The TechBeat: Future-proof Your Marketing With This Guide on Writing for AI Search Engines (12/20/2024)

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here.

Future-proof Your Marketing With This Guide on Writing for AI Search Engines

By @darragh [ 4 Min read ] Learn how to write for AI & search engines with actionable tips, examples, & FAQs. Future-proof your content for ChatGPT, Gemini, & Google SEO success! Read More.

Everything You Need to Know About the Lumoz Token Generation Event

By @lumoz [ 5 Min read ] The modular compute layer & RaaS platform Lumoz will launch its mainnet and conduct the TGE within a week. Find all the details here! Read More.

Block-STM vs. Sealevel: A Comparison of Parallel Execution Engines

By @2077research [ 75 Min read ] Block-STM and Sealevel are two approaches to parallelizing blockchain execution. This paper will examine and break down how both TPUs approach parallelization. Read More.

Dissecting the Research Behind BadGPT-4o, a Model That Removes Guardrails from GPT Models

By @applicantsports816 [ 10 Min read ] Enter BadGPT-4o: a model that has had its safety measures neatly stripped away not through direct weight hacking (as with the open-weight “Badllama” approach). Read More.

Easily Win Arguments By Avoiding These 8 Logic Traps

By @benoitmalige [ 5 Min read ] Learn how to spot and dismantle 8 common logic traps people use in arguments. Stay calm, keep your sanity, and avoid wasting energy in pointless debates. Read More.

Short on Budget? Use These Design Methodologies to Build Your First MVP Without a Full-time Designer

By @marinacher [ 8 Min read ] An early-stage startup doesn’t always need a full-time designer. Product-oriented founders can often build their first prototypes on their own. Read More.

Ranking on AI Is Not as Complicated As You Think

By @darragh [ 8 Min read ] Explore actionable ways to ensure your content surfaces in AI-driven search results and resonates with human readers. Read More.

Managing Stress May Be A Lot Simpler Than You Think

By @vinitabansal [ 8 Min read ] You can't avoid stress, but you can certainly learn to manage it well. To do this, you need to apply the right strategies by taking charge. Read More.

Data Availability Or: How Rollups Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Ethereum

By @2077research [ 27 Min read ] Data availability is a critical component of scaling Ethereum. Learn how and why Layer 2 rollups use Ethereum for data availability—and why this matters. Read More.

Here's Why High Achievers Feel Like Failures

By @scottdclary [ 11 Min read ] The invisible progress paradox is a trap in personal growth. Read More.

How I Made Money Investing in Domains (SEO Strategy)

By @amraandelma [ 6 Min read ] Invest in domains and turn them into financial assets through effective research and effective judgment of market trends. Read More.

This Monetization Approach Is Becoming More Prominent in Software Sales

By @pbland [ 5 Min read ] As usage-based pricing options grow in popularity, see how offering flexibility can complement - rather than replace - software subscription models. Read More.

Let's Build a Free Web Scraping Tool That Combines Proxies and AI for Data Analysis

By @aviatorscode2 [ 15 Min read ] Learn how to combine web scraping, proxies, and AI-powered language models to automate data extraction and gain actionable insights effortlessly. Read More.

I Fell in Love With My Code, Then I Had to Kill It

By @michaelsalim [ 6 Min read ] Sometimes the best code is the code you delete. Don't love your code and do what's best for the codebase. Read More.

Installing Open-source Software on Your MacOS May Be Coming to an End

By @saurabh-sugandh [ 3 Min read ] Apple has made it clear that applications need to be signed (or say notarized) first before you install them. Read More.

El Salvador's President Teases “Rent Your Own Volcano” Bitcoin Mining Plan

By @thesociable [ 5 Min read ] El Salvador’s geothermal Bitcoin mining, including a “rent your own volcano” plan, sparks debate on sustainability, costs, and potential economic growth. Read More.

The Sneaky Way Web Browsers Are Identifying You (Even When You Turn Off Cookies)

By @rampageproxies [ 12 Min read ] A guide on browser fingerprinting, how it identifies us, fingerprint testing, and what techniques we can use to ensure our browsing is kept anonymous. Read More.

Bitcoin Gets DeFi Upgrade: Stacks Launches Bitcoin-Backed sBTC for Smart Contracts

By @ishanpandey [ 3 Min read ] The launch of sBTC indicates growing maturity in Bitcoin's ecosystem, particularly in bridging traditional Bitcoin holdings with DeFi. Read More.

Academic Piracy Is Sometimes the Only Way to Survive the Financial Exploitation of Knowledge

By @thefrogsociety [ 19 Min read ] Quality learning is increasingly gated by wealth, widening inequalities and limiting access Read More.

The $XRP Comeback Was a Long Time Coming

By @gleams [ 8 Min read ] Here are the four things I spotted Ripple doing right, even when every one was sleeping on the cryptocurrency. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️