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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AlpCHI Conference 2026 @AlpCHI@hci.social
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🥁 We're happy to announce the location for the next AlpCHI conference!

Following the inaugural version this year, AlpCHI 2028 will be in beautiful Constance, Germany at the Lake Constance! It is situated <50 km away from the Säntis (2501 m above sea level) in Switzerland, and thus qualifies as a suitable AlpCHI location 😉

Stay tuned for more information!

An areal photo of Konstanz, Germany showing the city center and the Rhine river. An overlay shows the "AlpCHI 2028" logo on the top right in white. In the center white bold text says "See you at AlpCHI 2028" with thinner text saying "The next AlpCHI will happen in Konstanz, Germany. Stay tuned for more information."
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Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop
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But really, relicensing a GPL codebase to MIT is uninteresting.

Let's do the interesting one, which is: vibe code a "clean room" reimplementation of an entire proprietary codebase! After all, Microsoft released a "shared source" proprietary version of Windows. Now try seeing what happens if you run THAT through the "turn it into public domain" machine

Win-win outcome, no matter how it goes

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Glyn Moody @glynmoody@mastodon.social
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Shared by Evan Prodromou

Tell your MP: No to ID checks for web access action.openrightsgroup.org/no- I've just done this fwiw. please write if you can.

No ID Checks for Web Access

Take action! What’s the problem? The Government has proposed amendments to the Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would give Ministers the power to restrict access to "internet services". This is supposed to give the Government the power to ban under 16s from social media but “internet services" is a very broad definition, which means any online platform can be included. The wording of the amendment means they could do this without even having to prove that these sites are harmful for children.

action.openrightsgroup.org · Open Rights Group

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Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop
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Shared by Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:

But really, relicensing a GPL codebase to MIT is uninteresting.

Let's do the interesting one, which is: vibe code a "clean room" reimplementation of an entire proprietary codebase! After all, Microsoft released a "shared source" proprietary version of Windows. Now try seeing what happens if you run THAT through the "turn it into public domain" machine

Win-win outcome, no matter how it goes

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Stanislav Ochotnický @drizzy@cyberplace.social
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It's the weird cases where shines. I've been a bit sick lately and wanted to replay an old game (Baldur's Gate II). It depends on openssl 1.0.x . Pretty much no modern distro ships that (for good reasons).

In other distros there's a few paths:
* Compile the lib yourself, override LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the built dir
* Build/use a binary package, hope for the best and pollute your system with super old shared crypto library

NixOS let me builld + inject it for Lutris/game itself.

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Maho Pacheco @theraccoonbytes@theforkiverse.com
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today is the day!!

the other day I went to the big sports store to buy baseball gear for my kid’s first little league season.

first season. big moment for him.

the place was chaos. parents everywhere. kids swinging bats in the aisles. helmets falling. the usual.

somehow I survived the mission and made it to checkout.

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Snapp iOS Weekly @ios_newsletter_snapp@mastodon.social
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visionOS experiences can be challenging to prototype rapidly. Explore a metadata-driven Xcode workspace that turns simple Swift files into browsable concepts for Windows, Volumes, and Immersive Spaces.

🔗: stepinto.vision/articles/share by Joseph Simpson (@vrhermitJoseph Simpson)

Shared Visions Project: Quick Concepts

Introducing the SharedVisionsConcepts Xcode project and repo.

stepinto.vision · Step Into Vision

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Dr. Divya 🍉 @divya@sunny.garden
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We are all trying to get an ounce of attention back on Gaza. This is an urgent project for kids who survived occupation torture camps (prison). I'm partnered with a psychologist who will bring these kids mental health workshops & more!

Make it happen: chuffed.org/project/hmg

@palestine

Heal Minds Gaza: empowering Palestinian children who were in detention

Palestinian children in Israeli occupation prisons face severe psychological violence that deeply impacts their sense of safety, identity, and community after their detention. The Heal Minds Gaza initiative aims to address this issue through a mental health intervention for 80+ children who were detained in Israeli prisons. The program will support children’s healing through research-informed therapeutic activities focusing on emotional release, social integration, and life skills. By creating a safe space for expression and learning, the initiative will empower children to heal, rebuild their identity, and reintegrate into society.

chuffed.org · Chuffed

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나나나나미 @nnanananami@planet.moe
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포켓몬 신기한 던전도 인간이 갑자기 포켓몬이 되었다는 카프카스러운 시작이었는데 게임 끝까지 하면 그 얘기도 진행되는 거겠지? 앞부분만 하다 말았는데 계속 궁금하긴 하더라.

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