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compsci
- ai Developing artificial intelligence, machine learning. Tag AI usage only with `vibecoding`.
- compsci Other computer science/programming
- distributed Distributed systems
- formalmethods Formal methods
- graphics Graphics programming
- networking Networking
- osdev Operating system design and development when no specific OS tag exists
- plt Programming language theory, types, design
- programming Use when every tag or no specific tag applies
culture
- culture Technical communities and culture
- law Law, patents, and licensing
- person Stories about particular persons
- philosophy Philosophy
field
- cogsci Cognitive Science
- cryptography Cryptography
- education Education
- finance Finance and economics
- hardware Hardware
- math Mathematics
- science It's "Science"
format
- ask Ask Lobsters
- audio Link to audio (podcast, interview)
- book Link to a book (not an ad or review)
- pdf Link to a PDF document
- show Show Lobsters / Projects
- slides Slide deck
- transcript Includes transcript of audio or video
- video Link to a video
genre
- art Art
- event Events, conferences, and meetups
- historical History and retrospectives (not for things that happen to be old)
- job Employment/Internship opportunities
- news General news and current events
- rant Rants and raves
- release Software releases and announcements
- satire Satire, parody, and other humor
interaction
- a11y accessibility, assistive technology, standards
- design Visual design
- visualization Data visualization
languages
- apl Array Programming Languages such as APL, J, and K
- assembly Assembly programming
- c C programming
- c++ C++ programming
- clojure Clojure programming
- concatenative stackbased languages like Forth, Factor, Joy
- css Cascading Style Sheets
- d D programming
- dotnet C#, F#, .NET programming
- elixir Elixir programming
- elm Elm programming
- erlang Erlang development
- fortran Fortran programming
- gleam Strongly-typed BEAM language
- go Golang programming
- haskell Haskell programming
- java Java programming
- javascript Javascript programming
- kotlin Kotlin programming
- lisp Lisp and Scheme programming
- logiclangs Prolog, Datalog, Z3, Picat, miniKanren, ASP etc. using clauses
- lua Lua programming
- ml MetaLanguage, OCaml programming
- nodejs Node.js programming
- objectivec Objective-C programming
- perl Perl programming
- php PHP programming
- python Python programming
- ruby Ruby programming
- rust Rust programming
- scala Scala programming
- swift Swift programming
- zig Zig programming
lobsters
- announce Site anouncement
- interview Lobsters interviews
- meta Lobsters-related bikeshedding - report bugs at https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters
os
- android Android
- dragonflybsd DragonFly BSD
- freebsd FreeBSD
- illumos illumos
- ios Apple iOS
- linux Linux
- mac Apple macOS
- netbsd NetBSD
- nix package manager, distribution, and related systems like guix
- openbsd OpenBSD
- unix *nix
- windows Windows
platforms
- browsers Web browsers
- email e-mail
- games Game design and study
- ipv6 IPv6 inactive
- merkle-trees And related similar data structures. Not business/scam news.
- mobile Mobile app/web development
- retrocomputing Reproductions, emulators, and other revivals of historic technologies
- wasm webassembly
- web Web development and news
practices
- api API development/implementation
- debugging Debugging techniques
- devops DevOps
- performance Performance and optimization
- practices Development and team practices
- privacy Privacy
- reversing Reverse engineering
- scaling Scaling and architecture
- security Netsec, appsec, and infosec
- testing Software testing
- virtualization Virtualization
tools
- compilers Compiler design
- databases Databases (SQL, NoSQL)
- editors Code editors and IDEs without a specific tag
- emacs Emacs editor
- systemd Linux systemd
- vcs Git, Mercurial, Perforce, Subversion, Jujutsu and other version control systems
- vibecoding Using AI/LLM, coding tools. Don't also tag with `ai`.
- vim Vim editor
- vscode Visual Studio Code editor