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Alan Hicks

@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org
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Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

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Joined November 14, 2022
Website:
https://p-o.co.uk/tech-articles/
DBMail:
https://dbmail.org/
Roughcheck:
https://roughcheck.com/
Twittodon:
https://twittodon.com/share.php?t=alanhickslondon&m=AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · May 02, 2026
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

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Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft And bsd date here in British Summer Time: # date -j -r 1777777777 Sun 3 May 2026 04:09:37 BST
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Apr 21, 2026
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

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RE: @nixCraft@mastodon.social

Not without a generous support agreement.

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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Apr 14, 2026
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @darth@silversword.online
@darth@silversword.online solid, reliable, easy to use, runs everything I need including YouTube. As DBMail maintainer I also run Ubuntu and Docker for various Linux distros though still prefer FreeBSD.
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Apr 02, 2026
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org

Artemis is most welcome after a very long absence of space travel, I'm a little bit spoilt having grown up with James Burke...
https://youtu.be/cCJh5D0FCZk?si=oSpgxWqLFzBkQdpd

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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Mar 03, 2026
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org

RE: @csk@mathstodon.xyz

Craig has brought XKCD #2347 "Dependency" to life with an excellent animation

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Craig S. Kaplan: "In my online undergraduate P5.js course, students…" - Mathstodon

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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Jan 26, 2026
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

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Sad but alas inevitable 😢
@bagder@mastodon.social

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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Dec 16, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org

RE: @nixCraft@mastodon.social

Disappointing 😢

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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Nov 06, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft enshitification was a warning not a playbook!
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Nov 06, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft sad loss of knowledgeable volunteers 😢
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Aug 28, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @joshbressers@infosec.exchange
@joshbressers@infosec.exchange knowing you're one of those developers and not alone isn't much comfort.
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Aug 12, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft@mastodon.social The Sovereign Tech Agency is an EU grant organisation that supports essential tech https://www.sovereign.tech/
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Jan 24, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @Patricia@social.vivaldi.net
@Patricia I fear you are right 😢 Project 2025 appears to have started and there's not enough awareness let alone resistance. Depressing https://bsky.app/profile/emmynawjoopinga.bsky.social/post/3lgglst7rek2m
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Jan 21, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @Patricia@social.vivaldi.net
@Patricia and yet this is pretty much all we have to protect ourselves from Trump's new found Brownshirts.
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Jan 21, 2025
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @Patricia@social.vivaldi.net
@Patricia Piketty (I know, I know) offers a ray of hope in European democracy https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2025/01/21/democracy-vs-oligarchy-the-fight-of-the-century/?s=09
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Alan Hicks @AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org · Apr 29, 2024
Alan Hicks
@AlanHicksLondon@fosstodon.org

Random thoughts as CTO and freelance PM turning TAMs into PoCs with Django DRF, Python, Saltstack, PostgreSQL and FreeBSD. Founder of roughcheck and maintainer of dbmail.

fosstodon.org
Replying to @Blueteamsherpa@infosec.exchange
@Blueteamsherpa A superfluous yet stylish verb sashayed elegantly into a bar.
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