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`

L. Rhodes ⁂ @lrhodes@merveilles.town

1/28/2026, 1:09:54 PM

Quiet public

"No one has ever made an app that does the specific thing I want, and I'm not a programmer, but maybe I can get AI to make it…"

My deepest condolences, friend, but if you couldn't code an app yourself, then you are the last person who should be overseeing an AI to generate one.

"But I just vibe coded a version and it seems to work all right!"

That's the most dangerous type of software: the kind only seems to work correctly.

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