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.

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Servo Report Week 27 2025

Highlights from last week:

- servoshell: Select address bar text on click
- Numerous improvements to incremental layout
- Add a basic caching mechanism for ImageKeys
- Webdriver: Implement calculate the absolute position for Get Element Rect

You can help support Servo, an independent web browser engine, and the health of the web ecosystem by donating:

GitHub: github.com/sponsors/servo

Open Collective: opencollective.com/servo

Decorative report cover with the Servo logo that reads "Servo Report Week 27 2025
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Trying to book my EuroBSDCon flight, DTW-ZAG.

I'm in Detroit, that mostly means Delta. Delta flights stop in AMS.

I'd like a day in AMS, to see what the Netherlands is like, because DAFT.

It should be simple to stretch that layover, right? Get off the plane one day, get on the next leg the next day.

Nope! Can't book that flight, even if you call them.

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This is a good review of what looks like a decent study of the impact of AI on productivity. In this study, devs thought it sped them up, but in actuality they were slowed down. The article goes in depth into various possible explanations. The "this is one study" warning applies again - don't go around quoting this result as gospel truth, but it's fascinating nonetheless!

secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-

metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early

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페미니즘이라는 단어도 못 꺼냄. 2025년 7월 현재 아직도 특정 사상이다. 워낙 흔해져서 이제 한 명 한 명 불링 당하고, 경우에 따라 글/그림 그만두는건 별 사건도 아니게 되었다. 이런 상황에 집게손가락 어쩌고에 끌려간 기업 측 책임이 절대 없다고 할 수 없을 것이다.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a6qvfkbrohedqy3dt6k5mdv6/post/3ltp65zlicc2n

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"When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts. This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%."

metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early

This is a bar chart titled "Against Expert Forecasts and Developer Self-Reports, Early-2025 AI Slows Down Experienced Open-Source Developers." It presents a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in which 16 developers with moderate AI experience completed 246 tasks in large, complex projects. The vertical axis represents the change in time (in percentage) when AI was allowed, with negative values indicating a speedup and positive values indicating a slowdown.

 Transcription of the text in the image:

Title:

> Against Expert Forecasts and Developer Self-Reports, Early-2025 AI Slows Down Experienced Open-Source Developers

Subtitle:

> In this RCT, 16 developers with moderate AI experience complete 246 tasks in large and complex projects on which they have an average of 5 years of prior experience.

Y-axis label:

> Change in time when AI allowed

Left of Y-axis:

   Green arrow pointing up: Speedup
   Red arrow pointing down: Slowdown

X-axis categories (from left to right):

1.  Economics expert forecasts
2.  ML expert forecasts
3.  Developer forecasts during study
4.  Developer estimates after study
5.  Observed result

Data points:

   All forecasts (first four categories) show negative values (speedup), with Economics experts forecasting nearly -40% time change.
   The observed result is a positive value (slowdown) of approximately +20%, indicated in red, with error bars showing uncertainty.
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Spammers have been programmatically creating accounts on Mastodon instances for years. Sometimes they post once and never again, sometimes they post on a schedule. Sometimes they never post, like a waiting botnet.

As Mastodon's anti-spam solutions are effectively nonexistent, most instances in our network require manual approval of new accounts. Up until recently, it was easy to spot a spammer; their join reasons were generic.

ChatGPT spammers have now arrived.

A screenshot from a Mastodon User Moderation screen, showing suspended user @iamtile's reasons for joining. Image text follows.

I'm drawn to cozy, inclusive online spaces and enjoy connecting with kind, creative people. I'd love to join plush.city to share gentle vibes, engage in wholesome conversations, and be part of a warm, supportive community.

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Gene Therapy's Secret Weapon: Why the Viral Vector Manufacturing Market is Set to Skyrocket
In the fast-evolving world of biotechnology, microcarriers—those tiny, bead-like structures used for cell cultivation—are quietly transforming the future of medicine. From regenerative therapies to vaccine production, these microscopic marvels are gaining unprecedented traction. The global Microcarriers Market is expected to witness significant growth

Get more info @ marketresearchfuture.com/repor...

Microcarriers Market 
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Hi! I'm interested in joining plush.city to connect with others who share my love for plushies and cozy communities. | enjoy collecting, crafting, or just
appreciating soft things, and I'd love to share photos, discuss favorites, and participate in friendly discussions. I'll respect the community guidelines—thanks for considering my application

@citycaptures Reasons for joining
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Rising Demand for Pre-Engineered Buildings in Commercial & Infrastructure Sectors
Pre-Engineered Buildings (PEBs) are modern, cost-effective structures designed and fabricated using standardized materials and construction methods.
These buildings are tailored to meet specific design requirements, offering advantages like faster construction, lower costs, and structural efficiency

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