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`

Mark Dominus @mjd@mathstodon.xyz

1/30/2026, 3:17:28 PM

Public

I hit a funny bug just now. I have a program that reads key-value pairs from standard input, turns them into JSON, and posts it to a remote server. Today the server crashed with some long horrible SQL error.

Here's the command invcation. Can you spot the issue? Answer in next post.

echo uid=048E9972642091 uuid=094fd458-b306-4deb-a2e5-dc82dd65a022 | PROFILE=prod sbin/app-post -s private/endpoint

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