Wero-proper (like it is in Germany, not a rebrand of a pre-existing system) currently supports peer-to-peer payments via SEPA instant transfer, using a centralized phone number <> IBAN lookup server.

Wero also supports online e-commerce payments (with buyer's protection similar to credit cards, managed by the customer's bank). But not all banks that support Wero p2p also support Wero E-commerce. If your payments run on e.g. Stripe, you can enable Wero for all participating banks. Wero is cheaper than credit card payments.

Some time next year, Wero will offer in-store point-of-sale (POS) payments. Afaik, those are not live anywhere yet.

I think with all the mergers with established systems, the chance of success is really high.

There are straight quotes: ' or "

and there are curly quotes: ‘ and ’ or “ and ”

"curling" then just means "figuring out whether it's an opening or closing quote"

It's built on Gitlab and does everything you need your git to do.

They also provide hardened base container images at https://container.gov.de

At least I'm already working for the government, so I'm on the right track ;)

I have a question that might resonate with other early-career SWEs. How do I become better at the "serious" parts of work?

I got a maths-heavy master's degree in computer science. Formally, I now work as a data scientist, but really, I engineer software.

I am confident in my programming abilities. I write clean code, design elegant abstractions, test everything etc. But I still feel like there's a more "serious" degree of software engineering that I find boring and I feel like I'm not great at it: Writing design documents, properly tracking decisions, careful planning, building infrastructure and deciding on expensive infrastructure projects, all sorts of compliance stuff.

My question is: As I use more and more AI to help with programming, how do I get better and find joy in the more managerial tasks of software engineering? Does confidence just come with experience? Can I get better faster? Or is it all worthless anyways and I should focus on the code?

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There is some back and forth around whether it's legal to serve beer in traditional ceramic steins, where customers can not verify that the foam really starts above the line.

As I understand, it is legal in Germany, but only if there is visible signage that informs customers about their right to pour their beer into a marked standard glass to check the amount. Source (German): https://www.abendblatt.de/incoming/article402102835/wer-hat-...

In 1899, an association was formed in Munich to combat fraudulent pouring. It was banned by the Nazis and re-formed in 1970. They went around and measured beers. This post is its spiritual successor. German: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verein_gegen_betr%C3%BCgerisch...

Well, someone else(?) made it real in a high quality vibe coded shitpost!

[1] https://x.com/runaway_vol/status/2027433937002254789?s=20

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Maybe UBI works for some recipients when it's clearly time-limited and the recipients have a clear way to building a stable income, but are bottlenecked on time and capital. I think artists are a good fit for such a program.

Similarly, "computer" in "computer games" is a noun that modifies the meaning of the following noun. Modifying nouns like this always are in singular.