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`

Slava Pestov @slava@mathstodon.xyz

11/19/2025, 9:30:06 PM

Public

Programmers have finally realized that a single function call can bring down an entire process, even in an allegedly “safe” language.

Just wait until they discover their compilers (especially the newfangled “systems languages with value types” that are so hot right now) have been lying to them this whole time by pretending that stack space is an endless resource, without providing any tools whatsoever for reasoning about how much of it they’re actually using

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