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`

Simon Forman @carapace@mastodon.social

6/19/2025, 4:18:13 PM

Public

Why Write Software? Because you can and because it is fun.

What is Software?

It is math; it is machinery; it is ideation made concrete. Unless printed ("hardcopy") it exists only as patterns of light/electrons/magnetism and human thought.

Crucially, the "marginal cost" to duplicate such a pattern, once written, is so close to zero as to be effectively immeasurable.

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