ee @durbin.ee · 12/02/2026just sat with @scriptr.dev and worked through a migration off ingress-nginx to traefik for us.pycon.org, python.org, PyPI, _and_ more… in under 20 minutes holy shit i have never moved so much traffic so seamlessly before 🫶 050
ee @durbin.ee · 21/01/2026I’m also not leaving the community :purple_heart:, I’ll be around and am very much looking forward to continuing to contribute and volunteer in the long run. See you at PyCon US 2026, maybe even less frazzled than last year. 4111
ee @durbin.ee · 21/01/2026I’m not going to be riding into the sunset though 🙂. I am grateful to be able to commit 20% of my time over the next six months to support the current and any new PSF staff in assuring continuity and reliability around my responsibilities. 180
ee @durbin.ee · 21/01/2026I’m thrilled to have helped to bring the PSF to a place where this transition does not feel utterly terrifying and am grateful to all of the PSF staff, board, volunteers, and community members that have made that possible. 170
ee @durbin.ee · 21/01/2026You can read a more formal announcement over at pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/ee-d..., but I wanted to share on socials as well. It has been an incredible… nearly 8 years serving as the Director of Infrastructure for the PSF, but it is time for me to do something new.pyfound.blogspot.comDeparting the Python Software Foundation (Staff) 1130
ee @durbin.ee · 21/01/2026Some news, I’ll be departing the PSF as a staff member at the end of this week. 8395
Reposted by eeMike Fiedler @miketheman.com · 14/10/2025Does your org run a self-managed version of @gitlab.com and publish your own #Python packages to @pypi.org ? If you want to try out an alpha of Trusted Publishing for GitLab Self-Managed instances, let me know via DM - I'm collecting interest now, and should have something to show soon. 054
ee @durbin.ee · 07/07/2025broke my arm. any tips or thoughts from other folks who type for a living on how to get back to productive (after first few days rest) 012
Reposted by ee5th Square Advocacy @5thsqadvocacy.org · 27/06/2025media.tenor.coma cat with a green light coming out of its eyes and the year 2015 on the bottomALT: a cat with a green light coming out of its eyes and the year 2015 on the bottom 1397
ee @durbin.ee · 26/06/2025built some objectively cool shit for @bikeaction.org and I am proud of it: bikeaction.org/tools/laser-...bikeaction.orgLaser VisionJoin the Action! 093
Reposted by eeLoren @shambles.bsky.social · 23/06/2025The rewriting of history and his character is mind melting. Love whenever I see evidence many NYers are not fooled (Spotted in PLG) 06210
ee @durbin.ee · 05/06/2025I’m in the process of having some made out of jewelry grade material. It won’t be exorbitantly expensive, but the upfront costs are a bit higher than I can stomach easily right now. If you are seriously interested in one please send me a message. 000
ee @durbin.ee · 05/06/2025In case you don’t know about these rings, @lorencrary.bsky.social introd’ me to them a few years back at a PSF staff retreat. I’ve been wearing one daily since, and given hundreds away because it’s fun and they are dirt cheap pot metal. 1/2 130
ee @durbin.ee · 23/05/2025#PyConUS reg is home safe and sound, followed me like a stray cat! If you’re an organizer of a regional Python conference and would like to have check-in, badge printing, door check, and lead retrieval services like those you’ve seen at PyCon US the last three years, I’d love to chat! 0152
ee @durbin.ee · 22/05/2025i am ashamed of how horrifyingly satisfying this work was github.com/pypi/warehou...github.comDemonstration finite state machine for PEP 694 by ewdurbin · Pull Request #18174 · pypi/warehouseThis is mostly to help me validate the design for the PEP 694 update I'm proposing in python/peps#4431. Overall Upload Session State Machine File Upload Session State Machine 010
ee @durbin.ee · 19/05/2025We can’t do that investing without the support of sponsors and members. Please please please consider helping to fund the PSF by advocating for your company to sponsor, and if you are able-supporting us directly. 041
ee @durbin.ee · 19/05/2025Thank you Maria Ashna and @monorepo.bsky.social, yall being on the team has created so much capacity for great things, and your efforts this year onsite were a game changer for me This is all possible because the PSF has been _investing_ in building capacity in the areas I have been responsible for 130
ee @durbin.ee · 19/05/2025#PyConUS “main events” have concluded, and I am grateful to once again have gotten the opportunity to help make the event happen. I met a goal this year of seeing all of my reports speak. I also got to *enjoy* my days in the moment so much this year, not just be satisfied and proud of the work. 180
ee @durbin.ee · 14/05/2025this is fairly specific to learning that the beating soul of maintainer relationships at GH got axed 130
ee @durbin.ee · 14/05/2025gonna feel icky looking at GitHub UI for the next indefinite period of time 120
ee @durbin.ee · 14/05/2025Kara! Whatever miserable humanoid cabal made the decisions that led to this has know idea what they have undermined. Thank you thank you thank you for tirelessly for the joy you made along the way. May even a corpuscle of the things you embodied live on, if they’re lucky. 080
ee @durbin.ee · 01/05/2025i remember when PyPI was running at @osuosl on two lil ganeti vms, a mirrored drbd volume, and no CDN. 030
ee @durbin.ee · 01/05/2025super sad to hear that OSUOSL is facing a funding crisis. If you or someone you know has deep pockets and cares about open source infrastructure... it's time to act! osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...osuosl.orgFuture of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source LabA nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies. 125
ee @durbin.ee · 24/04/2025got mad when a friend was bait-n-switch'd by a dynamic QR code generation site, and thus scancity.net was born. adding it to my basement of internet weird ware with amtrak.livescancity.netscancity.net - qr codes for the discerningSimple, reliable, and cheap dynamic and static QR codes 150
ee @durbin.ee · 14/04/2025It’s nice when things work the way they’re supposed to when things don’t work the way they’re supposed to blog.pypi.org/posts/2025-0...blog.pypi.orgIncident Report: Organizations Team privileges - The Python Package Index BlogWe responded to an incident related to privileges persisting via Organization Teams after Members are removed from Organizations. 031
ee @durbin.ee · 22/01/2025if you go further it stops being petty even www.tarsnap.com/picoUSD-why....tarsnap.comTarsnap - Why picodollars and attodollars?Explanation of why Tarsnap uses picodollars and attodollars 000
ee @durbin.ee · 06/12/2024media.tenor.coma man is cutting a tree with a chainsaw and the words `` send the logs '' are visible .Alt: a man is cutting a tree with a chainsaw, which brutally falls into the bed of a nearby pickup truck. the words `` send the logs '' are visible . 021
ee @durbin.ee · 10/07/2023starting the long, arduous, and expensive task of preparing my home for sale has one upshot! I get to use these checks I forgot I ordered a year or more ago. 090
Reposted by eebobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 26/06/2023acab includes the voice in your head always putting you down 15421124
ee @durbin.ee · 09/06/2023been using IRCCloud for a long time with no complaints. if you don’t want a 3rd part bouncer, it’s moot tho. 010
Reposted by eeLibera Chat @libera.chat · 09/06/2023can someone explain this app in rfc1459 terms 2237
ee @durbin.ee · 04/06/2023my bestie is learning to do injection molding and made me this perfect eldritch horror for “that corner” 100
ee @durbin.ee · 28/05/2023letting the incident that instigated the policy change go unchecked is… counterproductive, especially if it is a repeat offender as stated 120
