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.

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Rights: © 2019–2026 by Daniel Pietzsch, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Public lists: HWC DUS IWC BER 2025 IWC DUS 2025

Dan’s Polaroids
22 Feb 22:42

20.02.2026

A leafless tree in front of a white background.

Daniel Pietzsch
21 Feb 13:21

🎬 Slingshot

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/slingshot-2024/

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Good space movie. Has great atmosphere overall (apart from a few soundtrack choices maybe). Liked the themes of the movie. The acting was great for the most part. And it has a good twist (or two?)! The very end is a bit unnecessary, when they could've just ended the movie right with the countdown in the airlock.

👍 Recommended!

Daniel Pietzsch
20 Feb 12:43

🔗 Stress-free RSS reader FeedCity debuted last year - ranchero.com

ranchero.com/2026/02/19/stress-free-rss-reader-feedcity.html

OMG. Brent Simmons (of NetNewsWire fame) linked to FeedCity and had nice things to say about it:

This one is not just no-unread-counts but also social, with outbound RSS. Very cool!

Thank you very much, Brent! 🥹

Dan’s Polaroids
20 Feb 10:39

Nina showed us her newly created Instagram-Archive site using Memento Mori. She also detailed how cumbersome it is to delete one’s Instagram account. We then talked about Dark Patterns for a while.

AI has also always been a topic again. How it can for example be useful to get away from big tech and host services yourself. Jochen told us about how he does just that now. What he previously didn’t have the time for now became possible. He also uses AI to add new feature to the website of his Python Podcast.

We also talked a bit about podcasting and available apps as well as how one might get away from large music streaming services like Spotify. And we made our first money transfer using Wero (instead of Paypal).

The next HWC DUS will be on Mar. 17^th.

Daniel Pietzsch
17 Feb 21:49

🎬 Good Boy

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/good-boy-2025/

Such a good boy! Really! Best dog ever! :) Very much enjoyed this unique horror drama from a dog's perspective.

👍 Recommended!

Dan’s Polaroids
17 Feb 21:39

16.02.2026

Men in black red yellow costumes on stilts. — Rosenmontag in Ratingen. Those guys were very impressive!

Daniel Pietzsch
15 Feb 14:49

🎥 Brutal Unrest - Sarcophagus Aftermath (Live in Aachen)

Brutal Unrest - Sarcophagus Aftermath (Live in Aachen)

One song from our gig in Aachen last weekend.

Dan’s Polaroids
15 Feb 12:39

15.02.2026

A football field in the morning sun. Long shadows of trees and
myself projecting onto it. — Stopped at the football field during the sunny morning bike ride.

Dan’s Polaroids
15 Feb 12:16

14.02.2026

Holding the soles of our shoes into the camera, you can see lots
of confetti and other colourful stuff on there. — Our sticky soles after being part of the child carneval procession.

Dan’s Polaroids
14 Feb 10:28

13.02.2026

A photo of our white Polaroid Go camera. — Lost the photos I took with this camera. :( So, here's just the cam.

Dan’s Polaroids
13 Feb 14:51

12.02.2026

A child in a black and blue cheerleader dress holding its black
pompoms in front of the face. — It's Carneval!

Dan’s Polaroids
12 Feb 16:40

11.02.2026

A photo of my Fuji X100s camera with a UV filter in front of the
lens. — Reactivated my X100s. Bought a new UV filter as protection.

Daniel Pietzsch’s Photo Journal
11 Feb 22:34

July 2024

Random photos from summer. A Forkalyst gig. The big funfair. Irrland. And the start into our vacation. (38 photos)

Dan’s Polaroids
11 Feb 15:24

10.02.2026

A cupboard with a laptop and an audio interface in a rehearsal
space. A bass guitar and amps next to it. — Recording

Dan’s Polaroids
10 Feb 17:36

09.02.2026

Me with a venician carneval mask on in red and black. — Fooling around.

Dan’s Polaroids
09 Feb 18:27

08.02.2026

A medieval tower and part of a wall in sunshine with a tree and
its shadows. — In Ratingen for a birthday celebration.

Dan’s Polaroids
07 Feb 11:51

07.02.2026

My black V-shaped guitar on my black desk. Guitar string
packaging and tools around it. — Restringing the guitar for tonight's gig in Aachen.

Dan’s Polaroids
06 Feb 17:24

06.02.2026

Handlebars of a holland bike. In the background a path with
vegetation on both sides and a motorhome on the left. — Cycling in the rain. And the Polaroid got messed up in my pocket.

Dan’s Polaroids
06 Feb 09:33

05.02.2026

A woman on a latter behind a fence with a camera in hand,
looking into the camera. — I was photographed today.

Dan’s Polaroids
06 Feb 09:33

04.02.2026

The three men of Forkalyst sitting on a sofa. With beer cans in
hand. — Wednesdays

Dan’s Polaroids
04 Feb 16:58

03.02.2026

A photo of the EHX Silencer pedal on a pedalboard. — New (but not very exciting) pedal day.

Dan’s Polaroids
02 Feb 18:53

02.02.2026

A close up of a small part of a black desk from overhead. You
see parts of a black trackpad, one half of a black split keyboard and pen
and pape. — Desk

Dan’s Polaroids
02 Feb 09:08

01.02.2026

A child sitting along in a museum. — At the Kunstpalast for "DIE GEHEIME MACHT DER DÜFTE".

Dan’s Polaroids
01 Feb 09:29

31.01.2026

A man with headphones on sitting in front of a computer, looking
back at the camera. — Forkalyst recording session with Phil.

Daniel Pietzsch
31 Jan 09:25

Next week, Sa. 07.02.2026, I’ll be playing my first gig with Brutal Unrest in Aachen. If you want to know what this might sound like, the last album is on Bandcamp.

Dan’s Polaroids
30 Jan 15:06

30.01.2026

A close-up photo of the Polaroid Impulse AF camera in my
hand. — Meet the camera: my Polaroid Impulse AF

Dan’s Polaroids
30 Jan 15:06