Hey, I'm Joe

I’m a Software Engineer based in London, and a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation. In my day job, I maintain large data pipelines at the BBC in the Digital Distribution department.

I work primarily with Python, but also enjoy Elixir and Golang. I also enjoy learning about the insides of the internet and how it works, and have a particular fondness for DNS and BGP.

I’m a co-founder of Python Discord, one of the largest programming communities on the planet with over 400,000 members. I also undertake the role of DevOps Lead for the community, maintaining our Kubernetes and Ansible based infrastructure.

I am the administrator of the hobbyist AS211224 network, a small, IPv6-only network that I use to play with BGP and other networking technologies.

I’m best contacted via email, at joe@jb3.dev, optionally encrypted with the below PGP key.

🔑 PGP Key

You can fetch the below key from https://jb3.dev/pgp.txt or copy the below public key block into your PGP client of choice. 

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Comment: User-ID:      Joe Banks <joe@jb3.dev>
Comment: a.k.a.:     Joe Banks <joe.banks@nstv.co.uk>
Comment: Valid from:   17/07/2023 17:04
Comment: Fingerprint:  509CDFFC2D0783A33CF87D2B703EE21DE4D4D9C9


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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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