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`

Dan Piponi @dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz

1/8/2026, 6:48:01 PM

Public

It's hard to make sense of stories about how AI code generation doesn't work when my default PDF reader is now one that ChatGPT wrote for me after 30 years of dissatisfaction with every other PDF reader. (Based on PDFKit of course.)

I didn't ask for a lot. Small features like:

I wanted right click on *internal* links to open the target *in the same document* in a new window so I can read linked notes without upsetting my main reading flow.

Super-light persistent bookmarks modelled on vi's <m> and <'>.

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