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`

Marijn @marijn@mastodon.social

1/16/2026, 9:51:01 AM

Public

Partly because I'm proud of it, and partly to show that software business doesn't have to be terrible, let me tell you a bit about my "business"...
My business is never going to see exponential growth. There's slow growth on good years, sometimes not even that. It provides me with a comfortable income regardless.
My business supplies the world with a few solid software components. There's multiple copies of them on your computer right now. Several more in the websites you use. ⇒

Marijn @marijn@mastodon.social

1/16/2026, 9:51:12 AM

Public

This business has produced more "value", if measured in being useful to actual people, than some billion-dollar companies.
It has never made an effort at "capturing value" or disrupting anything. My output is free to use for everybody. It is not going to pivot to AI, require a subscription, or otherwise ruin the thing I built. Just stable, predictable software for the past 18 years. ⇒

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