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`

Steven Deobald @deobald@fantastic.earth

1/1/2026, 10:05:15 AM

Public

localfirst: you keep using that word

https://www.deobald.ca/essays/2026-01-01-localfirst-you-keep-using-that-word/

LocalFirst: You Keep Using That Word

From the original local-first essay (or its pdf version) to Martin Kleppmann’s much-simplified inversion of Leslie Lamport’s definition of a distributed system: In local-first software, the availability of another computer should never prevent you from working. …it’s been difficult to get a handle on a good definition for “local-first”. Personally, I’ve decided the reason for this is because “local-first” isn’t a binary label we can cleanly apply to something. It’s more of a spectrum.

www.deobald.ca · Steven Deobald

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