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`

Steve Purcell @sanityinc@hachyderm.io

2/27/2026, 2:23:32 PM

Public

This Rich Hickey quote from 2011 is quite relevant in 2026:

"I think we're in this world I like to call guardrail programming. Right. It's really sad. We're like, I can make change cause I have tests. Right? Who does that? Who drives their car around banging against the guardrails, saying whoa, I'm glad I've got these guardrails because I'd never make it to the show on time."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4#t=16m08s

"Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)

Rich Hickey, the author of Clojure and designer of Datomic, is a software developer with over 30 years of experience in various domains. Rich has worked on s...

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