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.
Before I get any further, I just want to say that the Spritely Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, your donations are tax-deductible in the US!
And we have a few different donor levels... some of them even let you get your name in video game credits! (More on that in a few!)
Spritely is built by people who know and understand decentralized (social) networks and their strengths and weaknesses today very well: 
@tsyesikaJessica Tallon and I, two co-founders (and the first two working on Spritely's engineering) are both co-authors of the ActivityPub spec powering the fediverse!
I don't know about you, but there's a lot about the world today that worries me. I don't think building decentralized versions of Web 2.0 era social networks is going to get us there.
We need tech that's secure, that's robust.
We need tech that's *participatory*.
We need tech for you and me.
One of the things I'm most proud of about the fediverse is that it owes its success to a lot of queer people working on it. This lead to the fediverse being very queer itself. I'm proud of that.
Maybe it's weird to say, but that seems to be happening again with Spritely.
I laid out definitions of "decentralization" and "federation", and Bluesky meets neither, without major rearchitecting or moving the goalposts on those terms, which I cannot accept.
However, "credible exit" is a good goal for Bluesky. Bluesky created that term and it's a good and feasible goal.
I laid out a strong critique, but let me end on a call to empathy.
Bluesky is built by good people, and the fediverse is built by good people. Neither reflect the designs I presently would like to see today, but ultimately these are built by humans trying their absolute hardest.
sometimes it's nice to get thrown a softball
Over the past year, we've been engaged in a series of conversations with a small group of researchers specializing in IP, AI policy, and data governance about what CC licensing means—and does—in African contexts today. Our newest blog post discusses the themes that have emerged from those conversations and asks a broader question: how must "open" evolve to remain just, relevant, and community centered?
https://creativecommons.org/2026/02/18/cc-licenses-data-governance-and-the-african-context/
起きるか。二日酔いが酷い
Cosmologically Unique IDs
Link: https://jasonfantl.com/posts/Universal-Unique-IDs/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064490
Wo der Digitale Omnibus der EU gerade hinrollt. KI-Omnibus und Daten-Omnibus: Vorschläge wie eine erleichterte Nutzbarkeit von Daten für KI, Einschränkungen von Betroffenenrechten oder eine Änderung der Definition personenbezogener Daten rütteln an Grundpfeilern des Datenschutzes https://netzpolitik.org/2026/ki-und-datenschutz-wo-der-digitale-omnibus-der-eu-gerade-hinrollt/
"Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes." This study shows that some do - to significant effect. #Technology https://werd.io/the-political-effects-of-xs-feed-algorithm/
Die Epstein-Files hätten das Potenzial für einen kompletten Systemsturz. Alle Reichen enteignen. Patriarchat stürzen. Kapitalismus abschaffen.
matrixOS is a new immutable, Gentoo-based distro built with gaming and homelabs in mind.
Thank god Microsoft is shoving Copilot AI crap into everything. One gets the sense this isn't going to be an isolated occurrence. From Bleeping Computer:
"Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information."
Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information.
www.bleepingcomputer.com · BleepingComputer
Link author: 
Sergiu Gatlan@serghei@mastodon.social
Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps
Link: https://reclaimthenet.org/arizona-bill-would-require-id-checks-to-use-a-weather-app
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063724
What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You https://lobste.rs/s/sspnba #privacy
https://blog.dmcc.io/journal/2026-bluetooth-privacy-bluehood/
Show HN: Echo, an iOS SSH+mosh client built on Ghostty
Link: https://replay.software/updates/introducing-echo
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064787
The EU is preparing to negotiate expanded data access terms: The US threats to end visa-free travel if the EU doesn't share citizens' biometric data https://www.euractiv.com/news/mep-raises-questions-over-us-biometric-talks-for-eu-visa-deal/
그러면… 한국국민이면 이력서에 최소한 노벨상 후보로 올라간적있음 이라고 써도 되는건가요? 🥹
www.hani.co.kr/arti/society...
[단독] 12·3 계엄 막은 대한민국 국민, 노벨평화상...
do the different norms/culture persist after somebody has started interacting with lots of people on other servers?
I guess every platform so far develops a bit of a culture based on lots of things, but in wanting to be universal, I worry about cultures here keeping anyone away. but maybe the goal should be to have every culture (obviously technically impossible) and help people find theirs. but also not put up walls. IDK.
Regarding:
"do the different norms/culture persist after somebody has started interacting with lots of people on other servers?"
To me it looks like different cultures have persisted on the Fediverse.
(Although some have felt unwelcomed and left. Ex: Black-Twitter, Bitcoin-Fedi, etc.)
I have a ton of articles about math and electronics on my blog and I realize it's hard to navigate, so I recently revamped two top-level catalog pages:
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/algorithms-and-math-trivia
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/electronics-curriculum
Let me know what you think?
Oh no!
I've read the https://stevelosh.com/blog/2021/03/small-common-lisp-cli-programs/ and see the new horizons of tinkering 
I can give you a more concrete example — quote-boosts.
One of the first culture clashes I recall regarding it was when Black-Twitter tried to move the the Fediverse.
A lot of people who were part of Black-Twitter were used to quote-boosts. They had a culture war with a very, very, very small fraction of (less-than 0.002%) of the Fediverse.
(Most of Black-Twitter seemed to leave the Fediverse and form BlackSky.)
Also ...
Misskey (and its forks) and Akkoma/Pleroma (and its forks) have had quote-boosts for years. (Much before Mastodon.)
Much later, Mastodon adds quote-boosts. But makes them work differently. Makes them permissioned.
(Misskey, Akkoma/Pleroma, and forks quote-boosts are NOT permissioned.)
That causes a different mass-culture.
Show HN: CEL by Example
Link: https://celbyexample.com/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47061029
Show HN: VectorNest responsive web-based SVG editor
Link: https://ekrsulov.github.io/vectornest/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062096
Washington state USA accounts to follow (continued):
@NewsSounder at Heart - News about Seattle Sounders & Seattle Reign soccer clubs
@indexBucolia - Blog by new owner of farmland on Orcas Island
@cascadepbs - PBS affiliate in Seattle
@CathyTuttle - Urban planning expert, founder of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways project
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Washington state USA accounts to follow (continued):
🌤️ WEATHER FORECAST ACCOUNTS FOR WASHINGTON STATE, USA:
@auburn__washingtonAuburn - Washington - FediMeteo@bellevue__washingtonBellevue - Washington - FediMeteo@bellingham__washingtonBellingham - Washington - FediMeteo@bothell__washingtonBothell - Washington - FediMeteo@everett__washingtonEverett - Washington - FediMeteo@federal_way__washingtonFederal Way - Washington - FediMeteo@kennewick__washingtonKennewick - Washington - FediMeteo@kent__washingtonKent - Washington - FediMeteo@kirkland__washingtonKirkland - Washington - FediMeteo@lakewood__washingtonLakewood - Washington - FediMeteo@lynnwood__washingtonLynnwood - Washington - FediMeteo@marysville__washingtonMarysville - Washington - FediMeteo@olympia__washingtonOlympia - Washington - FediMeteo@pasco__washingtonPasco - Washington - FediMeteo@puyallup__washingtonPuyallup - Washington - FediMeteo@redmond__washingtonRedmond - Washington - FediMeteo@renton__washingtonRenton - Washington - FediMeteo
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Washington state USA accounts to follow (continued):
🌤️ WEATHER FORECAST ACCOUNTS FOR WASHINGTON STATE, USA:@auburn__washingtonAuburn - Washington - FediMeteo@bellevue__washingtonBellevue - Washington - FediMeteo@bellingham__washingtonBellingham - Washington - FediMeteo@bothell__washingtonBothell - Washington - FediMeteo@everett__washingtonEverett - Washington - FediMeteo@federal_way__washingtonFederal Way - Washington - FediMeteo@kennewick__washingtonKennewick - Washington - FediMeteo@kent__washingtonKent - Washington - FediMeteo@kirkland__washingtonKirkland - Washington - FediMeteo@lakewood__washingtonLakewood - Washington - FediMeteo@lynnwood__washingtonLynnwood - Washington - FediMeteo@marysville__washingtonMarysville - Washington - FediMeteo@olympia__washingtonOlympia - Washington - FediMeteo@pasco__washingtonPasco - Washington - FediMeteo@puyallup__washingtonPuyallup - Washington - FediMeteo@redmond__washingtonRedmond - Washington - FediMeteo@renton__washingtonRenton - Washington - FediMeteo
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Washington state USA accounts to follow (cont.):
🌤️ WEATHER FORECAST ACCOUNTS FOR WASHINGTON (cont.):@richland__washingtonRichland - Washington - FediMeteo@seattle__washingtonSeattle - Washington - FediMeteo@shoreline__washingtonShoreline - Washington - FediMeteo@spokane__washingtonSpokane - Washington - FediMeteo@spokane_valley__washingtonSpokane Valley - Washington - FediMeteo@tacoma__washingtonTacoma - Washington - FediMeteo@vancouver__washingtonVancouver - Washington - FediMeteo@yakima__washingtonYakima - Washington - FediMeteo
📣 ALL THE ACCOUNTS IN THIS THREAD HAVE POSTED RECENTLY! If an account looks blank it's probably because no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its posts will start gradually showing up.
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This account has a website full of tips and step-by-step guides about how to use Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse:
➡️ https://fedi.tips <-------- Click here to open the website
The entire site is written in ordinary non-technical language, aimed at a general audience. There's a section at the top with quick links to the most essential stuff, and a complete list of guides below that.
If you can't find the answers you want on the site, ask me and I'll try to help directly.
@reiver@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
I understand your point. But it doesn't say anything about what that different culture is supposed to be like and how you define it.I can give you a more concrete example — quote-boosts.
One of the first culture clashes I recall regarding it was when Black-Twitter tried to move the the Fediverse.
A lot of people who were part of Black-Twitter were used to quote-boosts. They had a culture war with a very, very, very small fraction of (less-than 0.002%) of the Fediverse.
(Most of Black-Twitter seemed to leave the Fediverse and form BlackSky.)
Also ...
«Macht KI die Philosophie überflüssig?»
«Macht KI die Philosophie überflüssig?»
DNS-Persist-01: A New Model for DNS-Based Challenge Validation
Link: https://letsencrypt.org/2026/02/18/dns-persist-01.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064047
Ich lese gerade, dass die Leute von Ursa Minor Morsecode beherrschen.
gibt es eigentlich sowas wie kleinanzeigen mit activitypub?
it's kind of funny how many people, myself included, just never use the game's official terminology and instead refer to the icons it uses.
there's a skill in state of decay 2 called "craftsmanship". the icon is of a hammer. i refer to it as "the hammer". unfortunately none of my current survivors have the hammer so i need to find a hammer book
Biblically accurate outlet
@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
Positive, negative, ground, chaotic neutral, chaotic ground, Mountain Dew: Live Wire, 12V rail, 5V rail, 3.3V rail, hot, cold, mystery wire.
gibt es eigentlich sowas wie kleinanzeigen mit activitypub?
Ich wär' dann bereit für Söderchens Mondfahrt.
ist das goil so gut wie gar keine nachrichten mitzubekommen. soll die welt doch ohne mich untergehen ✨
Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock
Link: https://finbold.com/warren-buffett-dumps-1-7-billion-of-amazon-stock/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063950
Garment Notation Language: Formal descriptive language for clothing construction
Link: https://github.com/khalildh/garment-notation
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47062329
RE: https://social.lol/@adam/116092553780763323
Absolutely love this initiative that lets you sponsor people from marginalized communities and cover their annual omg.lol fee, a service that offers you your own website, email, a fediverse account, and a *ton* more.
ist das goil so gut wie gar keine nachrichten mitzubekommen. soll die welt doch ohne mich untergehen ✨
you certainly will not regret morging continvoucly
@mossmannMichael Ossmann In Germany, you'll know if your contribution was good if your colleagues will greet you afterwards with a "Guten Morgen!"
you certainly will not regret morging continvoucly
Ich wär' dann bereit für Söderchens Mondfahrt.
Biblically accurate outlet
@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) Just set fire to the house yourself, it's faster and cheaper
Laid off :/
I know:
- Unity C#
- Rust
- Python
I can learn:
- Anything
I am in Massachusetts. Remote work would be great too
I've 8 years of experience as an MIT software engineer specializing in research simulation platform projects. I would prefer: not creating the next big AI thing, not making weapons, never having to think about blockchain anything.
Anyone got anything?
#rust #softwaredevelopment #unity3d #python #FediHire #getfedihired
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