Reflecting on my recent trip to Germany for #FrOSCon.

https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/08/22/talks-and-travels-froscon-germany/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

We were delighted that @andypiper from the Mastodon team was the featured keynote speaker on day 2 of #FrOSCon this year.

Andy spoke about the importance of the #Fediverse and of decentralisation in order to preserve digital freedom and sovereignty.

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3408-decentralising_freedom_open_source_for_sovereignty

Reflecting on my recent trip to Germany for #FrOSCon.

https://andypiper.co.uk/2025/08/22/talks-and-travels-froscon-germany/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The #SumUp card payment terminals seem to be quite popular, also among communities taking donations, e.g. at #FrOSCon.

For @Teckids , I made a small stand-alone POS frontend, so we can take card payments and display QR codes for receipts to customers while avoiding the proprietary Google Play app and not passing on customers' e-mail addresses to SumUp.

It's very basic for now, but find it here:

https://codeberg.org/Natureshadow/pumus

#FOSS#OpenSource#Rust

We were delighted that @andypiper from the Mastodon team was the featured keynote speaker on day 2 of #FrOSCon this year.

Andy spoke about the importance of the #Fediverse and of decentralisation in order to preserve digital freedom and sovereignty.

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3408-decentralising_freedom_open_source_for_sovereignty

Shout-out for @fedify as a great tool for developers in the #Fediverse 🫶🏻 from @dave#FrOSCon

It was a big weekend for the Mastodon team at #FrOSCon in Germany.

If you're curious what we've been working on and what's coming up, as well as updates across the #Fediverse more broadly, @dave provided an update in his talk, "Taking a Fresh Look at the Fediverse".

Fun fact: David was also one of the founding organisers of FrOSCon!

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3346- taking_a_fresh_look_at_the_fediverse

It was a big weekend for the Mastodon team at #FrOSCon in Germany.

If you're curious what we've been working on and what's coming up, as well as updates across the #Fediverse more broadly, @dave provided an update in his talk, "Taking a Fresh Look at the Fediverse".

Fun fact: David was also one of the founding organisers of FrOSCon!

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3346- taking_a_fresh_look_at_the_fediverse

It was a big weekend for the Mastodon team at #FrOSCon in Germany.

If you're curious what we've been working on and what's coming up, as well as updates across the #Fediverse more broadly, @dave provided an update in his talk, "Taking a Fresh Look at the Fediverse".

Fun fact: David was also one of the founding organisers of FrOSCon!

https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2025-3346- taking_a_fresh_look_at_the_fediverse

Re: @andypiper's keynote at #FrOSCon.

The slide perfectly sums up the state of affairs wrt tech, digital media, and society. Most of you will probably agree.

However, Andy also pointed out that – despite all problems – "humans are still amazing". They're "incredible creative organisms" with access to "great tools".

Let's keep that in mind. Let's continue to promote #cooperation, #OpenSource and #decentralization.

Because "the internet depends on it".

Re: @andypiper's keynote at #FrOSCon.

The slide perfectly sums up the state of affairs wrt tech, digital media, and society. Most of you will probably agree.

However, Andy also pointed out that – despite all problems – "humans are still amazing". They're "incredible creative organisms" with access to "great tools".

Let's keep that in mind. Let's continue to promote #cooperation, #OpenSource and #decentralization.

Because "the internet depends on it".