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`

mhoye @mhoye@mastodon.social

1/2/2026, 3:16:20 PM

Public

I sometimes wonder why so many tech company marketing departments have disappeared fully up their own fundaments as far as the language of communication goes. I just got ad for "streamlining my workflow" here while reading email and...

You have to wonder how many people, ever, have looked at their hands, at the burdens set before them, and inward to some small flickering light in the quiet depths of their innermost souls, and thought "this is what I need. I need to streamline my workflow."

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