What is Hackers' Pub?

Hackers' Pub is a place for software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with each other. It's also an ActivityPub-enabled social network, so you can follow your favorite hackers in the fediverse and get their latest posts in your feed.

For fans of my thread from a couple weeks ago re: that anthropic paper about the effects of AI on learning, I collected it into a blog post with a slightly more professional tone. Should be a lot more shareable than a mastodon thread.

jenniferplusplus.com/reviewing

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I've been using Obsidian for my notes for a while. I just published my first addon! Since I've been writing a novel for a while, I needed a quick and easy world editor in Obsidian. And well... there wasn't one that met my requirements. So I developed one myself and would like to share it with you. It's free, but I'd be happy if you "bought me a coffee". :)

Until it's officially in the app, here's my release:
github.com/Taroslord/Hex-Carto

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⚘ nyc co-op cloud convergence #2 ⚘

this thursday february 19th at ridgewood commons from 8pm to 11pm

this one will be more hands-on than the first one

we will be looking at the ridgewood commons coop cloud deployment (to give a helping hand) and getting to know backup bot a bit better

the flowers in the flyer images were created by @frsw_franz

a flyer image of a terminal with pixel art flowers in the background. the terminal shows a user typing commands in natural-ish language and getting errors from bash:

please just deploy me some infrastructure, save me from Google 
bash: please command not found

no surveillance, no ads, looks nice, works well, no mistakes pls 
bash: no command not found

oh also community-operated and in a federated network with other tech co-ops 
bash: oh command not found

ideally none of those "message failed to decrypt" warnings but ill take what i can get 
bash: ideally command not found

dang this isnt working is it, i may need to use co-op cloud
bash: dang command not found

please also make it cute and gay, ty 
bash: please command not foundanother flyer image of the terminal with flowers in the background. it shows the event information in a cat command:

cat <<EOF 

coop cloud nyc convergence

thursday feb 18 8pm to 11pm 

@ ridgewood commons 

5-85 Woodward Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385

<3

EOFa third and final flyer image of the terminal, shows figlet command outputs which create ascii art text of the inputted strings

figlet "co-op cloud"

figlet "on thursday!"
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Oh, this looks gorgeous:

> Pumpkin Spice is a Magically Cozy RPG illustrated by Simz and inspired by Kiki’s Delivery Service, Legends & Lattes, Coffee Talk, and the magical girl genre. It is a narrative first and character driven game with low prep and simple rules that follows the adventures of a young coven of witches tasked with protecting and growing a Fount of Magic… one Latte at a time!

backerkit.com/c/projects/acher

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엔드필드 보다보면 가드/캐스터랑 스트라이커의 경계가 애매함.... 설명만 보면 혼자서 1인분 하는애들이 가드/캐스터 이고 보조가 필요한 메인딜러가 스트라이커인데 당장 에스텔러는 가드인데 혼자 1인분을 못해...

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I've been using Obsidian for my notes for a while. I just published my first addon! Since I've been writing a novel for a while, I needed a quick and easy world editor in Obsidian. And well... there wasn't one that met my requirements. So I developed one myself and would like to share it with you. It's free, but I'd be happy if you "bought me a coffee". :)

Until it's officially in the app, here's my release:
github.com/Taroslord/Hex-Carto

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We are excited to share that the session videos and presentation slides from Vulkanised 2026 are now available online!

The full set of technical videos and downloadable slides covering keynotes, deep-dives, case studies, and panel sessions is now ready for the community.

All files linked on the event page: vulkan.org/events/vulkanised-2

Huge thanks to all the speakers, organizers, sponsors, and contributors!

Proceedings from Vulkanised 2026 are now available
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Hello mastoart.social! I just moved instances so let me re-introduce myself.

I'm Ave, an artist who loves tea, cats and weird stuff with too many eyeballs >:D I'm also a pin maker and sell merch at conventions and online.

If you like bright colors and cozy art with a pinch of weirdness then my art may be for you.

Mastodon is my main social network but I am also on Insta and have a shop!
🛒 doombloomart.com

Drawings of stylized magnolias in different stages and angles. The bottom right magnolia is fully opened and has a pink eyeball in its center.Art nouveau-style summery painting of a witch, peachy-pink and orange colored with a long dress standing on front of a field of sunflowers and holding sunflower bouquet (with eyeballs in the flowers)A liquid green-pink woman in a liquid kimono sitting on a tea cup filled with green tea, holding a green drippy parasol with cherry blossoms and stylized steamIllustration of various mushrooms with eyes instead of spots. Four main mushrooms: fly agaric, ink cap, Stropharia aeruginosa, wrinkled peach, all with eyes instead of some normal detail. In-between there's more autumn-nature style fillings like leaves, acorns and more mushrooms.
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レンタル・ファミリー by HIKARI

✅ I love Brendan Fraser to death, and this is yet another role I can’t imagine anyone else pulling off.

✅ Lighthearted and grim, bittersweet and touching, profound and sentimental, all in the right doses, perfectly balanced.

✅ So many familiar corners I love & hope to see again this year.

Normally I can’t stand make-believes (or hoaxes), but the script places the protagonist in exactly that spot and—with a clever twist—puts this sentiment to the test right away.

Japanese release poster of レンタル・ファミリー
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중고거래는 솔직히 직거래가 가장 좋은거같음
사람 얼굴보고 대화하고 물건보고 거래하는게 내 성격에는 더 맞는느낌.
특히나 반대로 내가 물건을 팔때는 최대한 불편함없게 설명하고 주기를 선호함
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We are excited to share that the session videos and presentation slides from Vulkanised 2026 are now available online!

The full set of technical videos and downloadable slides covering keynotes, deep-dives, case studies, and panel sessions is now ready for the community.

All files linked on the event page: vulkan.org/events/vulkanised-2

Huge thanks to all the speakers, organizers, sponsors, and contributors!

Proceedings from Vulkanised 2026 are now available
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> When I rebooted my messy personal website a few weeks ago, I realized: I would have paid $25,000 for someone else to do this

What? This is apparently from the Paul Ford NYTimes article I haven’t read (paywalled, also not a fan) but is this really the going price for a personal website these days?

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Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.

But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.

Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.

Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.

Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.

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Remember the "One Laptop Per Child" project, that developed a low-cost computer for children in developing countries? I was always amazed by a certain feature: The "View Source" button.

When you pressed it, the source code for the currently running application would open. This was supposed to encourage tinkering with the software on your device! <3

I've been pondering what it would take to build that button on modern machines. Has anyone seen something like that?

(Prototype in next toot.)

A white-and-green laptop with funny antennae, that looks a mix of a toy/handheld console and a small laptop.Screenshot of the "View source" feature. A window showing Python source files has opened.
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