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`

purple @purple@social.tchncs.de

2/23/2026, 1:11:06 PM

Quiet public

@dansup
From a non-dev user perspective it is still surprising that you seem to work pretty alone on this huge and valuable projects.

dansup @dansup@mastodon.social

2/23/2026, 1:17:41 PM

Quiet public

@purplepurple I've been obsessed with social media since I started developing BoonEx Dolphin plugins and themes back in 2005, while still in high school.

I was an autobody mechanic until 2016 when I got back into webdev, and later started Pixelfed in 2018 (as a self-taught developer/high school dropout)

In 2020 I teased the first Pixelfed mobile app, and spent the next year learning how to code it, and later shipped the beta version.

Never give up on your dreams.

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