Hackers' Pub

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`"` 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`

Paul Cantrell @inthehands@hachyderm.io

3/19/2026, 9:27:42 PM

Public

Good article with lots of quotable quotes. Here’s one:

“Lines of code, number of [pull requests], these are liabilities. These are not measures of engineering excellence.”

That’s a big “well duh” for anyone who’s been in the thick of the software engineering process for more than 15 seconds — but a whole lot of folks are about to learn this the hard way, as the article lays out.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/ai_businesses_faking_it_reckoning_coming_codestrap/

AI still doesn't work very well in business, reckoning soon

interview: Codestrap founders say we need to dial down the hype and sort through the mess

www.theregister.com

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