Jake Howard 🍊
@theorangeone.net
Part Developer, Part SysAdmin, Part InfoSec. Avid self-hoster.
- All things Systems @torchbox.com.
- Core & Security Teams @wagtail.org.
- @djangoproject.com Security Team and Foundation Member.
- All things Systems @torchbox.com.
- Core & Security Teams @wagtail.org.
- @djangoproject.com Security Team and Foundation Member.
The Smart Home must grow!
October 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Smart Home must grow!
First draft of my @pyconuk.org slides finished this afternoon. Now just practising and polishing.
September 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
First draft of my @pyconuk.org slides finished this afternoon. Now just practising and polishing.
My website, now brought to you over HTTP/3 🙌
July 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
My website, now brought to you over HTTP/3 🙌
If you're going to @tailscale.com 's London Meetup on Thursday - me too! I'll be talking about my VPN gateway setup, and an over-engineered and terrible way to get services to your tailnet.
July 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
If you're going to @tailscale.com 's London Meetup on Thursday - me too! I'll be talking about my VPN gateway setup, and an over-engineered and terrible way to get services to your tailnet.
My @pyconuk.org talk was just accepted! 🥳
Now I just need to write the damn thing... 🙈
Now I just need to write the damn thing... 🙈
June 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My @pyconuk.org talk was just accepted! 🥳
Now I just need to write the damn thing... 🙈
Now I just need to write the damn thing... 🙈
Found this on a company's product page. I don't think it's quite the brag they think it is...
May 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Found this on a company's product page. I don't think it's quite the brag they think it is...
I realise that, as a software engineer, it's part of my job to find bugs. I just wasn't expecting to find one from a punnet of blueberries in my cereal... 🤢
(coco pop for scale)
(coco pop for scale)
March 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I realise that, as a software engineer, it's part of my job to find bugs. I just wasn't expecting to find one from a punnet of blueberries in my cereal... 🤢
(coco pop for scale)
(coco pop for scale)
Beyond excited to say I'm now a member of the @djangoproject.com Security Team 😍
2025 is starting off strong! 🥳
www.djangoproject.com/foundation/t...
2025 is starting off strong! 🥳
www.djangoproject.com/foundation/t...
March 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Beyond excited to say I'm now a member of the @djangoproject.com Security Team 😍
2025 is starting off strong! 🥳
www.djangoproject.com/foundation/t...
2025 is starting off strong! 🥳
www.djangoproject.com/foundation/t...
I wish I could get away with as informative updates as Soundcore
February 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I wish I could get away with as informative updates as Soundcore
Turns out the famous Xiaomi BLE temperature sensors don't like being outside for over a year.
In unrelated news, it appears I live in a kettle... 🥵
In unrelated news, it appears I live in a kettle... 🥵
February 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Turns out the famous Xiaomi BLE temperature sensors don't like being outside for over a year.
In unrelated news, it appears I live in a kettle... 🥵
In unrelated news, it appears I live in a kettle... 🥵
And off they go - 2 CfPs submitted for Djangocon Europe!
January 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
And off they go - 2 CfPs submitted for Djangocon Europe!
I voted ✅ in the @djangoproject.com Steering Council elections!
The candidates this year are incredibly strong. Quite a few common themes in people's statements though. This is going to be an interesting few years for Django...
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/...
The candidates this year are incredibly strong. Quite a few common themes in people's statements though. This is going to be an interesting few years for Django...
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/...
December 16, 2024 at 11:27 AM
I voted ✅ in the @djangoproject.com Steering Council elections!
The candidates this year are incredibly strong. Quite a few common themes in people's statements though. This is going to be an interesting few years for Django...
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/...
The candidates this year are incredibly strong. Quite a few common themes in people's statements though. This is going to be an interesting few years for Django...
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/...
Apparently someone opened my website today using the Steam in-game overlay browser...
December 5, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Apparently someone opened my website today using the Steam in-game overlay browser...
No prizes for guessing when my backups run...
(And by extension, the period of time my website was down because the server was too busy dealing with other things. Another job for the list)
(And by extension, the period of time my website was down because the server was too busy dealing with other things. Another job for the list)
December 1, 2024 at 12:19 AM
No prizes for guessing when my backups run...
(And by extension, the period of time my website was down because the server was too busy dealing with other things. Another job for the list)
(And by extension, the period of time my website was down because the server was too busy dealing with other things. Another job for the list)
My website was down for almost an hour.
Of course, it was DNS...
Of course, it was DNS...
November 18, 2024 at 10:07 PM
My website was down for almost an hour.
Of course, it was DNS...
Of course, it was DNS...