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`

Sam Stephenson @sstephenson@indieweb.social

2/4/2026, 5:53:02 PM

Public

In 2011 I created Bats, a test harness for bash, which went on to have a life of its own: https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core

Now I’m working on a 2026 take on the problem, this time targeting POSIX shell. It’s called Brat (the Brutal Runner for Automated Tests).

Here’s a video showing Brat running its own test suite, first serially, and again using 8 parallel jobs:

GitHub - bats-core/bats-core: Bash Automated Testing System

Bash Automated Testing System. Contribute to bats-core/bats-core development by creating an account on GitHub.

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