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`

julian @julian@activitypub.space

3/13/2026, 8:39:49 PM

Public

My concern is, what if somebody asks one of these vibe coding developers a question about their app wrt federation (e.g. bug, how it works, etc.)

They would not have any deep knowledge about how any of it works! At best, they would turn around and feed it to their AI agent.

It means I would be debugging with an AI, while playing a game of telephone with the human in between. Neither sounds fun.

Like @mapache@hachyderm.io said, bad vibes.

cc @evan@cosocial.ca

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) @reiver@mastodon.social

3/13/2026, 9:01:43 PM

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@julian @mapacheMaho 🦝🍻 @evanEvan Prodromou

Regarding:

"""
My concern is, what if somebody asks one of these vibe coding developers a question about their app wrt federation (e.g. bug, how it works, etc.) They would not have any deep knowledge about how any of it works! At best, they would turn around and feed it to their AI agent.
"""

That is exactly what vibefed is intended address. It tries create a Fediverse development "specialist".

It is meant to help vibecoding non-programmers get better results.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://mastodon.social/users/reiver/statuses/116223882252809572 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)