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André Becker

@arestless.bsky.social
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Lead Architect at Nitrado. Using my free time to tinker around with smart home things, renovating an old house, and DMing DnD.

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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Luggage lost, luggage retrieved, now on my way to #devcom #ddc2025. Give me a ping if you're around!
Selfie of myself smiling, wearing a black polo shirt and Nitrado merch.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Update
An emptied out kitchen with a chimney in the corner 3/4th removed. The jackhammer and some tools rest on a counter on the side. Rubble on the floor, hole in the ceiling where the chimney once stood.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Today is jackhammer day.
A blue jackhammer leaned against a rack of tools and random equipment.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I thoroughly love the costume design in Andor. They highlight that fashion is a result of societal and cultural norms and, objectively, does not make sense. This here is as nonsensical as any real world tie.
Andor character Syril Karn dressed in a suit and a black tie that is not worn around the neck, but attached to the front of the shirt.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
A galaxy class military transport plane. It's almost as chonky as the bird in the quoted post.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Night shift paid off
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I probably have no idea what I'm doing here but I'm doing it anyway. Don't let anyone stop you from doing new things.
Basement. In preparation for a new concrete floor, a blue foil (for protection against moisture) is laid out and is being connected to the wall. A green leveling laser indicates that this is definitely not leveled out.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Thank you. Let's hope our politicians have the balls to actually get this moving. But if they don't, we still got this.
Article 20 of Germany's Basic Law, paragraph 4 of highlighted

Article 20
[Constitutional principles – Right of resistance]

(1) The Federal Republic of Germany is a democratic and social federal state.

(2) All state authority is derived from the people. It shall be exercised by the people through elections and other votes and through specific legislative, executive and judicial bodies.

(3) The legislature shall be bound by the constitutional order, the executive and the judiciary by law and justice.

(4) All Germans shall have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish this constitutional order if no other remedy is available.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I regret to inform you that is-odd is maintained much better (24 commits).
npm page for package "is-odd" in version 3.0.1
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution ("Verfassungsschutz") has now officially declared the whole AfD as "confirmed right-wing extremist". Let's fuck 'em up.
Article 21 of German Basic Law. Paragraph 2 is highlighted: 

Article 21
[Political parties]

(1) Political parties shall participate in the formation of the political will of the people. They may be freely established. Their internal organisation must conform to democratic principles. They must publicly account for their assets and for the sources and use of their funds.

(2) Parties that, by reason of their aims or the behaviour of their adherents, seek to undermine or abolish the free democratic basic order or to endanger the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be unconstitutional.

(3) Parties that, by reason of their aims or the behaviour of their adherents, are oriented towards an undermining or abolition of the free democratic basic order or an endangerment of the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be excluded from state financing. If such exclusion is determined, any favourable fiscal treatment of these parties and of payments made to those parties shall cease.

(4) The Federal Constitutional Court shall rule on the question of unconstitutionality within the meaning of paragraph (2) of this Article and on exclusion from state financing within the meaning of paragraph (3).

(5) Details shall be regulated by federal laws.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Folks if the hiking trail signs remind you of the emergency services number is that a good sign or...??
A hiking trail sign on a tree, marking the 1km mark, also listing German emergency phone number 112
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I'm doing the thing
A notebook and a pen. The notebook is flipped open and the otherwise empty page is titled "Blue Prince"
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A decent result if I do say so myself
A computer chassis with a rectangular area cut out of the HDD traysThat same chassis with a Gigabyte graphics card slightly reaching into the cut-out section
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Okay folks, whose uncle owns an old warehouse in Mexico and wants to make a quick buck by importing rubber ducks from China and exporting them to the US??
CNN headline: "Trump hits 90-day pause on most new tariffs, markets surge - US president excluded China from the pause and instead raised its 'reciprocal' levies to 125%"
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Called it!
Dow Jones showing a dip on market open, past 5 days are at -10.94%
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
So what you're telling me is that I can monetize my basement.
A wastewater pipe leading through fresh concrete
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Trickle Down Economics™
Dow Jones graph over the last five days, showing a sharp drop at market open a second day in a row.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"You wouldn't download a game cartridge"
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Gosh this is getting more pathetic by the day.
Google pop-up asking 'Did you notice the "Take Notes with Gemini" pop-up in your previous meeting with a "Get started" call to action?'
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Watched The Book of Eli. I get what the movie is *trying* to do. There are some good ideas in there, but the story could've used more work. The world building is sometimes not plausible, and a reveal towards the end did not catch me at all. Denzel is great as always though.
Movie poster for The Book of Eli, featuring Denzel Washington in the foreground and the ruins of a city in the background.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
When you despise Elon but also work in DDoS defense.
Downdetector.com graph showing high spikes in Twitter outages 24 hours ago, with the graph now slowly increasing again"Heartwarming: The Worst People You Know Are All Fighting"
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Watched "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" tonight. Unexpectedly good movie. What starts like a gimmicky cringe-comedy evolves into commentary on how quickly we disregard our own accomplishments, paired with some gorgeous scenery. Definitely recommended.
Movie poster for the secret life of Walter Mitty. Ben Stiller, carrying a silver suitcase, is walking through the air, a snow-covered mountain on the background.Still from the movie. A person is looking at a range of snow-covered mountains in the far distance.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The at-home movie library is growing #jellyfin
Browser window with Jellyfin, listing 323 movies. Among the movies visible in the picture are 21, 12 Monkeys, 47 Ronin
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
CW: Syringe
A syringe filled with Tabasco, next to a bottle of Tabasco.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
My wife got an Royal Kludge RK M-75 recently and I'm seriously considering getting one for myself. Build quality is good, support was very helpful (a keycap was damaged in shipping, we got a full cap replacement kit) and connectivity via cable/dongle/Bluetooth in one keyboard is pretty awesome.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Schnitzel time!
A plate with Schnitzel, topped with a slice of lemon, spätzle and brown sauce on the side
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Sunny Sunday Coffee
A cappuccino in a dark blue mug, sitting on a red tablecloth. There is some glare from the bright sun shining through the window.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This definitely is a video title.
YouTube screenshot with Jeff Geerling's video "Save your servers! NUT on a Raspberry Pi!".

NUT stands for "Network UPS Tools". I think.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
The titles of a TV show about robbing the Royal Mint of Spain. Its intro features paper models of the building. Spanish: La Casa de Papel ("The house of/made of paper"): Smart, elegant German: Haus des Geldes ("House of Money"): A bit on the nose, but okay English: MONEY HEIST
A still of the money heist intro, featuring a white paper model of the royal mint of spain, titled "LA CASA DE PAPEL" in red and white letters
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
It is Wednesday my dudes
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Basically every town festival has an abundance of these being sold, with varying degrees of drippiness. If you'd need a napkin then that's a skill issue that's solved by wiping your face with the bun before eating the last bits.
A wheat bun with a slice of grilled pork
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Please also analyze why in German ice cream parlors, basically the only place where you *actually need* a napkin, you will exclusively find the absolute worst kind of napkins, and you *only* find them there.
A napkin holder with terribly thin napkins
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
In Germany, if you buy these types of muffins, or cakes, or other pre-packaged sweet baked goods, they all taste the same. They have this very specific taste that is really hard to describe, but they all share it.
Pre-packaged vanilla and chocolate muffins
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
My solution
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
One hell of a reference in that quote.
Movie still from 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'. A man is riding a nuclear bomb in free fall, waving around his hat.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It might not look like it but I can help renovating. Promise! - Sent from my basement
A handsome fellow in a basement, holding a trowel, having no idea what he's doing.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The only winning move is not to play
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Doing my civic duty. Don't disappoint me, Germany.
A sealed, German mail-in-ballot, a list of detailed instructions on the side
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
So if you merely visit doge.gov/join, which is an entry in their navigation, you get hit with this. Absolutely incredible.
A cloudflare error message explaining that the request was blocked to protect against an SQL vulnerability.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Barista workshop continues to pay off.
A cappuccino with at least vaguely heart-shaped latte art
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I can confirm it makes for a great present among software engineering friends (the bottle is empty but I still got these nice glasses)
A whiskey glass labelled "The Singleton"
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Congrats. You say you're finished. You sure about that?
Jimbo
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"Bluesky users don't understand jokes" My dude this here is an actual thing that actually exists, how are we supposed to know the difference?!
"Red, White, and Blueland Act of 2025" on congress.gov
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
*beep*
A hand-held barcode scanner
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
My ride is here.
A screen cap from Stargate SG-1. An Asgard space ship is hovering in the dark clouds above three pyramids.
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Love me some Sunday audiobook ripping.
A PC with 6 open disc trays, filled with CDs of Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Pizza time
A pizza with sucuk, feta, mushrooms and arugula salad
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I use the words "coupling" and "cohesion" to make people feel bad about their decisions.
"Poorly explain what you do for a job."
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André Becker @arestless.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
👀
Two JetKVM packages sitting on a table. "Control any computer remotely"
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