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`

Paul Haddad @paul@tapbots.social

2/11/2026, 5:33:38 PM

Public

I wanted to see how a bit of API is used, so I had Codex.app create a sample Xcode project and it went off and did exactly what I wanted (which wow, so cool).

Figured it was a good chance to try out Claude to see it was any better. Gave it the same prompt and it too eventually created the test app, but much slower. I tweaked some settings tried again and it went quite a bit faster, but then immediately hit its 5 hour API limit.

Same $20 plan, Codex was just a ton more efficient both time & $.

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