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`

Simon Willison @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net

9/6/2025, 7:45:05 PM

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The previously sensible advice to never use ChatGPT for search needs to be rethought - GPT-5 in thinking mode is shockingly good at running searches now https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/6/research-goblin/

GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT (aka Research Goblin) is shockingly good at search

“Don’t use chatbots as search engines” was great advice for several years... until it wasn’t. I wrote about how good OpenAI’s o3 was at using its Bing-backed search tool back …

simonwillison.net · Simon Willison’s Weblog

Simon Willison @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net

9/7/2025, 10:26:20 AM

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Follow-up note about a Google's new "AI mode" - it's actually very good! Massively different from "AI overviews" which are terrible https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/7/ai-mode/

AI mode is good, actually

When I wrote about how good ChatGPT with GPT-5 is at search yesterday I nearly added a note about how comparatively disappointing Google's efforts around this are. I'm glad I …

simonwillison.net · Simon Willison’s Weblog

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