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`

Cat Hicks @grimalkina@mastodon.social

2/26/2026, 5:25:18 PM

Public

As a leader for R&D/innovation teams, I learned quite a while ago that EVERY structure I had in mind was going to be bespoke. Many "roll for persuasion" moments to get these magical things to work :)

Cat Hicks @grimalkina@mastodon.social

2/26/2026, 5:28:08 PM

Public

I didn't go into this on the podcast, but I also had to advocate for the right to have a software engineer report to me, which subverted organizational assumptions that OTHER people could report TO engineers, but engineers would only ever report to engineering leaders. Which was a fascinating dynamic that I have heard from many clients is similar in their orgs. But to have truly cross-disciplinary work we wanted that role in the lab, and made it happen. Fascinating collaboration resulted.

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