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Nicolas

@eisfunke@inductive.space

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Hi! I'm Nicolas, a software developer and computer scientist. I work with railway tech at @rrs.

The topics I'm currently nerding out about change on a daily basis! Here are some of my current and more persistent interests:

⚗️ programming languages, type systems, science communication

🖥️ self-hosting, Nix/Lix, free software

🛤️ urbanism, infrastructure, railways

⛰️ hiking, ice cream making, coffee, sewing, podcasts, ink & fountain pens

🏛️ politics, sociology

Trans rights are human rights! 🏳️‍🌈

Website	https://eisfunke.com
Matrix	@eisfunke:eisfunke.com
Languages	German, English, Dutch
Pronouns	he (or they if you prefer)

i think industry has much more of a "not wanting to hear the hard parts about getting software correct" problem than academia has a public relations problem

daniel:// stenberg://3d ago

How I do it.

Some words on how I work on #curl and lead the #curl project. Every day of the week. Year in, year out. It never ends.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/13/how-i-do-it/

How I do it

A while ago I received an email with this question. I've been subscribed to your weekly newsletter for a while now, receiving your weekly updates every Friday. I'm writing because I admire your consistency, focus, and perseverance. I can't help but wonder, with admiration, how you manage to do it. Since this is a topic … Continue reading How I do it →

daniel.haxx.se

Dual gauge infra west of Sighetu Marmației in a sorry state. There were bold plans for this… Let’s hope tomorrow east of here I find better!

Nicolas

6d ago

People kissing goodbye before entering the train, kinda cute ngl

Nicolas

Jul 9

Merlin 🚨🚨Jul 9

OH (in den Niederlanden): Wie kann etwas so schönes so nah an Duisburg sein?

Nicolas

Jul 6

Homemade sorbet made from homegrown berries (they're a fun hybrid of rasp- and blackberries)! Turned out great, very fruity and refreshing.

Recipe: https://www.eisfunke.com/recipes/strawberry-sorbet.html (it says strawberry as an example right now, but you could make it with any fruit with similar water content)

#icecream #icecreammaking

Nicolas

Jun 30

Sonja Lemke Jun 30

Reden von #Dobrindt und andere CDU/CSUlern lassen sich übrigens nur aushalten, weil reinrufen im Bundestag ein Ding ist.

(Aus der Debatte zur Aussetzung des Familiennachzuges am Freitag https://dserver.bundestag.de/btp/21/21015.pdf)

Nicolas

Jun 30

> Lix posts announcement "PR for 2.93.2 is open"

> I open the post in Element X

> "2.93.2" is a link

> i click the link, expecting to land on the PR

> phone app opens, ready to call 2932

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Nicolas

Jun 28

Ah. Kam vom Kleingartenverein. Na gut.

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Jon Worth 3d ago

Dual gauge infra west of Sighetu Marmației in a sorry state. There were bold plans for this… Let’s hope tomorrow east of here I find better!

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Jon Worth 2d ago

#CrossBorderRail Finale Bike 31 of 45
Campulung La Tisa - Sighetu Marmației

Distance: 16.1km
Est. duration: 1:30

This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#13/47.9567/23.8251

#CrossBorderRail 2025 Finale

The final big #CrossBorderRail tour - to the eastern borders of the EU, and missing intra-EU borders. In June-July 2025. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.

uMap

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Jon Worth 2d ago

And - a day late! - the #CrossBorderRail summary video

https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/1hfrSYR8jaywp5qWb7Dmgb