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`

Will Vincent @wsvincent@fosstodon.org

1/7/2026, 8:32:30 PM

Public

I posted on the Django Forum about the impact of LLMs on web traffic and related sponsorship options. Seems the appropriate place for a convo but linking here: https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/are-llms-decimating-web-traffic-and-sponsorship-options/43868

Are LLMs decimating web traffic and sponsorship options??

See link via Simon Willison and the comment from Adam Wathanof Tailwind CSS. “Traffic to our docs is down about 40% from early 2023 despite Tailwind being more popular than ever. The docs are the only way people find out about our commercial products, and without customers we can’t afford to maintain the framework.” I know we don’t have analytics directly on djangoproject.com, but if our docs take or are taking a similar dive in traffic due to LLMs scraping everything and users just going ther...

forum.djangoproject.com · Django Forum

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