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`

Bob Nystrom @munificent@mastodon.social

2/5/2026, 12:14:27 AM

Public

This makes me embarrassed to admit, but I suspect that a big part of the reason that LLMs and AI make me so uncomfortable is that injecting a chat-like UI in the middle of a creative process triggers the social anxiety that I heretofore used solitary creative work to get a reprieve from.

Like, I love people and love working with them, but part of why I like programming is it lets me switch off my tense social brain part of the day. But when I "talk" to an AI, all of that tension comes back.

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