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| compsci
| ai | Developing artificial intelligence, machine learning. Tag AI usage only with `vibecoding`. | 2,795 | 365
| compsci | Other computer science/programming | 4,098 | 86
| distributed | Distributed systems | 2,916 | 86
| formalmethods | Formal methods | 1,409 | 153
| graphics | Graphics programming | 2,531 | 143
| networking | Networking | 3,732 | 79
| osdev | Operating system design and development when no specific OS tag exists | 1,357 | 52
| plt | Programming language theory, types, design | 3,356 | 79
| programming | Use when every tag or no specific tag applies | 16,535 | 55
| culture
| culture | Technical communities and culture | hotness mod -0.25 | 4,042 | 160
| law | Law, patents, and licensing | 1,661 | 191
| person | Stories about particular persons | 1,139 | 129
| philosophy | Philosophy | 1,243 | 144
| field
| cogsci | Cognitive Science | 401 | 177
| cryptography | Cryptography | 1,774 | 89
| education | Education | 845 | 70
| finance | Finance and economics | 516 | 184
| hardware | Hardware | 7,123 | 90
| math | Mathematics | 2,979 | 141
| science | It's "Science" | 1,307 | 102
| format
| ask | Ask Lobsters | 2,468 | 75
| audio | Link to audio (podcast, interview) | 409 | 171
| book | Link to a book (not an ad or review) | 1,010 | 62
| pdf | Link to a PDF document | 4,949 | 73
| show | Show Lobsters / Projects | 2,072 | 57
| slides | Slide deck | 531 | 89
| transcript | Includes transcript of audio or video | 132 | 41
| video | Link to a video | 5,095 | 192
| genre
| art | Art | 1,051 | 127
| event | Events, conferences, and meetups | 851 | 107
| historical | History and retrospectives (not for things that happen to be old) | 4,555 | 73
| job | Employment/Internship opportunities | 240 | 171
| rant | Rants and raves | hotness mod -0.25 | 1,391 | 193
| release | Software releases and announcements | 5,453 | 82
| satire | Satire, parody, and other humor | hotness mod -0.25 | 864 | 184
| interaction
| a11y | accessibility, assistive technology, standards | 431 | 87
| design | Visual design | 1,907 | 116
| visualization | Data visualization | 1,124 | 96
| languages
| apl | Array Programming Languages such as APL, J, and K | 270 | 178
| assembly | Assembly programming | 1,388 | 229
| c | C programming | 3,576 | 172
| c++ | C++ programming | 2,585 | 162
| clojure | Clojure programming | 792 | 195
| concatenative | stackbased languages like Forth, Factor, Joy | 41 | 44
| css | Cascading Style Sheets | 784 | 152
| d | D programming | 102 | 202
| dotnet | C#, F#, .NET programming | 855 | 424
| elixir | Elixir programming | 787 | 259
| elm | Elm programming | 259 | 249
| erlang | Erlang development | 772 | 283
| fortran | Fortran programming | 69 | 235
| gleam | Strongly-typed BEAM language | 111 | 65
| go | Golang programming | 3,505 | 224
| haskell | Haskell programming | 2,326 | 303
| java | Java programming | 1,225 | 327
| javascript | Javascript programming | 5,193 | 235
| kotlin | Kotlin programming | 117 | 111
| lisp | Lisp and Scheme programming | 2,127 | 269
| logiclangs | Prolog, Datalog, Z3, Picat, miniKanren, ASP etc. using clauses | 33 | 18
| lua | Lua programming | 402 | 235
| ml | MetaLanguage, OCaml programming | 795 | 239
| nodejs | Node.js programming | 544 | 216
| objectivec | Objective-C programming | 73 | 239
| perl | Perl programming | 313 | 279
| php | PHP programming | 422 | 419
| python | Python programming | 4,239 | 201
| ruby | Ruby programming | 2,557 | 333
| rust | Rust programming | 5,160 | 242
| scala | Scala programming | 454 | 342
| swift | Swift programming | 567 | 301
| zig | Zig programming | 545 | 112
| lobsters
| announce | Site anouncement | hotness mod +1.0 | 50 |
| interview | Lobsters interviews | 26 |
| meta | Lobsters-related bikeshedding - report bugs at https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters | hotness mod -0.25 | 741 | 1,385
| os
| android | Android | 917 | 269
| dragonflybsd | DragonFly BSD | 81 | 158
| freebsd | FreeBSD | 1,376 | 252
| illumos | illumos | 105 | 156
| ios | Apple iOS | 1,049 | 263
| linux | Linux | 6,346 | 79
| mac | Apple macOS | 1,672 | 195
| netbsd | NetBSD | 669 | 191
| nix | package manager, distribution, and related systems like guix | 685 | 146
| openbsd | OpenBSD | 1,519 | 240
| unix | *nix | 2,879 | 70
| windows | Windows | 1,448 | 336
| platforms
| browsers | Web browsers | 2,172 | 99
| email | e-mail | 340 | 34
| games | Game design and study | 2,814 | 165
| merkle-trees | And related similar data structures. Not business/scam news. | 781 | 306
| mobile | Mobile app/web development | 981 | 152
| retrocomputing | Reproductions, emulators, and other revivals of historic technologies | 419 | 36
| wasm | webassembly | 657 | 73
| web | Web development and news | 8,890 | 117
| practices
| api | API development/implementation | 1,622 | 75
| debugging | Debugging techniques | 1,246 | 37
| devops | DevOps | 3,303 | 142
| performance | Performance and optimization | 3,605 | 25
| practices | Development and team practices | 8,252 | 88
| privacy | Privacy | 2,400 | 77
| reversing | Reverse engineering | 1,825 | 113
| scaling | Scaling and architecture | 1,008 | 87
| security | Netsec, appsec, and infosec | 12,175 | 85
| testing | Software testing | 1,669 | 67
| virtualization | Virtualization | 939 | 98
| tools
| compilers | Compiler design | 2,867 | 111
| databases | Databases (SQL, NoSQL) | 4,740 | 99
| editors | Code editors and IDEs without a specific tag | 167 | 8
| emacs | Emacs editor | 835 | 378
| systemd | Linux systemd | 227 | 140
| vcs | Git, Mercurial, Perforce, Subversion, Jujutsu and other version control systems | 1,726 | 75
| vibecoding | Using AI/LLM, coding tools. Don't also tag with `ai`. | 2,886 | 672
| vim | Vim editor | 550 | 191
| vscode | Visual Studio Code editor | 16 | 77