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`

Stefan Eissing @icing@chaos.social

12/24/2025, 8:25:46 AM

Public

Microsoft: „1 engineer, 1 month, 1 million lines of code“

That would mean @bagderdaniel:// stenberg://
rewriting 5 #curl projects into Rust in a month.

Microsoft revising the „rewrite over a weekend“ meme to it actually taking them 6 days. For a person they have not hired yet. With tools they still have to invent.

If you are a MS customer, you‘d better start putting more money into Copilot right away!

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/microsoft_rust_codebase_migration/

Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase

: Plans move to Rust, with help from AI

www.theregister.com

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