cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/55151844

Hello, is this the based department?

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/49832828

There are three potential reasons for members of this forum to have a look at https://vutuv.de/

You are tired or annoyed of LinkedIn.
You are searching for a job or a candidate.
You are technically curious and want to have a look at the inner workings of such a project. We use everything Phoenix Framework has to offer and connect to the Fediverse.

vutuv compared to LinkedIn is not closed gated and it is free for everybody. You can read every posting and visit any profile without having to register first. Have a look at my profile at https://vutuv.de/wintermeyer

All the data is hosted on our servers in Germany. Nothing is send to the cloud. No third party cookies.

Please give it a try and please do give me feedback. Here or if you find a bug or want to post a feature request in our GitHub repo. Thanks!

^quote from developer about vutuv https://elixirforum.com/t/vutuv-de-an-open-source-linkedin-alternative-built-in-phoenix/76166/

At first I wanted to recommend this platform as it looked promising. After the first comments I took a deeper look at the project and must say: interesting but worrisome. I skimmed the repository and it somewhat looks like a total car crash spiked with red flags.

To be clear: I don't think that vibecoding is per se a problem, the extend to which it is used and by whom in which manner/workflow/procedure makes a difference.

Anyhow. I leave this post online as I still think the idea of an federated business network made in EU is worth something.

The original post

BizzFed looks like a professional network — and works like one. Profiles, company pages, job listings. What's different underneath: every account lives on an instance. Many instances talk to each other via ActivityPub.

I'm curious how they will evolve and how many instances will show up. I could imagine companies preferring BizzFed over custom mastodon instances, as it supports more than regular posts, and the profiles are more expressive.

Edit: project is vibecoded and has a history of security issues, related to that. I don’t know if the approach of development was changed since then and if their QA and methodology got better.

EUSP (European Search Perspective) is our joint venture with Qwant to build a European search index. We started serving results to users in France last year, and now we’re excited to go live in Germany too

A big leap forward.

Some fella on reddit started frontpages.eu

FrontPages.eu checks each country's top news sites and compiles and English summary daily, including a very "glanceable" map. I hope you'll like it. Feedback is very welcome, this is only the 2nd day!

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1v4m3bf/today_i_started_a_passion_project_frontpageseu_to/

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/32021699

Strongbox, a beautifully simple iOS/macOS keypass software, is on sale.

Full disclosure: the developer is sitting in UK but was lately acquired by Applause.

Strongbox, a beautifully simple iOS/macOS keypass software, is on sale.

Full disclosure: the developer is sitting in UK but was lately acquired by Applause.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/51336189

euvetted.com

I know there are a dozen of different "EU Alternatives" websites/catalogs already and some of them are actually great for discovering European brands and software. But they never show you what's inside: you only get a name, a logo, a few lines long pitch and then you're on your own.

So after doing some due diligence I've built a more detailed one. Whether you just want a European Dropbox/Google Analytics/1Password etc or you need to know your customers' data won't leave the EU, the idea is the same: give you what you need after the name, not just the name.

Two features I have that surface-level lists do not:

1. I show the exposure, not just the "European" label. That word hides the part that matters. A company can have a Berlin office, a "hosted in the EU" banner, and still route your data through a US analytics provider or sit on US-owned cloud — at which point US law reaches it regardless of where the rack is. So for every listing I check, and link the source for:

• Where the data is actually hosted — the data-centre region, not the HQ on the about page.
• The sub-processor list — the one nobody reads. Pretty EU hosting page up front, US tooling quietly in the DPA annex.
• CLOUD Act exposure — US parent or US hyperscaler storage means US jurisdiction, full stop.
• Who owns the company — "EU-founded, US-funded" is a different animal from "EU-owned". Ownership and hosting are shown as separate signals so you decide which one you care about.

2. A proper feature matrix. Not "here are five alternatives, good luck" - an actual side-by-side, so you can see which tool genuinely replaces the US one feature-for-feature and which is wishful thinking.

Everything is from public sources only - the vendor's own DPA, sub-processors page, the company registry, legal notice etc. Each point has a link to original page and last verification date. Vendor's self-attestation is not taken on faith.

One number that fell out of doing this for more than 200 tools: a little more than 30% are completely clear of US Cloud Act exposure - no US parent and no significat sub-processors.

On money: the site earns nothing right now. There are a couple of affiliate links added already and it's disclosed everywhere they appear plus listed in full on the transparency page. That's the whole monetisation plan: affiliate links, nothing hidden. Listing order is editorial - no commission logic anywhere in how stuff is sorted.

What I would be happy to hear from you: what's missing? Did I get any assessments wrong? If you see something - let me know and I will fix it right away.

Disclaimer: I'm affiliated — I built and run this site. It currently has a couple of affiliate links live; how it's funded is documented in full at https://euvetted.com/transparency

Ever since Germany pushed for Patriot for Sky Shield instead of the (then not battle-proofen) SAMP/T I’m roughly following the news.

Though rumored to happen, Raytheon never allowed licenses production of Patriot missiles in Europe. With the now f**ed up stock pile, the tried recall of Polish batteries and the Swiss delay/fraud it is no wonder thar European countries look for alternatives.

SAMP/T earned its reputation in Ukraine and gets more recognized lately. On top of that Ukraine is developing their own domestic and hopefully cheaper alternative with the FP-7x. (Not to mention the other systems for different threats).

Why the heck aren’t the European countries able to ramp up the SAMP/T and Aster 15/30 production and concentrate on one licensed solution? I can imagine the FP-7x will be more cost effective (sub 1 Mio. $ vs 2-4 Mio $), maybe even faster to assemble, but can’t the defense industry streamline their products and production to the same effort?

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/zelenskyy-urges-uk-france-and-germany-to-build-european-alternative-to-us-patriot-system-19639

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/9309673

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• The largest German state, Bavaria, has canceled a nearly billion-euro contract with Microsoft.
• The state administration will pursue a “sovereign basic workspace” based on open-source components.
• Bavaria’s Digital Minister Fabian Mehring says the decision allows the state to protect itself from price hikes and ensure data privacy.

The Bavarian Ministry for Digital Affairs has officially announced the cancellation of a planned framework agreement with American tech giant Microsoft intended to implement its productivity suite across the state administration.

Regional news website Mittelstand in Bayern reports that Microsoft services would have cost nearly €1 billion ($1.16 billion) over a five-year period.

Instead, Bavaria will pursue a “sovereign basic workspace” based on open-source components.

The decision comes after a months-long power struggle between the state’s Finance Ministry, led by Albert Füracker, who wanted to consolidate existing contracts and secure discounts, and Digital Minister Fabian Mehring, who pushed for open source.

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/28901474

Nice to see, how the score comes together.