The EuroMakers Journal
European ideas,worth reading.
Practical guides for choosing excellent software made across Europe.
Proton Chose the Hardware
A midnight filter swap in Frankfurt took Mail, VPN, Drive, and Pass down together. Proton's on-call powered the servers off first. Primary databases do not fail over without a person.
Stelae Runs on a Single Machine
Leon Becker's WordPress editor in Türkheim sleeps when you stop typing. The public beta lasts until 31 October 2026. Then €19.90 a year, no grandfathering — because one person on one host is the product.
Germany Paid to Keep VLC on Windows XP
The orange button on videolan.org still ships VLC 3.0.23. The release notes credit Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund — and they still list Windows XP.
An OsmAnd Update Counts as a Download
Free Android OsmAnd gives you seven country files. Refreshing France spends the same slot as fetching Portugal. The route still calculates on the phone.
Kirby Does Not Charge Until the Site Is Public
The German file-based CMS has no posts table. Content Folder in Neckargemünd sells a launch license — and since Kirby 5.5 it checks whether your "development" install is actually on the open web.
Navor Does Not Keep the Judgment
The Lausanne accounting app sells autopilot. Its Valais work says the opposite: the model reads the invoice, forgets it, and leaves the decision with the auditor.