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Tag	Description	Stories	Filtering
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