Hi!

Soon I'll have my little nephew (13) in my company to check out software development for a week.

I'm working with large industry machines in real time Linux systems, so obviously I'd show him my test machine and if the customer agrees, I can show him some robots as well.
Also, he will get some crash course in computer basics.

He is an avid gamer - although not really good with computers.

I've gifted him a still nice laptop with Linux and Steam installed 1-2 years ago and he happily played Minecraft, but after some time he went back to his Switch 2.

Now he uses my Steam Deck - although that doesn't make that much of a difference...

I'd like to give him something fun as an exercise, that's is early rewarding.

Perfect would be, if he could code himself a little computer game, but that's completely out of my normal work stuff and I don't know what good options are available.

I guess starting with C++ and an Unreal engine or similar is more than an overkill.

Is there something, that is teaching the basics and gives rather quick rewards, which can produce a little something after 2-3 days?

Thank you all in advance!

We were on vacation for a week, so they really enjoy the balcony bar to lay on and watch over the neighborhood again :⁠-⁠)

Edit: bonus

As always, some bonus pictures

And some bonus pics :⁠-⁠)

... Despite all the (play) fighting

Bonus pics (this time a bit boring maybe):

Mother loves flowers and to look from the balcony

And again the little ones cuddling

Sadly Fenri is a bit sick, because his mother was a stray and not vaccinated.
So we're currently fighting for his health and sometimes he's just done, breathing heavy while just lying down.
But mostly he is just a kitten and plays and explores with his brother, so we have quite some hope that he makes it

All of them are getting supplements and mother gets 2 times a day ear flushes against mites
It's becoming a full time job, but the rewards are amazing

Edit: somehow the "not" in "not vaccinated" has gotten swallowed and that was an important one

Sadly Fenri is a bit sick and was now pretty much finished after having the vet for a visit here

Again some Austrian stuff

And again an additional song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZh4LvnihAc

Some Austrian punk

Some more from him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P0N-JXh0Ro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1ptnTBUIg

I grew up with Ton Steine Scherben and he is filling that hole for me

Fenri was sleeping in the play house, they usually share, and my wife came back from a 25h shift in the hospital

So they both feel asleep that way I took some photos

Bonus pic:
As they're starting to get over the fence of their kindergarten, we started to show them the room next door

After some time exploring, they both decided, the penguin, holding up the door, is the one to attack

Edit: for everyone following since the first posts, they're now already using their kitten toilet - at least to pee 🥳
Mother still needs to clean up their shit - literally

Schlomo is absolutely loving the little play house, I've bought them - and both of them happily slept in it tonight

Schlomo is like 30mins older, but he always does stuff first and is the explorer of them

I showed him how to play with the play-mouse and he already started a little fight with it :⁠-⁠)

As seen in the picture of the post, Fenri is really focused on us.
Cries when we say good morning and starts running to us, so he can climb up on us (when we're kneeling) and wants to cuddle :⁠-⁠)

Both of them stole our hearts and we already pretty much decided to keep both of them.

The mother should get back to her rescuer, as soon as they have a suitable apartment and the kittens don't need her anymore.

I'm not sure, if it will even be possible to keep all them together in a single apartment without conflicts.

We will see how things develop...

The white one is Schlomo and was trying to clean himself - between cuddling with me

Fenri was a bit asleep, but seems to already react to his name

And finally, another group photo :⁠-⁠)

Edit: I also need to say, this is their 3 week birthday :⁠-⁠)

So, we took in the stray our neighbour saved and had two kittens in the first night at his place.
Which wasn't suitable, because he already has a cat and is a bit too small for all of them.

Those two kittens are now approaching their week 3 age (tomorrow) and already have more than 400g each.
They're over performers - probably because it's only 2 - but that brought some problems with the little red one.

When they're growing so fast, they sometimes have trouble walking.
White one was already crawling all over my wife, while red one was doing frosh legs.

Mother invited me into the nest, waited for the kittens to be in my arms and left for a bit, came back and sat down on the other side of their nest room.
I didn't know that this is possible, but it seems, she can selectively call them.
So she called the red one to her, to train walking.

(She already tested both of us, by leaving us alone with the kittens and monitored us from some distance, so she wasn't just trying to get her kittens back)

I watched red one quite closely and he had troubles getting his back feet under his body.
So I started some physiotherapy with him, by just holding my hand behind his legs, to give them something stable to push off from. And sometimes I gently corrected his feet position, to get them under his ass.

4 sessions later (just 1,5 days) and he proudly showed off, how he can walk :⁠-⁠D
Until he reached my hand, let himself fall into it, laying there on his back and holding a finger of mine with his feet.
You could just tell how happy and proud he was :⁠-⁠)

By now, he made it into and out of the basket alone

Mother is getting a bit over motivated though and I have to keep an eye on her to not do something stupid.
She was really thin and had an abscess, when we got her.
By now, we're training her up by playing and she already got visible muscles and is much more steady on her feet.
But with that, I have to take care, that she isn't getting adventurous on the balcony...
Which is giving me quite some stress, because as a stray, she is used to be outside and I can't just lock her in.
But she obviously has to follow some rules, if she wants that freedom.

We're working on that - with me monitoring and sweating ;⁠-⁠)