@obrhoff

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Berlin-based indie developer specializing in mobile apps.

Creator of bbybike for iOS, DaftCloud and Daft Music for macOS. Currently bootstrapping Recordfy.

Available for contract work and here for my entertainment.

I'm writing about #berlin #iosdev #indiedev #macosdev #europe #startrek #musictech #germany #politics #gaming #retrogaming #vintagemac #gameboy #swift #golang #vinyl

Mehttps://obrhoff.de

“We then used the new logic to reclassify our traffic data for March-August 2025, and found that much of the unusually high traffic for the period of May and June was coming from bots that were built to evade detection.”

What I do not understand is what the point is with bots scraping Wikipedia content? You can just download it?

Anyway, the Dead Internet is upon us.
🙏
#deadinternet

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/17/new-user-trends-on-wikipedia/

New User Trends on Wikipedia

Isiwal, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons In March, the Wikimedia Foundation shared about the global trends that are impacting our movement. These trends have continued to shape not only the Wikim…

Diff

Nach dem Fall des Systemgegners Sowjetunion gab es wohl keinen Wettbewerb mehr, und man hatte offenbar keine Anreize mehr, daran festzuhalten. Es gab ja keine Alternative mehr.

Als Slogan ist aber Soziala Marktwirtschaft aber noch cool.

Mein Hottake
#housingcrisis

For some reason, this is impossible to build in SwiftUI (or I'm holding it wrong).
#swiftui #macosdev #appkit
This is ridiculous. Even on WhatsApp on my private number. Is everything faked on the internet now?
#indiedev #buildinpublic #macosdev #deadinternet

Warum die Mieten in Europa durch die Decke steigen? Nein, es sind nicht die Flüchtlinge. Ich stand schon vor 12 Jahren in der Schlange.

Einer der Hauptgründe: Alle Länder haben ihren sozialen Wohnungsbau im Zuge der Neoliberalisierung abgebaut, um „den Markt regeln zu lassen“. Diese Ideologie wird sich wohl nicht ändern.

Die EU scheint das Thema in Angriff zu nehmen. Unglaublich, wie viel die EU mittlerweile übernehmen muss, während die Länder nichts tun
#housingcrisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8R99FIuXhA

HOHE MIETEN: Unbezahlbar für junge Leute? | ARTE Europa - Die Woche

YouTube

Producthunt seems dead.

No comments at all (compared to years ago). Mostly engagement from sales people that want to sell you upvotes.
#indiedev #buildinpublic #macosdev #deadinternet

Boy do I get spammed now per mail and LinkedIn.
#indiedev #buildinpublic #macosdev

Daft Music is today featured on Product Hunt. 🎉
#indiedev #buildinpublic #macosdev

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/daft-music

Daft Music: The definitive Apple Music experience on Mac | Product Hunt

Daft Music is a fast, beautifully designed Apple Music app built natively for macOS. Enjoy high-performance playback, elegant design, and a seamless music experience.

Product Hunt

Looks like Poland will introduce a higher tax break for families with two or more children.

It might seem unfair at first, but without enough children being born, there will be fewer people paying into the pension system in the future. That means a heavier burden on those who do have kids, since their children will also be supporting pensions for everyone, including those who decided not to have children.

Beside this its more populism.
#pensionreform #eu #poland

https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/16/polands-president-signs-off-on-new-zero-income-tax-law-for-parents-with-two-children

Polish president signs zero income tax law for parents with two kids

The bill, presented by Karol Nawrocki in August, removes the income tax obligation on families earning up to 140,000 zloty (€32,973) a year.

euronews

It looks like the pension systems across Europe are broken, and the EU might step in and withhold payouts if countries don’t fix them.

Who knew the EU would have to clean up all the mess that local governments create? (Like the German one.)
#pensionreform #eu

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-funds-pension-systems-budget-legal-protests/

EU considers withholding funds from countries that don’t fix pension systems

Brussels fears Europe’s aging population will cause fiscal crises unless member countries address unsustainable retirement systems.

POLITICO