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`

Caesar @caesar@indieweb.social

11/4/2025, 6:56:35 PM

Public

It's late 2025 and @signalappSignal Desktop is still a 650MB Electron app.

Yes, you read that right, *six hundred and fifty megabytes* for a simple messaging app.
@TauriAppsTauriApps has existed for several years, and could (relatively trivially) be used to bundle the same web app at 5-10% of the size.

FFS, there is no excuse for this. If you can't be bothered to port to Tauri at least make it available as a simple web app. How can we expect people to switch from WhatsApp when this is the alternative?

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