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`

रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew) @rmathew@mastodon.social

2/23/2026, 1:12:07 PM

Public

Oh man! This hits hard 😢:

“I Started Programming When I Was 7. I’m 50 Now, And The Thing I Loved Has Changed”, James Randall (https://www.jamesdrandall.com/posts/the_thing_i_loved_has_changed/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46960675

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/7iford/i_started_programming_when_i_was_7_i_m_50_now

#Programming #Coding #Nostalgia #AI #Experience

I Started Programming When I Was 7. I'm 50 Now, and the Thing I Loved Has Changed | James Randall

I still love developing but the shifts that AI have brought are tectonic and are forcing me to re-evaluate my own relationship to building things

www.jamesdrandall.com · James Randall

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