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`

Daniel Bovensiepen @daniel@bovi.social

11/12/2025, 2:38:33 PM

Public

The other day at work I encountered a discussion where someone was confused that I argued that Linux should be the obvious development choice and a deviation from it should be explained. On the other side the same person was not confused while arguing that Windows is the obvious choice and if you use something else than you are a person of special needs.

This reminded me of this article from Coding Horror (2008) which is going around these days again: https://blog.codinghorror.com/douchebaggery/

Douchebaggery

David Heinemeier Hansson has a problem with Windows as a programming platform. While I can certainly understand the reasons why some people go with Linux, I have run all but dry of understanding for programmers that willfully pick Windows as their platform of choice. I know a few that are

blog.codinghorror.com · Coding Horror

Link author: Jeff Atwood@codinghorror@infosec.exchange

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