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`

Hugo van Kemenade @hugovk@mastodon.social

1/14/2026, 5:42:25 PM

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I heard you like alphas?

Just released! Python 3.15.0a5, this time built against `main` from today instead of last month! 🚀

https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-15-0-alpha-5-yes-another-alpha/105721

#Python315 #Python #CPython #release

Python 3.15.0 alpha 5 (yes, another alpha!)

Note: 3.14.0a4 was accidentally built against main from 2025-12-23 instead of 2026-01-13, so this 3.14.0a5 is an extra release correctly built against 2026-01-14. This is an early developer preview of Python 3.15 Major new features of the 3.15 series, compared to 3.14 Python 3.15 is still in development. This release, 3.15.0a5, is the fifth of seven eight planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test...

discuss.python.org · Discussions on Python.org

Hugo van Kemenade @hugovk@mastodon.social

1/26/2026, 7:07:51 PM

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By popular demand (@mikethemanMike Fiedler, Code Gardener), pypistats now has a `--sort` option so you can sort by other columns such as date, rather than the default downloads.

https://github.com/hugovk/pypistats/releases/tag/1.13.0

#Python #release #pypistats

Output of running "pypistats overall pytest-socket --monthly --mirrors without".

It's a table with category, date, percent and downloads headers. The rows are sorted by downloads, highest first.

Output of running the same command but with "--sort date".

The rows are now sorted by date, earliest first.

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