Daniel Pietzsch

I’m a web developer based in Düsseldorf, Germany. I make a RSS feed reader called FeedCity. I co-organise the local Homebrew Website Club. I’m also a passionate film photographer, a husband and father, a bass player and guitarist, metalhead, and movie fan.

Author: Daniel Pietzsch
Rights: © 2019–2026 by Daniel Pietzsch, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Public lists: Featured HWC DUS IWC BER 2025 IWC DUS 2025 IWC DUS 2026
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Dan’s Polaroids
20:35

Makes sense. In fact, FeedCity only uses the images and/or icons specified directly with the feed.

Eventually I should probably fetch the icons from the website as a fallback. But c’mon: just include the icons directly in the feeds, please.

In NetNewsWire 7.0.5 we made a change to get the feed image from RSS via the image element.

Next event: Forkalyst Live on May 2, 2026, 19:00 at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf.

Daniel Pietzsch
21:59

🔗 btconf 2026 speakers

feed.city/c/dan/l/btconf+2026+speakers

In case anyone else likes to follow updates from the speakers at Beyond Tellerrand conference 2026, I made my list on FeedCity public.

Unfortunately, only a few speakers have a feed. But better few than no one.

Feeds by speakers at Beyond Tellerrand conference Düsseldorf 2026

Next event: Forkalyst Live on May 2, 2026, 19:00 at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf.

Dan’s Polaroids
17:14

29.04.2026

It’s the three men of Forkalyst again, photographed in front of a white wall with a thick window. — The obligatory weekly Forkalyst band Polaroid.

Daniel Pietzsch
10:06

Next Saturday: Forkalyst live at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf!

Next event: Forkalyst Live on May 2, 2026, 19:00 at Haus Spilles, Düsseldorf.

Dan’s Polaroids
28 Apr 18:15

28.04.2026

A badge, a T-Shirt, a bag, and stickers photographed from above. — A btconf collage.

Dan’s Polaroids
08:12

27.04.2026

The Capitol Theater in Düsseldorf with a large group of people standing in front of it. — At Beyond Tellerrand conference.

Dan’s Polaroids
06:45

26.04.2026

The top of a larger building illuminated by sunlight, shot through a window. — The sun sets on Kaufhof.

Dan’s Polaroids
06:51

25.04.2026

Barriers in yellow, red and white, fencing off a path an stairs between some grass. — Barriers

Dan’s Polaroids
13:29

24.04.2026

A man sitting on the other side of a sidewalk table with food on it. — Lunch with Schepp.

Daniel Pietzsch
24 Apr 07:04

HWC DUS April is behind us. Daniel told us about his (CSS) color palette and color spaces deep dive. And about emojis and the plain symbol version of those. So here’s some links to the things we talked about:

Next event: Beyond Tellerrand on April 27, 2026 – April 28, 2026 at Capitol Theater, Düsseldorf.

Dan’s Polaroids
06:13

23.04.2026

Five people sitting behind a table with a board game on it. — An evening at Meeple und Macchiato playing Viticulture.

Dan’s Polaroids
07:06

22.04.2026

The three men of Forkalyst looking up into the camera. — Hello! It’s us again.

Dan’s Polaroids
15:15

21.04.2026

Three men sitting behind a table looking into the camera. — The Homebrew Website Club DUS April 2026.

Dan’s Polaroids
14:58

20.04.2026

A little Marshall Emberton II speaker on a window sill. — Our lovely little Emberton II speaker.

Dan’s Polaroids
19 Apr 18:52

19.04.2026

A child sliding down a slide. — We had a good time today at Clip’n’Climb.

Dan’s Polaroids
19 Apr 18:52

18.04.2026

A multilane highway surrounded by walls and trees. — Münchner Straße

Dan’s Polaroids
19 Apr 18:21

17.04.2026

A hand pointing to its wearer’s shirt, saying The Haunted made me do it. — Band shirt Friday

Daniel Pietzsch
19 Apr 10:12

Woohoo! Jasper and Florian added webmention support to their blogs!

Dan’s Polaroids
17 Apr 13:19

16.04.2026

The front of a white van, photographed from the right side. The top of a bamboo fence in front. — Spotted this van.

Daniel Pietzsch
16 Apr 13:16

🔗 IWC DUS 2026 Feed List

feed.city/c/dan/l/IWC+DUS+2026

I made a public list of feeds for IndieWebCamp 2026 in Düsseldorf, taking place very soon on the weekend of April 25 and 26.

So far, I have put people on the list that are listed as participants on the Wiki page for the event:

So, if you like, you can use this list to see what everyone’s up to before, during, or after the event. You can just browse the list’s web page, or chuck its feed into any feed reader and follow along that way.

I’ll update the list whenever new people RSVP or show up at the event.

Dan’s Polaroids
15 Apr 17:53

15.04.2026

Me in a tight-corner mirror. — I wandered outside today.

Daniel Pietzsch
14 Apr 20:38

📄 Automating Sending Webmention Requests from a Static Site

How I automatically send Webmention requests from a GitLab build pipeline for my static sites.

Dan’s Polaroids
14 Apr 18:10

14.04.2026

The book Alea Aquarius in my hand. — Alea Aquarius is what we’re reading to Zoe. It’s part 3. The thickest, yet.

Dan’s Polaroids
14 Apr 18:10

13.04.2026

Me from nose to knees in a bathroom mirror with some towels and a cupboard. — Still sick. Still stuck at home. Mostly in bed.

Daniel Pietzsch
14 Apr 11:26

🎬 Eddington

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/eddington/

This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.

This is very well made and played. But in the end there was just no real story. I was close to switching this off after the first hour, during which I thought "I don't think I need a film about people in the US arguing over Covid policy and BLM stuff". It picks up speed after this, and you think "now here's what it's about", but then to be disappointed - because: no, it's not (and this happens multiple times). Nothing ever seems to really matter. Except - seemingly - the opening of that data centre, which is the second to last scene. But then, the film's too long IMHO. I don't know. But, yeah, it looks great and has fabulous acting.

Daniel Pietzsch
12 Apr 19:18

🎬 The Menu

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/the-menu-2022/

This review may contain spoilers. Tap or click to view.

This was an entertaining film! Performances are great. It's funny and absurd. How it's made reminded me of Ari Aster movies. And it seemed to me like they made a whole movie out of that dialogue Nic Cage has with the fine dining chef in Pig. Anyway. What makes it miss a recommendation, is maybe that I found it too serious at times and the lack of fleshing out all those guest characters more. And the arguments with which she escapes are kind of a cliché. But man, that burger looked tasty! And how she enjoys it on the boat when all the others explode was actually a good ending IMHO.