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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Hrrrmm… kinda worried about the implications of what it says for pdm that that python developers survey considered Poetry significant enough to include under virtualenv/dependency management tools but not pdm.

Python Developers Survey 2026 screenshot. It asks what tools you use to "isolate python environments" and lists: venv, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, uv, Hatch, Poetry, Pipenv, conda, Pixi, and none.
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Linux distro vs. language package management

In the "normal" Linux distributions I've used, there's always this thing of, e.g.: "oh, no, that's the system Python*. Don't use that; it's only for other distro-managed software. You want a venv where you use pip (or whatever) to get the right dependencies."

I get why. But I'm curious: in distros like Nix or Guix, can you (easily) have the language-specific package manager handle the system-wide install of that language?

* not just Python, of course

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I just scrolled down the and then the punk rock instance counterforce.social and almost got envies. People mostly try to have a good time.

Then I scrolled through typo.social and figured, that I must have cluttered my timeline with a lot of politics, noise any hashtags from other instances.

Time to do some weeding.

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[오늘의 상식] 기후위기가 심해지면 어째서 겨울에 더 심한 추위가 발생하나
- 전체적으로는 겨울의 기온이 상승하는 것은 사실입니다. 지구 전체의 기온이 상승하고 있으니까요.

- 겨울에 더 심한 추위가 발생하는 것은 제트기류의 문제인데, 제트기류는 북극지역의 차가운 공기가 밑으로 내려가지 못하도록 막는 역할도 합니다. 그런데 기후위기가 진행되면 이 제트기류의 흐름이 흐트러져 일시적으로 북극의 차가운 공기가 남하하는 경우가 발생한다고 합니다.
그리고 이렇게 남하한 공기가 특정 지역에 극한의 추위를 유발한다고 합니다.
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Today, Data Privacy Day is celebrated in many countries. It's a great opportunity to take action and get back control over your personal data!

If you're looking to get off Google Maps, exporting your bookmarks/favorites from Google Maps can make a good start. Thanks to @rudo and his converter, you can easily convert your saved locations from there into a file format that you can import to CoMaps!

rudokemper.com/google-maps-pla

a share pic reading "celebrate data privacy day", with a photo of a wooden map with little flag pins in it
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If you're a Python developer, definitely make your voice heard here: pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/y

I filled it out. I feel like it was briefer than previous years? And obviously there are a bunch of questions about genAI junk, which I suspect will end up showing up as very widely used, so I hope some of you skeptics will also fill it out and at least we might be legible as a meaningful minority

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Over the past year (and a half!), our inaugural PyPI Support Specialist, Maria Ashna, helped tackle backlogs, improve support processes, and keep running smoothly for the community.

Read the full reflection on what that work looked like 👇
blog.pypi.org/posts/2026-01-26

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We need more scientists giving feedback here:

🇪🇺 European Open Digital Ecosystems: Call for Feedback

⏰ Deadline: Feb 3, 2026

➡️ 🔗 ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-r

EU Commission collects feedback from the community to shape strategies for boosting open source. Scientists need to share insights on how open source can boost and .




Image shows a pie-chart of feedback to European Open Digital Ecosystems Call by category of respondent. Most feedback comes from EU citizens, very little feedback (so far) from scientists or research institutions.
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"In the beginning, the Web was simple. When I first encountered it in early 1993 (working for O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator[...]), there was only one browser for viewing web pages and it ran exclusively on the Unix platform. There were about a dozen tags that made any difference. Designing a web page was a relatively simple task."

cybercultural.com/p/1993-globa

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