using Cloudflare for a while for my domains, since at least 2020.

Currently, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S22.

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Yep, that's it, it's finally happened: I'm done with Twitter.

My server(s) play a fairly important part in my life.

2024 is nearly over, and for me it's been a crazy, life-changing year.

RGB LEDs can be added to pretty much anything.

Bluesky is quickly becoming the "hot new" social network, growing by almost 1.6 users every second.

Give Wagtail CMS a go with our brand new starter kit.

I'm a big fan of RSS.

In the last few months, I've done a lot of travelling, having spoken at Djangcon Europe in Northern Spain Wagtail Space the The Netherlands and Django London just last week.

This talk was almost identical to the one I gave at Djangocon Europe 2024.

Software development can be a bit of a roller-coaster.

I've had a website for a while now, but it's only in the last few years that it's had comments.

Wagtail and Django are both pretty fast web frameworks, both for developers and end users.

Accidentally deleted a Wagtail page or Django model?

There's a lot more to a web application than just the request/response cycle.

On a quiet Thursday afternoon, I saw a message from Alex in the Self Hosted Show Discord, where he was challenged by some of his fellow Tailscalers: Alex has this ungodly and terrible habit of nerd-sniping me into doing crazy things.

If you're reading this, you read it from a server hosted by Hetzner - congratulations!

My server boots off a pair of SSDs, tied together in a ZFS mirror.

As part of some recent infrastructure changes, I migrated my home DNS to AdGuardHome, from Pi-Hole.

My website has search functionality.

In case you didn't know, I have a blog - you're reading it now.

Whilst Docker is a containerisation technology, it's not just about running applications - there's also networking.

Accidentally deleted a Wagtail page or Django model?

And now, for something completely different...

Self-hosting is a big hobby for me (and a big source of content for my website).

I, like a growing number of people, enjoy dark mode.

Software updates are a critical part of using any kind of electronic device nowadays, particularly if it's internet connected, and even more so if it has any security functionality.

If you need to make HTTP requests in Python, you're probably using the fantastically simple and ergonomic requests library (or httpx in the async world).