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`

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io

2/14/2026, 2:58:47 AM

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That last thing is in progress now, and will hopefully be done enough to be useful this weekend.

So!

It would be nice to have a few people who could help to do some interoperability testing, and generally shake things out. Possibly as soon as next week. Preferably, you would be comfortable running a server and a database, and doing testing, troubleshooting, and things like that.

If that sounds like you, and you want to help out with a new fedi backend, hmu

And if this is the first you're hearing about any of this, then you may be interested in https://letterbook.com

#Letterbook

Letterbook Project

letterbook.com · Letterbook

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io

2/14/2026, 5:03:56 PM

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If you're interested in doing some (very) early testing with #Letterbook, let me know so I can invite you to our contributor chat!

And, I wouldn't recommend running it on the internet just yet. Especially not on a (sub)domain that you intend to use for real life. I'll be testing in sandcastles for the foreseeable future

https://github.com/Letterbook/Sandcastles

GitHub - Letterbook/Sandcastles: Federation sandbox

Federation sandbox. Contribute to Letterbook/Sandcastles development by creating an account on GitHub.

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