Hackers' Pub

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`#` 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`
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`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

julian @julian@activitypub.space

1/28/2026, 1:08:22 AM

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@evan@cosocial.ca 100% agreed on the heavy(-ier) lift that is AP development.

However that's how standalone apps have always been developed, and there is a reason why.

When you rely on someone else's tech, then when they sunset the tech or it otherwise becomes unfavourable, you're fucked (pardon my french)

I've seen entire businesses jump head first into building "Facebook apps" after Farmville exploded. None of them are around now and Zynga is currently worth $8 on the NASDAQ.

cc @res260@infosec.exchange

Evan Prodromou (@evan@cosocial.ca)

29.3K Posts, 2K Following, 11.4K Followers · He/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca. Research Director, Social Web Foundation. Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media. Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai. Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social. Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus. Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech. Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montréalais.

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Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

1/28/2026, 2:36:52 AM

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@julian @res260Émilio Gonzalez

"What if I told you" meme.

"What if I told you that nobody could shut down the platform?"

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