https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/ Thoughts from everyday life. en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-06-26-i18n-aufraeum-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-06-26-i18n-aufraeum-en.html Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT 260 keys, 17 language blocks, 12 orphaned entries — and a test file that had been running against stale data for weeks. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-30-shiplog-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-30-shiplog-en.html Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Status note: the members area went live yesterday — three tiers, no server, a velvet rope rather than a steel door. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-29-members-velvet-rope-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-29-members-velvet-rope-en.html Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The site now has a closed members area — three tiers, client-side SHA-256 checks, and the most honest line in the source: "Soft gate, not security." Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-06-transparenz-drei-lagen-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-06-transparenz-drei-lagen-en.html Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nicknames section, AI marker, and the Karpman ball — three changes on the site that are more connected than they look. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-env-grep-vorfall-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-env-grep-vorfall-en.html Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tonight Claude ran a grep on my .env file to verify a URL. The values were, by chance, not actual secrets. That was luck, not discipline. The new hard rule that came out of it, and why I make the incident public. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-legal-germany-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-legal-germany-en.html Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT This site speaks 18 languages. I can only take legal responsibility for one jurisdiction — Germany. For the other 17 I need language sponsors from the tribe. Plus a Maxmarlon set for the handover and a Chappelle sketch reminding that being real has a context. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-codeberg-anlass-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-codeberg-anlass-en.html Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT This site lives on GitLab — a technical convenience, not a political plan. If you see a reason to host it on Codeberg, drop a line through a special subject string. With hands, with a concrete concern, without rush. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-bounty-hunter-telefonnummer-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-03-bounty-hunter-telefonnummer-en.html Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A tribe game, not a brute-force game: whoever finds my number and calls me from a friend's phone who already has it gets this homepage built personalised. The condition is in the rule itself. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-02-version-1-0-und-zwei-algorithmen-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-05-02-version-1-0-und-zwei-algorithmen-en.html Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Journeys page just shipped as version 1.0 — no editing pass. A Kollektiv Blaue Stunde podcast and an Afro-House set were playing in the background. Plus: why I trust my music algorithms more than LinkedIn or Google. And three notes from the edges — the ZenBusiness breach, the Academy's AI line, the US troop withdrawal. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-29-tokens-und-tier2-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-29-tokens-und-tier2-en.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tokens.css pulls the colour palette out of 36 HTML files into one. Plus: privacy rule written down and jest-enforced, three new cards (Tchaikovsky, O/Y, Ciao Ella), a Socrates quote corrected. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-29-things-take-time-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-29-things-take-time-en.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT On living with ADHD, Judith Holofernes' new book Hummelhirn (read by Nora Tschirner), a Sido track for slowing down, and an open letter to Elon that just got milder. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-29-wer-treibt-die-kuriere-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-29-wer-treibt-die-kuriere-en.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A friend got hit on her bike. She's a courier. On piece rates, subcontractor shadow fleets, a BG-Verkehr accident statistic — and the antidote: bringing the pace down. With a mori set running in the background. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-28-dinge-beim-namen-nennen-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-28-dinge-beim-namen-nennen-en.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A new post on the legal question of naming genocide and a site-wide gender-language audit: both from the same impulse. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-27-genozid-beim-namen-nennen-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-27-genozid-beim-namen-nennen-en.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT If denying past genocides is criminal, naming present genocides must be possible. A legal stocktake on Gaza, Xinjiang, Tigray — with a note on Salgado. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-26-bsi-signal-empfehlungen-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-26-bsi-signal-empfehlungen-en.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Germany's BSI recommends end-to-end encryption to at-risk groups — while the same government negotiates Chat Control at the EU level. On the irony of one arm of the state protecting exactly what the other arm wants to dismantle. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-25-jeder-hat-jemanden-zu-fuettern-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-25-jeder-hat-jemanden-zu-fuettern-en.html Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A call to police and activists alike — stay peaceful, stay respectful. On both sides of every line stands a person with someone waiting at home. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-25-github-spiegel-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-25-github-spiegel-en.html Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT One commit. Six new subpages. RSS. Comments. A daily automated post agent. No phased rollout. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-25-eine-nacht-sechs-saulen-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-25-eine-nacht-sechs-saulen-en.html Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT In one night, the personal site grew a frame: Philosophy, Science, Ethics, Mentorship, Tribe, Movement. Plus a movement that launches on May 1. The soundtrack fits. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-24-authenticator-matrix-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-24-authenticator-matrix-en.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT After the Authy meltdown and the ongoing LastPass fallout: 22 authenticator apps compared. Three survive, five get kicked out. Steef https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-20-ice-541-en.html https://steefsteefsen.github.io/blog/posts/2026-04-20-ice-541-en.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT €90 ticket. €11.50 coffee and a roll. Free of charge: getting barked at in the dining car by someone in the worst possible mood. Service means SERVICE. Steef