Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

adamghill @adamghill@indieweb.social

11/15/2025, 2:55:26 PM

Public

For code libraries, if you start a sentence with “I've never used x, but I don't understand why anyone would use x — it isn't that hard.”

1. Maybe try x first?
2. Realize that the same could be said for any abstraction that you personally do find useful.

Programming is abstractions all the way down. Unless you are writing 1s and 0s, it is abstractions built on top of abstractions.

Whether you think an abstraction is useful can be subjective, but everything is trade-offs.

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