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`

Andrew Plotkin @zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place

2/18/2026, 4:49:34 PM

Public

I am nervous about CloudFlare's free-tier bot-blocking service, which is rapidly becoming a requirement to host *any* kind of free forum/wiki/service on the web.

It's great that they offer that. But it's one manager decision away from being a profit center. Cloudflare could enshittify a huge swathe of the web overnight, and somebody with a spreadsheet knows that.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/zarfeblong/statuses/116092657637997400 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)