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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Dan’s Polaroids
04 Apr 12:04

Daniel Pietzsch
04 Apr 11:39

🎬 The Revenant

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Saw this for its 10th anniversary at the Metropol. What a treat! Thoroughly enjoyed this one, letting me absorb into its story, atmosphere and grandiose landscapes. It’s like you’re right there with the protagonists (as far as you can from the comfort of one’s cinema seat). There are so many intense scenes and they’re so masterfully captured and choreographed. Leo and Tommy Hardy are so good (but I was very thankful for subtitles, because I would’ve otherwise been lost with the latter’s accent and mumbling). A must-see!

👍 Recommended!

Dan’s Polaroids
04 Apr 11:39

After the very positive surprise of Psycho Goreman, this is the second movie from the same director. Unfortunately, this is not even close to the quality of PG. The humour is lame and just silly (well, yes, some things were indeed pretty funny, but that was an exception), the characters are not as likeable and the puppets are not that great either. I’d rather watch PG again!

Dan’s Polaroids
30 Mar 16:11

30.03.2026

A man playing a King V with tribals. — Back in the day, when Laurenz was still in Slayer.

Dan’s Polaroids
30 Mar 08:47

29.03.2026

A person getting a beer from a bag hung outside a window. — Daring outside fridge.

Dan’s Polaroids
29 Mar 12:27

28.03.2026

The two guitarist of Resurrected live on stage. — Resurrected live @ Sojus7 Monheim

Dan’s Polaroids
28 Mar 13:53

27.03.2026

A pizza in an oven. — It was pizza Friday.

Dan’s Polaroids
28 Mar 12:06

26.03.2026

A parking lot with a sign saying Generalmusikdirektor. — GENERALMUSIKDIREKTOR

Dan’s Polaroids
27 Mar 22:04

25.03.2026

Two men. On holding the other's head in his arms. — <3

Dan’s Polaroids
27 Mar 19:52

24.03.2026

Playful arranged large letters spelling — Playground

Dan’s Polaroids
27 Mar 17:00

23.03.2026

A vinyl sleeve on top of a record play, showing The Crown's
Hell is Here album. — I was gifted the vinyl of one of my favourite albums.

Daniel Pietzsch
26 Mar 18:17

On Saturday, I’ll be live on stage with Brutal Unrest again.

Daniel Pietzsch
24 Mar 21:32

The new YouTube video player allows playing videos in full screen mode when launched from a PWA on iPad. No more opening an extra FeedCity tab in the browser just to watch the videos I bookmarked to watch during lunch break.

Dan’s Polaroids
23 Mar 18:36

22.03.2026

Parts of a bike. Mostly focusing on the handlebars, photographed
from behind the bike. The saddle in the foreground. — Put back the straight handlebars. No more bull horns.

Dan’s Polaroids
22 Mar 20:38

21.03.2026

Me and a friend smiling into the camera, holding DVDs of — Full of mad anticipation for our trashy movie night.

Daniel Pietzsch
22 Mar 16:45

🎬 PG: Psycho Goreman

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/pg-psycho-goreman/

Honestly, this was very entertaining. I was pretty tired, but this kept me awake, no problem. It's just so bizarre and funny. The daughter and her father are absolute comedy gold. And that policeman! The costumes are so good, too. I don't know, I had a great time and would most definitely watch it again.

👍 Recommended!

Daniel Pietzsch
22 Mar 16:45

🎬 Edge of Honor

letterboxd.com/danielpietzsch/film/edge-of-honor/

Plot is all over the place and there's quite a few scenes that make little sense. But yeah, for a trash-movie night, certainly not the worst flick. "Wait, how did they lift those enormous logs and … ?" "WHO CARES, ACTION, AHHHH…!". The finale is like Home Alone but in the woods and pretty entertaining.

Dan’s Polaroids
21 Mar 13:26

20.03.2026

Selfie of me and Zoe, skating. — You don't see it, but we're both skating. :)

Daniel Pietzsch
21 Mar 13:26

Another HWC Düsseldorf has taken place this week, where we shared what we’ve been up to with our personal sites. Nina continued to write more and more for her homepage as well as work on the code. She started adding music to her blog posts. Jochen continues to make selfhosted tools and recently added a (private) “Archive” site where he adds podcasts episodes to, and transcribes the audio into text. I recently added the latest Polaroid to my homepage.

We also talked about Kagi’s Small Web initiative, AI, how much personal information to share online, and easter eggs. Links mentioned:

Kagi Small Web
- rss.social
- powrss.com
lynnandtonic.com/archive/ (re: general inspiration)
florian.photo/2025-11-20 (re: sound on websites)
zachleat.com (re: easter eggs)

Daniel Pietzsch
19 Mar 22:08

🎬 In the Mouth of Madness

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Hm. Somehow, the plot was a bit unsatisfactory. But there's still lots to like: the theme song is one of my favourites by Carpenter, the gory practical effects are great, I liked the characters, the humour, the atmosphere. Good one, but (after first watch) not my most-liked Carpenter film.

👍 Recommended!