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What happened to German engineering, where did (some of) the vegans go, and a trip down (lack of) memory lane and early computing.

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Programming In Germany Is Dead — A Developer’s Autopsy Report

https://medium.com/@jankammerath/programming-in-germany-is-dead-a-developers-autopsy-report-ada0cfb1221e

Maybe the tone is a bit vitriolic, but this Medium post is an interesting dive into the state of German engineering and maybe what went wrong. It's also worth reading the comments.

How Germany's Deutsche Bahn aims to fix chronic delays DW 12/23/2025

https://www.dw.com/en/why-german-trains-are-rarely-on-time/a-75206414

On the subject of German engineering, what on earth went so wrong with the Deutsche Bahn that they went from envy to ridicule in the past ten years?

Where Have All the Vegans Gone? | Broadsheet

https://www.broadsheet.com.au/featured/where-have-all-the-vegans-gone

Fun fact, I published Australia's first vegan and vegetarian restaurant guide back in 2007 (I think) and also a series of cookbooks. But on my last trip back, I also noted how the previously veg-friendly stronghold of a city seemed less strong than it used to be.

Huge for the Holidays: Epic Interactive Fiction of the Millennial Period

https://www.filfre.net/2025/12/huge-for-the-holidays-epic-interactive-fiction-of-the-millennial-period/

Well the holidays have passed, but we can still have some fun with a wealth of interactive fiction.

Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251212-why-your-early-2000s-photos-are-probably-lost-forever

I frequently go through my archive drives to see if there are files I can no longer open, and even in the constant transfer of files from one service to another, I've lost a lot of digital media on the way. It's strange, how now it's so easy to save everything "somewhere" (but that's a whole other problem), but many of us who were there at the beginning, things are so much harder to find.

Adobe Photoshop 1.0 source code now available

https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/12/adobe-photoshop-1-0-source-code-now-available/

I have been reading the book of my last podcast guest, John Buck, and the early days of Adobe are equally fascinating as Apple. So now, if it means anything to you at all, you can view the ancient source code of Photoshop 1.0!

Tekpons bold bet: Why a SaaS marketplace bought TNW without seeing the numbers - Tech.eu

https://tech.eu/2025/12/09/tekpons-bold-eet-why-a-saas-marketplace-bought-tnw-without-seeing-the-numbers/

Perhaps a bit "inside baseball", but as I used to write for them, Romanian-founded SaaS marketplace Tekpon has acquired 100 per cent of the TNW media and events brands from the FT. What this means for EU tech media and me… We shall see.

Support Ukraine’s mental health rebuild: Join the Ward 15 charit | Powered by Givergy

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My Wife is running a fundraiser for a psychiatric hospital in Ukraine. Loads of awesome prizes. get in there!

This tiny e-reader attaches to the back of your phone

https://www.androidpolice.com/tiny-xteink-x4-e-reader-attaches-to-the-back-phone/

Want want want. And I have no idea why really…

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