Rainybyte
@rainybyte.bsky.social
#gamedev Co-Founder of Barbarossa Interactive https://www.barbarossa-interactive.com an Indie Studio working on a small to-be announced game in #godot.
German from KC living in the lovely Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, near Kaiserslautern. 🇪🇺 🇩🇪
German from KC living in the lovely Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, near Kaiserslautern. 🇪🇺 🇩🇪
How the fuck am I supposed to completely cut US tech out of my life? My games are on Steam, my phone is Apple, email is most doable but even then, everything else flows through their clouds.
January 17, 2026 at 7:47 PM
How the fuck am I supposed to completely cut US tech out of my life? My games are on Steam, my phone is Apple, email is most doable but even then, everything else flows through their clouds.
Email subject lines are the toughest
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Email subject lines are the toughest
I always get excited when I remember the name of old acquaintances and figure out how to get in touch with them.
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I always get excited when I remember the name of old acquaintances and figure out how to get in touch with them.
I wonder if swearing enough in a technical blog post would prevent it from being scraped in a training dataset.
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I wonder if swearing enough in a technical blog post would prevent it from being scraped in a training dataset.
NixOS and RustRover is a unharmonious combination at times
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
NixOS and RustRover is a unharmonious combination at times
The way memory works is: not if it's important
January 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The way memory works is: not if it's important
Really bad sign that I've applied to so many jobs now that I'm starting to see surface for automating application tracking in my spreadsheet :/
January 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Really bad sign that I've applied to so many jobs now that I'm starting to see surface for automating application tracking in my spreadsheet :/
Does anyone know of a assethoard.com equivalent that's actually out right now? Everything else I can find with quick googling is way too overdeveloped for what I would want to use it for
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Does anyone know of a assethoard.com equivalent that's actually out right now? Everything else I can find with quick googling is way too overdeveloped for what I would want to use it for
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YOU CANNOT SPELL "INDIE DEVELOPMENT" WITHOUT "DIE" 💀
January 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
YOU CANNOT SPELL "INDIE DEVELOPMENT" WITHOUT "DIE" 💀
It's really bullshit how many times I have to buy a fucking SCHUFA when the landlords don't have to commit, and they can even back out of verbal commitments. Can I push back on that at all?
January 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
It's really bullshit how many times I have to buy a fucking SCHUFA when the landlords don't have to commit, and they can even back out of verbal commitments. Can I push back on that at all?
I feel like now would be a good time for people to dig up all the old discourse about how dangerous it was that games like "The Division" contributed to the glorification of prejudiced and extrajudicial killings in the name of security.
January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I feel like now would be a good time for people to dig up all the old discourse about how dangerous it was that games like "The Division" contributed to the glorification of prejudiced and extrajudicial killings in the name of security.
Confirmation bias is the best! I've never seen legit evidence to the contrary!
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Confirmation bias is the best! I've never seen legit evidence to the contrary!
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January 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Canada's federal gov has a new program to bring researchers to Canada & my uni is starting an internal nomination process for chairs. If you are a full or associate prof working on AI/democracy/community engagement/environmental justice and you may be interested in moving to Canada, dm me
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Canada's federal gov has a new program to bring researchers to Canada & my uni is starting an internal nomination process for chairs. If you are a full or associate prof working on AI/democracy/community engagement/environmental justice and you may be interested in moving to Canada, dm me
In the final stages of untangling from my last USD stuff (as much as the curse allows, anyway), and it's always noticeable how much faster EUR moves around than dollars.
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
In the final stages of untangling from my last USD stuff (as much as the curse allows, anyway), and it's always noticeable how much faster EUR moves around than dollars.
"From the huge amount of very good applications, we had to narrow down the candidates which fit in all areas to the profile of the job."
Says the lying recruiter... who has been reposting this exact role for at least the last 8 months.
Says the lying recruiter... who has been reposting this exact role for at least the last 8 months.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
"From the huge amount of very good applications, we had to narrow down the candidates which fit in all areas to the profile of the job."
Says the lying recruiter... who has been reposting this exact role for at least the last 8 months.
Says the lying recruiter... who has been reposting this exact role for at least the last 8 months.
Seeing lots of erroneous and toxic discourse belittling people trying to figure out how to flee the US. It's 100% not easy, but it's certainly possible. Tempted to update my old notes with recent changes and share if there is interest.
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Seeing lots of erroneous and toxic discourse belittling people trying to figure out how to flee the US. It's 100% not easy, but it's certainly possible. Tempted to update my old notes with recent changes and share if there is interest.
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“Hybrid” just means “onsite.” Can we be honest here.
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“Hybrid” just means “onsite.” Can we be honest here.
The year is sadly shaping up just about how I expected. Forever job search, forever apartment search, forever awful current events. :(
January 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The year is sadly shaping up just about how I expected. Forever job search, forever apartment search, forever awful current events. :(
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Digital Independence Day: Jeden ersten Sonntag auf die gute Seite wechseln und sich von Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg befreien! Am 4. Januar von 15 bis 17 Uhr beim Chaos Computer Club München www.fiff.de/aktivitaeten...
Digital Independence Day
Jeden ersten Sonntag auf die gute Seite wechseln!
www.fiff.de
January 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Digital Independence Day: Jeden ersten Sonntag auf die gute Seite wechseln und sich von Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg befreien! Am 4. Januar von 15 bis 17 Uhr beim Chaos Computer Club München www.fiff.de/aktivitaeten...
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Wonder how many hours it’ll take European leaders to agree a mildly-worded statement of light rebuke.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Wonder how many hours it’ll take European leaders to agree a mildly-worded statement of light rebuke.
I beat IXION and now I have the "now what" feeling you get when finishing a good TV series. I wish it was a bit more replayable, the game and setting is so compelling to me
January 3, 2026 at 3:22 AM
I beat IXION and now I have the "now what" feeling you get when finishing a good TV series. I wish it was a bit more replayable, the game and setting is so compelling to me
Best part of cooking dinner on vacation is that little bit of extra time you get for making it perfect. :D
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Best part of cooking dinner on vacation is that little bit of extra time you get for making it perfect. :D