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App Developer. Metal Listener. PC Gamer. Works at https://xitter.gq/t.co/4CgZQolTSe, previously https://xitter.gq/t.co/g75meWhVrE, also makes apps at https://xitter.gq/t.co/VDsk2gcnhi

Graz, Europe
Joined April 2008
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BREAKING: Revolut moved ~2,000 engineers onto self-hosted GLM for coding and pushed Claude Code and Codex to the exception list. Per David Abitbol, who leads AI ops there: 56 Nvidia B200s, a blended 30 cents per million tokens, roughly a tenth of what they paid Anthropic and OpenAI. Engineering lead time improved 70%. Here's the part that matters: the gains showed up when tokens stopped being rationed. Engineers quit saving AI for the hard tickets and pointed it at everything. Frontier models become the exception, open weights become the default. That's a pricing problem for every lab heading to IPO. h/t @OliverMolander Would you move your team off frontier APIs if the bill dropped 90%?
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Okay: - Attached bottlecap - Schengen, expanded to Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria - The euro joined by Croatia and Bulgaria - Air passenger rights (older, 2004, newly updated 2025) - Galileo satellite navigation - EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) - EU-Mercosur trade deal - EU-Japan trade deal - EU-Singapore trade deal - EU-Vietnam trade deal - EU-Indonesia trade deal - End of roaming charges, extended to 2032 - Price cap on calls and texts to other EU countries - USB-C common charger - Geo-blocking ban for online shopping - Streaming subscriptions that work abroad - Payment Services Directive (PSD2), no card surcharges and open banking - Instant payments regulation - EU Digital Identity Wallet - eCall automatic crash alert in new cars - Automatic emergency braking in new cars - EU-Alert emergency warnings on phones - Single Digital Gateway for cross-border admin - No more apostille stamps between member states - WiFi4EU free public wifi - DiscoverEU free Interrail passes for 18-year-olds - Erasmus+ (older, 2014), budget nearly doubled - European Universities alliances - European Solidarity Corps - EU Digital COVID Certificate - Joint COVID vaccine procurement - Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) - EU4Health - Europe's Beating Cancer Plan - European Health Data Space - NextGenerationEU joint borrowing - SURE short-time work loans - 15% global minimum corporate tax - European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3), euro clearing back in the EU - Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) - European Green Bond Standard - Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on defence - European Defence Fund - European Peace Facility arms for Ukraine - EU military training mission for Ukrainian troops - Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) - Strategic Compass and the 5,000-strong rapid deployment capacity - European Defence Industrial Strategy - Security Action for Europe (SAFE), €150bn joint defence loans - ReArm Europe / Readiness 2030 - First ever Commissioner for Defence and Space - Military mobility funding - IRIS² sovereign satellite constellation - EU Space Programme and the EU Agency for the Space Programme - rescEU shared firefighting fleet - 5G security toolbox - Foreign investment screening - Foreign Subsidies Regulation - International Procurement Instrument - Anti-Coercion Instrument - Dual-use export control regulation - Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees - Candidate status and accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova - Ukraine Facility - €90bn joint-borrowing loan to Ukraine - Sanctions on Russia (older, 2014), big packages from 2022 - Russian banks cut from SWIFT - Russian oil embargo and oil price cap - Russian gas import phase-out - Western Balkans Growth Plan - Global Gateway - REPowerEU - Gas storage regulation - Joint gas buying through AggregateEU - Coordinated gas demand cut - Windfall levy on fossil energy profits - Electricity market reform - European Climate Law, net zero by 2050 - Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - Emissions Trading System reform and the Social Climate Fund - Renewable Energy Directive, 42.5% by 2030 - European Wind Power Package - European Hydrogen Bank - Methane regulation - Nature Restoration Law - Ambient air quality directive - Drinking water directive - Urban wastewater directive, polluter pays - Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) - Conflict minerals regulation - European Chips Act - Net-Zero Industry Act - Batteries Regulation with battery passport - European Battery Alliance - Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on batteries and hydrogen - EuroHPC supercomputers, including JUPITER - InvestAI and the AI gigafactories - Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Council - Ecodesign regulation, no destroying unsold clothes - Right to repair - Ban on products made with forced labour - Ban on vague greenwashing claims - General Product Safety Regulation - Common Agricultural Policy (older, 1962), current version 2023 to 2027 - Unfair trading practices directive protecting farmers - Geographical indications reform for food, wine and spirits - EU-China agreement protecting European regional products - Geographical indications for crafts, like Murano glass and Delft Blue - Creative Europe (older, 2014), current programme 2021 - Culture Moves Europe grants for artists - Music Moves Europe - European Year of Cultural Heritage - European Capitals of Culture (older, 1985) - New European Bauhaus - European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage - Ban on importing looted cultural goods - 30% European content on streaming platforms - Culture Compass for Europe - European Media Freedom Act - Anti-SLAPP directive protecting journalists - European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) - Rule of law conditionality on EU funds - Annual Rule of Law Report - Article 7 against Hungary - Whistleblower protection directive - European Labour Authority - Work-life balance directive, paternity leave - Adequate minimum wages directive - Pay transparency directive - Women on boards directive - Violence against women directive - European Child Guarantee - European Accessibility Act - European Disability Card - Rail passenger rights (older, 2007), recast 2021 - Trans-European Transport Network (older), revised 2024 - Single Market Emergency Instrument - EU Inc (proposed) - Digital euro (in negotiation) - Next EU budget at close to €2 trillion (proposed) - European Competitiveness Fund (proposed) - AgoraEU culture and media programme (proposed) - Savings and Investments Union (proposed) - European supervision of big stock exchanges and crypto firms (proposed) - Scaleup Europe Fund (launching) - Startup and Scaleup Strategy - Digital Omnibus simplification (proposed) - European Business Wallet (proposed) - European Innovation Act (expected) - Quantum Act (expected) - Cloud and AI Development Act (expected) - Chips Act 2.0 (expected) - Biotech Act (proposed) - Advanced Materials Act (expected) - Industrial Accelerator Act (expected) - Circular Economy Act (expected) - Critical Medicines Act (proposed) - EU Space Act (proposed) - European Grids Package (proposed) - 2040 climate target of 90% (in negotiation) - European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) - Defence Readiness Omnibus (proposed) - Military mobility package (proposed) - European Drone Defence Initiative and Eastern Flank Watch - High-speed rail linking European capitals (plan) - Single cross-border train ticketing (expected) - EU Customs Authority (in negotiation) - European Affordable Housing Plan - Union of Skills and cross-border recognition of qualifications - EU-India trade deal (in negotiation) - Montenegro and Albania accession - Qualified majority voting in foreign policy (under discussion)
Name one decision Brussels made in the last ten years that you would have voted for if you'd been asked.
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I noticed that listening to saved articles is actually my preferred way to get through my reading list. That's why the latest Paper Press update adds a lot of improvments around listening, including highlight the section of the articles you're currently listening to. apps.apple.com/us/app/paper-…
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First update to paper press is out, with a bunch of little fixes. Version 1.1.0 is also almost ready to submit (and is feeling a lot more like what I would have liked as 1.0) voidstern.net/archives/4314
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Fiery Feeds 2.16.1 with iCloud syncing fixes and Site Config 1.3 with improved xpath generation for selected elements are also out.
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There is a new read-it-later app, Paper Press, and it's deeply integrated with my RSS reader Fiery Feeds. Also Fiery Feeds 2.16.0 with new sync services and iOS/macOS 27 support is now available. voidstern.net/archives/4275
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See more about what Paper Press can do voidstern.net/paper-press or download it directly apps.apple.com/us/app/paper-…
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It took almost a month to get the new apps for all platforms approved, and because all three apps are pretty intertwined, I didn't want to release any of them before they're all available.
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And because I wanted to get Fiery Feeds 2.16.0 out for iOS 27, the initial Paper Press 1.0 is a bit rushed, but the next updates are already in the pipeline.
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There is a new read-it-later app, Paper Press, and it's deeply integrated with my RSS reader Fiery Feeds. Also Fiery Feeds 2.16.0 with new sync services and iOS/macOS 27 support is now available. voidstern.net/archives/4275
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RC Dash now runs natively on macOS and visionOS. voidstern.net/archives/3486
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Stallman was right.
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Task Priorities, Later and Anytime States and a sidebar. Focused 1.3 is slowly becoming a „real“ todo app. voidstern.net/archives/3468
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Smart Searches in Fiery Feeds are finally here voidstern.net/archives/3472
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I made something! An itty-bitty RevenueCat dashboard app for the iPhone, if anyone needs one. voidstern.net/archives/3416
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Tidur Timers 5.4 is now a native AppKit/SwiftUI app, with nicer windows, menubar item and much more reliable SwiftData sync. voidstern.net/archives/3375
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Released Focused 1.2 with App Intents, Interactive Widgets, App Shortcuts and a new URL scheme. It slowly starts to feel like a finished app. voidstern.net/archives/3358
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I made something, a weird little todo list, totally not inspired by @tylerhall's Three Things Today. voidstern.net/archives/3233
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