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`

Firefox for Web Developers @firefoxwebdevs@mastodon.social

1/9/2026, 12:45:33 PM

Public

TIL that:

<? this ?>
<! this !>
</ and this >

…all parse as HTML comments.

It hits a part of the parser the spec where the content is "reconsumed in the bogus comment state".

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/parsing.html#tag-open-state:bogus-comment-state:~:text=U%2B003F%20QUESTION%20MARK%20%28%3F%29

HTML Standard

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Daphne Preston-Kendal @dpk@chaos.social

1/9/2026, 12:54:50 PM

Quiet public

RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/115865205690182389

Always good to know that browser developers learned ‘today’ about HTML syntax