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`

Ramsey Nasser @nasser@merveilles.town

3/21/2026, 1:34:20 PM

Public

whats interesting about petname systems like https://www.inkandswitch.com/backchannel/ is that they mesh extremely well with the arguments i made in 2019 that in order to have a programming experience that did not privilege one written culture over another you had to abandon the notion of "human-readable names" at the level of APIs and libraries. i used the terms "display names" and "canonical names" but the ideas are quite similar. makes me feel like the underlying problems are related.

my 2019 work:
* http://ojs.decolonising.digital/index.php/decolonising_digital/article/view/PersonalComputer
* https://www.deconstructconf.com/2019/ramsey-nasser-a-personal-computer-for-children-of-all-cultures

Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system

In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles with trusted digital relationships.

www.inkandswitch.com

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