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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Forgive me, gonna do some shameless posting of nice things people have said elsewhere because a) aww.... and b) you might not realize that I'm open to fun, meaningful, *scoped and short-term* projects where I can help you help your docs/community/org!

Not "hiring"? No problem! Maybe you just need someone to stay until the wind changes...

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NodeBB v4.10.0 — Alt text, more /world, bugfixes

julian @julian@community.nodebb.org

<p>Hi everybody,</p> <p>With spring around the corner (it is currently a balmy 5°C here right now), it's time to get crackin' on a new release of NodeBB!</p> <p>We focused on a lot of user experience updates this time around, along with tweaking the new <code>/world</code> page that was introduced in v4.9.0. In the backend, lots of optimizations were implemented, which make federation processing (and day-to-day maintenance) faster.</p> <p>Here's what you can expect from v4.10.0...[...]</p>

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OpenAI to acquire Astral

What strikes me most about this acquisition isn't the AI angle. It's the question of why so many open source tools get built by startup teams in the first place.

I maintain an open source project funded by the Sovereign Tech Fund. Getting there wasn't easy: the application process is long, the amounts are modest compared to a VC round, and you have to build community trust before any of that becomes possible. But the result is a project that isn't on anyone's exit timeline.

I'm not saying the startup path is without its own difficulties. But structurally, it offloads the costs onto the community that eventually comes to depend on you. By the time those costs come due, the founders have either cashed out or the company is circling the drain, and the users are left holding the bag. What's happening to Astral fits that pattern almost too neatly.

The healthier model, I think, is to build community first and then seek public or nonprofit funding: NLnet, STF, or similar. It's slower and harder, but it doesn't have a built-in betrayal baked into the structure.

Part of what makes this difficult is that public funding for open source infrastructure is still very uneven geographically. I'm based in Korea, and there's essentially nothing here comparable to what European developers can access. I had no choice but to turn to European funds, because there was simply no domestic equivalent. That's a structural problem worth taking seriously. The more countries that leave this entirely to the private sector, the more we end up watching exactly this kind of thing play out.

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Comfort Zone, Episode 92: The MacBook Neo is my Mistress

A budget laptop is the hot tech product of 2026, and the whole gang has thoughts. Then, everyone evangelizes Vivaldi with varying levels of success.

▶️ youtu.be/9-lHmhI4Ft4
🎧 macstories.net/comfort-zone

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The ever prescient @kixesKirsten Han 👩🏻‍💻 韩俐颖:

“Nobody ever told me that the hardest part of living under authoritarianism—especially Singapore’s insidious, “soft” version that seems to be becoming attractive to other governments around the world—is not what they do to you, but what they make you do to yourself and to the people around you”

adimagazine.com/articles/no-fr

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Me, to the Sphinx of Thebes:

Wait, that doesn't make any sense. A cane isn't a leg. It's a mobility aid. Also, a human lifespan occurs over multiple decades, not a 24-hour day.

The Sphinx of Thebes, to me:

Okay. I'm going to strangle you now.

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Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TODAY!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social of @altstore@fosstodon.org

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io.

AltStore isaA home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS — no jailbreak required. By [@rileytestut](https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut "https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut") @shanegill.io@threads.net

Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live so you don't miss a livestream!

Or @firesidefedi@tubefree.org to catch the #Vod right in your feed.

It will happen on 19 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @rileytestut@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@rileytestut@mastodon.social

Riley Testut - Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

19 March 2026
AT 15:00 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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Chile blocks $2.5 billion mine to protect Humboldt penguin habitat. Chile’s courts have permanently rejected a massive iron and copper mining project near the Humboldt Penguin National Reserve, safeguarding one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the Pacific. Chile hosts around 80% of the world’s Humboldt penguins; the ruling protects breeding islands and waters home to more than 560 marine species. Noticias Ambientales noticiasambientales.com/animal

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I started watching mydramalist.com/803340-chu-san and there's a lot I don't like about it.

First is the depiction of Kowloon Walled City as "lawless," whereas I have read reports to the contrary.

Second is the incredibly sloppy dialog replacement. Yikes.

Third is the gratuitous, gory violence. Yikes!

I'm not sure how much more of a chance I will give this one. 😳

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