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`

David Beazley @dabeaz@mastodon.social

2/26/2026, 11:34:04 AM

Public

So, I wonder which is harder to understand?

In one corner: A million lines of code from a CMM Level 4 organization generated by Rational Rose.

In the other corner: A million lines of code vibe-generated by four levels of agents.

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! .... Ding!

David Beazley @dabeaz@mastodon.social

2/26/2026, 11:44:23 AM

Public

Hearing about developers becoming exhausted by reading the output of LLMs has me wondering if it's exposed the fallacy of that whole "programmers spend more time reading code than writing it" trope.

No, they don't. And they never have.

Oh, sure, developers spend a lot more time "seeing" code than writing it. I'll give you that. Kind of in the same way that someone looking out the window while riding on a train is going to see far more gardens than they'll personally ever plant.

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