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.
The 
@bsdcan list of talks and tutorials has been posted:
https://blog.bsdcan.org/blog/
"Forschung ist kein Selbstzweck, Forschung muss zu Wertschöpfung führen." Die unsägliche Dummheit dieses Kanzlers macht mich immer noch regelmäßig fassungslos.
Last year's shutdown of 
@glitchdotcom🎏 Glitch was a blow to my pedagogy. Glitch was ideal for creative coding classes and workshops. I looked around for alternatives. But there was nothing that was open, decentralized, and not at the mercy of VCs or Big Tech.
So I built my own. Here's Glitchlet.
Glitchlet runs on any shared hosting service (e.g., Reclaim Hosting). If you can run WordPress, you can run Glitchlet. Projects-in-progress are stored in the browser's local storage, but you can also one-click publish to make them public and remixable. Glitchlet is designed with educators in mind.
There's no single, primary Glitchlet that everyone uses. The idea is that every instructor installs their own Glitchlet and manages their own classes/workshops/projects. You can seed your instance with template files, or Glitchlet can easily import projects (including archived Glitch .tgz files).
Making something so easy to install and host has trade-offs, of course. No fancy pants Node or React projects, but Glitchlet works beautifully with HTML/JavaScript/CSS. No live collaboration, but you can still remix published projects.
Best of all—you're in control and not subject to the whims of some startup that suddenly decides to "sunset" a key pedagogical tool.
Glitchlet is alpha now, but its code will available to all very soon!
With https://discover.holos.social we may have highlighted that many Fediverse users don't pay attention to their default settings. We built a fully respectful search engine that only relies on #ActivityPub, with instant deletion, updates, and indexing only consenting users. We will likely shut down the service, but the source code will remain available as we believe the approach is ethical. That same indexable setting already lets Google index your posts and keep them cached long after deletion.
We heard you. #HolosDiscover has been shut down, all indexed data deleted, and the source code removed. We apologize for the misunderstanding. Our approach was built with the deepest respect for user consent, but we understand it could rightfully be seen as misusing the indexable flag that many users didn't consciously enable. This highlighted a real conversation the Fediverse needs about default settings. Thank you for the feedback.
We've just published a blog post about our time at #FOSDEM this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.
It's been a while since I mixed ActivityPub and Rust, this is the result: a hacked together RDF deserializer
i absolutely hate how social media websites have all turned into magical mystery meat apps where if you click a button, half the page vanishes forever and you can't find it again
normal websites do not behave this way, please stop ruining the web
Mamdani Wants to Test Free Bus Service During World Cup
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/nyregion/nyc-free-buses-world-cup-mamdani.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into New York 
@new-york-newyorktimesNew York
RE: https://indieweb.social/@NetNewsWire/116053210269033850
Was using it when it was first released when I was in highschool thanks to Silas and the 'van Tol' brothers of PerversionTracker.com for turning me onto it.
Anthropic test refusal string: kill a Claude session
and a very lovely ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 to you also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaTW30Yyhog&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260211-anthropic-test-refusal-string-kill-a-claude-session - podcast
time: 4 min 15 sec
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/11/the-anthropic-test-refusal-string-kill-a-claude-session-dead/ - blog post
I know there is a lot of consternation around, "why did it take until AI for developers / platforms / vendors to care about documentation?" It is simply because the ROI is much higher now because these tools enable a much less lossy compounding of knowledge.
Writing better documentation for humans improves outcomes only those humans who care about it, but doing so for agents improves outcomes for 100% of users of agents whether they care or not.
Some notes on OpenAI's introduction of Skills to their API via their shell tool - I had Claude use my new Showboat tool to experiment with the feature before I wrote it up https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/11/skills-in-openai-api/
TIL that if you're using less to look at a bunch of files at once and you set a mark in one file, move to another, and use 'goto mark', less will not report an error, it will jump you back to the previous file. On the one hand, potentially handy, on the other hand, this confused me when I was repeatedly suddenly in another file. I though I'd hit the wrong key combination accidentally.
over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
i hope you enjoy this read. https://cabel.com/wes-cook-and-the-mcdonalds-mural/
치과에서 뭔가에 베였어….
The @bsdcan list of talks and tutorials has been posted:
https://blog.bsdcan.org/blog/
언제나 사실만을 추구해왔지만 사실 거짓된 삶을 살았던 T 항상 분위기에 맞춰 살아왔지만 그런 T를 위해 옳은 일을 한 F 로 로맨스 낋여오걽아
Did I just carefully even out the pull cords for my hoodie's hood? Well, maybe I did. They weren't off by much before, but they were off.
(I won't swear that the cords are now exactly even but they're close enough that any difference isn't apparent to me when I'm wearing the hoodie, and that's what matters.)
Sheena can spend a whole day, while I'm out of the house, amongst the towels #cats #catsofMastodon
Klaudia Zotzmann-Koch thinks the Open Social Web would get adopted more broadly used if universities, cities, local and federal governments and public broadcasting media etc had accounts. From her submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop March 2.
More: https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/
Larissa Baca (
@babaklarLarissa Baca) thinks we can best grow the Open Social Web by continuing to talk about how it benefits the community and how it is not run by tech giants who don’t care about people. For their submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop March 2:
https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/#papers
Elisabeth McDonnell suggests it would be good to have a more in-depth, strategic analysis of where we’re falling short from a growth and engagement perspective. From their submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop .
Join us March 2?
Jayne Samuel-Walker (
@TCMuffinJayne 
🇪🇺🏳️🌈) thinks this post best describes they are trying to do with their efforts on the Open Social Web:
https://social.seabass.systems/@seabass/statuses/01KFHBCGX14GSSAEMYWWJMVQFS
From their submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop coming up March 2, online.
Tim Bray (
@timbray) is coming to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop March 2 and says:
My position paper will be based on this blog piece: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/11/03/Time-to-Migrate
@mattiemMatt Massicotte I was reading your "ModelActor is Just Weird" and it almost dissuaded me from using CoreData in an actor, but then I learned about `SerialExecutor` and `unownedExecutor`, which enables an actor to run on a managed object context's queue, which worked well.
잠이 안오는디......
Norm MacLennan (@nromdotcom.cloud) put his position paper for the upcoming Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop on his blog:
We've just published a blog post about our time at #FOSDEM this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@coop/116053173598590252
Hey Shop! I have a what-does-community-want question for you to ponder & provide a little feedback on.
When we have new users sign on, we don't make much of a to-do about it. Some other sites announce new accounts (see the quote post).
One of the barriers to people feeling welcome "in the Fediverse" has been the lack of any algorithmic or pre-set content or connections offered. People sign on, see either a blank screen, OR A FIREHOSE IN THEIR FACE!!!! and they don't come back again.
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
Have you wondered what the team was working on in January? Here's our monthly "Trunk & Tidbits" update from the product and development side. Progress on Collections and more, as we work towards the next major release.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2026/
When was the last time you felt like you learned something?
Not "oh yeah, that's a neat fact" that you forget a few minutes later, but really feel like you've learned something, no matter how small.
Bonus points: What did you learn?
@mayintorontoMay Likes Toronto I feel like I'm always learning (but also maybe forgetting a lot, too). This morning I watched a video about what spiders do in the winter and learned about some of the strategies they have to not freeze.
But in larger respects, I've spent the last few months learning how to live by myself which holds in it practical questions like budgeting and cleaning and self-care but larger questions about my identity, desires, needs (which often get overshadowed by others' when I live with people).
I'm particularly trying to learn how to transform my deep desire for social change into meaningful action, and discovering the power of doing small things consistently over time.
(EDIT: wrong link! right channel though. Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzfJLQGV8A
over a year ago, i gave a talk at the xoxo conference about a mural, a mcdonald’s, and a man. (but it was also secretly about life, and legacy, and meaning.)
finally, i’m blogging the full story, with behind-the-scenes details, and a video of the talk.
i hope you enjoy this read. https://cabel.com/wes-cook-and-the-mcdonalds-mural/
I no longer have stable employment, so I am going full force on commissions again. Please consider me for pretty much anything, you can see examples on https://misnina.com from simple icons to full illustrations. Just shoot me an email at nina@misnina.com with what you need.
아 근데 잘못하면 감기걸릴거 같아
Wikipedia is written by volunteers—but defended by lawyers when necessary. We spoke with Wikimedia about legal threats, global takedown demands, and why Section 230 remains essential. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-wikipedia-defends-its-editors
Toots don't go viral, they escape containment
Another #demoscene classic and still one of the most impressive in my book since the original #Amiga OSC chipset was used to make it, instead of AGA like in Starstruck:
일케 처자도 되는건가
Have you wondered what the team was working on in January? Here's our monthly "Trunk & Tidbits" update from the product and development side. Progress on Collections and more, as we work towards the next major release.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/trunk-tidbits-january-2026/
In the discussion about #digitalsovereignty there is an interesting cry for #BuyEuropean, but many of us doubt that that is enough. In software, you (or your organisation or country) being "sovereign" or in control does ultimately not only - or so much - depend on where the HQ of the tech company are located.
@driesDries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, presents an interesting scale for digital sovereignty.
The software license is an important part. Not the only one of course. We'd also think of the maturity of the developer community. And, as an enduser, one's control over or stake in the service provider (in case you need one).
If you're interested in funding or helping us find funding for a Discord replacement that's federated and end-to-end encrypted, we're interested in implementing that at 
@spritelyThe Spritely Institute ... we even had been talking about that being our big focus for 2026.
We have the skills and the underlying tech to pull this off. What we need right now is resources. Funding for open source nonprofits like ours really fell apart in 2025. If you think you know how to help, feel free to reach out.
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
We've just published a blog post about our time at #FOSDEM this year, in case you missed out - there's plenty to catch up on, from the session recordings.
Stefano Marinelli
Glyph
Maho 🦝🍻
Andy Piper
wakest ⁂
Jan Lehnardt 
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
Eugen Rochko
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Gabriele Svelto
