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`

Andy Piper @andypiper@macaw.social

2/20/2026, 11:18:24 AM

Public

Oh, I've been busy and missed this news the other day - MLH acquired DEV.

I'm a fan of @jonmarkgoJon Gottfried at MLH and Ben and team at DEV, and this could be a good combination. Naturally, I'd also encourage them to consider that the future is open and that there's a vibrant developer community in the #Fediverse... 🙂 Forem/DEV would be great with ActivityPub!

https://dev.to/mlh/the-future-of-software-has-a-lot-more-builders-theyre-going-to-need-a-home-1k65

The Future of Software Has a Lot More Builders. They’re Going to Need a Home.

I have some big news to share today: Major League Hacking has acquired DEV (dev.to), the developer...

dev.to · DEV Community

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