— ! 2018 WTF Our president thinks shutting down the government is cool, our tech leaders act like they own user data & activity, and I’m just working, working, working until the next family member dies. Where is that work life balance in your own life? Cherish it. Ho hum, lets do this! I looked through the top 100 posts by a number of different metrics, and chose the top 20 overall that embody Hacker Noon. is up to $831k from 714 people (ending soon, ) & email to contribute a story to Hacker Noon. BTW: our equity crowdfund invest today stories@hackernoon.com Hacker Noon’s Top 20 Stories of 2018: 20. by [13 min read] Everything I Knew About Reading Was Wrong Johnny 19. by [13 min read] An Open Letter to Banks about Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Peter McCormack 18. The Best Private Search Engines — Alternatives to Google by Christian Stewart ✔️ [6 min read] 17. by [16 min read] 50 Big Companies that Started with Little or No Money Founder Collective 16. by [10 min read] How to Run a Blockchain on a Deserted Island with Pen and Paper Tal Kol 15. [10 min read] Why Angular Made Me Quit Web Dev by Tobias Merkle 14. by [6 min read] Understanding What Artificial Intelligence Actually Sees Nick Bourdakos 13. by [16 min read] The Security Token Thesis Stephen McKeon 12. [15 min read] Google Interview Questions Deconstructed: The Knight’s Dialer by Alex Golec 11. [8 min read] Why is Python so slow? by Anthony Shaw 10. [9 min read] How to Lose an IT Job in 10 Minutes by Albino Tonnina 9. by [18 min read] My Most Valuable Crypto Market Insights For 2018 and Beyond Pierre Rognion 8. by [19 min read] A tale of Webpack 4 and how to finally configure it in the right way. Margarita Obraztsova 7. [4 min read] Top 3 most popular programming languages in 2018 (and their annual salaries) by Dr. Michael J. Garbade 6. by [6 min read] Why businesses fail at machine learning Cassie Kozyrkov 5. by [21 min read] The Ethereum-blockchain size has exceeded 1TB, and yes, it’s an issue StopAndDecrypt 4. by [25 min read] How to Crush the Crypto Market, Quit Your Job, Move to Paradise and Do Whatever You Want the Rest of Your Life Daniel Jeffries 3. by [48 min read] How to biohack your intelligence — with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA Serge Faguet 2. by [5 min read] How I hacked modern Vending Machines Matteo Pisani 1. by [10 min read] I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how. David Gilbertson Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted. Kind Regards, David Smooke P.S. our equity crowdfund is up to $831k from 714 people. Ending soon, invest today.