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`

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hongminhee@hollo.social

3/14/2026, 12:42:42 PM

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A good piece on why XML deserves a second look as a format for DSLs: XML is a cheap DSL.

I've long thought there are problems where XML genuinely shines, and the richness of its tooling ecosystem is a big part of that. What's unfortunate is that the XML boom of the early 2000s left people with bad associations—not because XML is bad, but because it got dragged into problems it was never suited for. Reflexively avoiding XML today isn't really a rational response to that history. It's just the hangover.

XML is a cheap DSL

Lessons about XML from the open source IRS Tax Withholding Estimator.

unplannedobsolescence.com · Unplanned Obsolescence

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