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`

Nick Lockwood @nicklockwood@mastodon.social

2/9/2026, 9:03:03 AM

Public

The Liquid Glass effect where text and icons flip-flop between black and white based on the background color is just so incredibly janky and ill-conceived

Setting aside that the implementation seems very laggy/glitchy and regularly gets stuck in the wrong state, even in theory it can't work reliably because backgrounds can have a mix of brightness

I'm surprised they didn't go with a vibrancy effect that could react in real-time and per-pixel, but maybe they tried that and it looked even worse?

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