HackerNoon’s monthly product update is here! 🚀 Explore collaborative writing with our new editor Chowa, discover the best templates for your stories with our updated blogging templates page, get to know HackerNoon anew with our latest design shift, and more! This product update reflects changes to the platform from April 7th, until July 21st, 2025. April 7th April 7th Say Hello to Collaborative Writing with Chowa – and the New HackerNoon Dashboard Say Hello to Collaborative Writing with Chowa – and the New HackerNoon Dashboard Say Hello to Collaborative Writing with Chowa – and the New HackerNoon Dashboard You asked, we listened. After months of ideation and development, we’re introducing your new favorite writing tool: Chowa, the collaborative text editor built for real-time teamwork. Chowa Chowa This is your space to start a blank draft and enjoy seamless collaboration, with support for multiple authors. Try it out! 🤍👉 Start Writing with Your People! Start Writing with Your People Start Writing with Your People 📝 How to Use Chowa (pronounced like Flow-a) Click “Start Draft” under the Chowa block - you’ll land in a whole new editor. Add Co-Authors: Click “Add Co-Authors” or scroll to Story Settings to invite your collaborators. They’ll get an email and notification, and your draft will appear on their dashboard. Fill out your title and tags, and start writing and formatting your text as you go Leave Comments for Co-Authors: Click the yellow speech balloon icon in the formatting bar to leave comments, suggest edits, or chat with your co-authors. Click “Start Draft” under the Chowa block - you’ll land in a whole new editor. Click “Start Draft” under the Chowa block - you’ll land in a whole new editor. Add Co-Authors: Click “Add Co-Authors” or scroll to Story Settings to invite your collaborators. They’ll get an email and notification, and your draft will appear on their dashboard. Add Co-Authors: Click “Add Co-Authors” or scroll to Story Settings to invite your collaborators. They’ll get an email and notification, and your draft will appear on their dashboard. Fill out your title and tags, and start writing and formatting your text as you go Fill out your title and tags, and start writing and formatting your text as you go Leave Comments for Co-Authors: Click the yellow speech balloon icon in the formatting bar to leave comments, suggest edits, or chat with your co-authors. Leave Comments for Co-Authors: Click the yellow speech balloon icon in the formatting bar to leave comments, suggest edits, or chat with your co-authors. Want the full guide? Read it here! Explore our retro Chowa page or check out our open-source repo. Want the full guide? Read it here! Explore our retro Chowa page or check out our open-source repo. Read it here Read it here retro Chowa page retro Chowa page open-source repo open-source repo Your Writer Dashboard also Looks Different We’ve overhauled the Writer Dashboard for clarity and speed. Writer Dashboard Writer Dashboard Now, when you click “Start Writing,” you get three clean options: Start Writing Start Writing Chowa: Collaborative Text Editor – Work with other authors to create your next masterpiece. Blank Draft with Editor 3.0 – Prefer to write solo? Use HackerNoon’s classic editor (you know the one). Import Story – Paste a URL from anywhere on the web and watch your content instantly load into a HackerNoon draft. You can then format or update it to fit your publishing goals. Chowa: Collaborative Text Editor – Work with other authors to create your next masterpiece. Blank Draft with Editor 3.0 – Prefer to write solo? Use HackerNoon’s classic editor (you know the one). Import Story – Paste a URL from anywhere on the web and watch your content instantly load into a HackerNoon draft. You can then format or update it to fit your publishing goals. Also, a lot of writing is persistence. So as you scroll down, we moved your unpublished drafts here ordered by most recently visited. This encourages bloggers to hop back into a recent draft. 💡 Need Inspiration? 💡 Need Inspiration? Click the green arrow on the right side of your screen to open: Editing Protocol – Your one-stop hub for HackerNoon’s editorial guidelines. We launched a new microsite on EditingProtocol.com to more clearly explain our human + machine approach to improving and distributing blogs at scale. Blogging Templates – Choose from top templates by keyword, popularity, or category. Click “Create Draft” to start writing immediately. Editing Protocol – Your one-stop hub for HackerNoon’s editorial guidelines. We launched a new microsite on EditingProtocol.com to more clearly explain our human + machine approach to improving and distributing blogs at scale. Editing Protocol Editing Protocol EditingProtocol.com Blogging Templates – Choose from top templates by keyword, popularity, or category. Click “Create Draft” to start writing immediately. Blogging Templates Blogging Templates Learn more about our revamped Blogging Templates marketplace. Learn more about our revamped Blogging Templates marketplace. revamped Blogging Templates marketplace Feel the Tailwind: HackerNoon’s new look is ready to take off! Feel the Tailwind: HackerNoon’s new look is ready to take off! Feel the Tailwind: HackerNoon’s new look is ready to take off! We’ve revamped our design to be cleaner, faster, and cooler — embracing a smoother retro aesthetic with less clutter and more clarity. We replaced a ton of custom components in favor of Tailwind. Let’s dive in! On the Homepage, You’ll Find: Daily Top Stories Tech Categories Navigation Latest Stories Published Trending Blog Posts Trending Companies Posts by Category Poll of the Week Published On This Day Daily Top Stories Daily Top Stories Daily Top Stories Tech Categories Navigation Tech Categories Navigation Tech Categories Navigation Latest Stories Published Latest Stories Published Trending Blog Posts Trending Blog Posts Trending Blog Posts Trending Companies Trending Companies Trending Companies Posts by Category Posts by Category Posts by Category Poll of the Week Poll of the Week Poll of the Week Published On This Day Published On This Day Published On This Day Navigation Got a Tune-Up Too: Top Nav: Top Nav: Read: find all your favorite topics, stories, guides and more. Top Blogs: click to see trending stories, most recent stories and translations. Write Now: find all essentials writer tools and tips, writing templates and writing contests Business Blogging: learn how brands can collaborate with HackerNoon to get published About: learn more about HackerNoon, its people and software More: A sidebar for everything else — shop, Web3, help center, etc. Read: find all your favorite topics, stories, guides and more. Top Blogs: click to see trending stories, most recent stories and translations. Top Blogs Write Now: find all essentials writer tools and tips, writing templates and writing contests Write Now Business Blogging: learn how brands can collaborate with HackerNoon to get published Business Blogging Business Blogging About: learn more about HackerNoon, its people and software About More: A sidebar for everything else — shop, Web3, help center, etc. Side Nav: Side Nav: Use the hamburger menu (☰) in the top-right corner to access the full navigation, including: Profile Settings: Edit your profile, stats, subscriptions, and more Notifications: Stay updated with alerts, recs, and engagement. Change Your Theme: Customize the site to your preferred look Profile Settings: Edit your profile, stats, subscriptions, and more Profile Settings Profile Settings Notifications: Stay updated with alerts, recs, and engagement. Notifications Notifications Change Your Theme: Customize the site to your preferred look Change Your Theme Change Your Theme Search Function (powered by Algolia): Click the search icon to immediately see top 10 trending stories, categories, and topics. Once you start typing, results filter by stories, topics, people, and companies. Search Function Algolia Learn more about our navigation shifts here. Learn more about your personalized reading recommendations here. Learn more about our navigation shifts here. here here Learn more about your personalized reading recommendations here. here here Tech Category Pages & Tags Each tech category page now includes: tech category page tech category page The four trending blog posts within the category A podcast section (listen instead of reading!) Top 10 writers in that category (with avatars, rankings, and read counts) Infinite scroll for category-specific stories Related tags and trending topic-specific navigation The four trending blog posts within the category A podcast section (listen instead of reading!) Top 10 writers in that category (with avatars, rankings, and read counts) Top 10 writers in that category Top 10 writers in that category with avatars, rankings, and read counts Infinite scroll for category-specific stories Related tags and trending topic-specific navigation Related tags and trending topic-specific navigation Related tags and trending topic-specific navigation New Signup Experience and Simpler Profile Settings Management New Signup Experience and Simpler Profile Settings Management Everything starts here 👇 Pick how you want to sign up – Email, Gmail, GitHub, X (formerly Twitter), or LinkedIn (yes, that one’s new!). Choose your handle – This is your public identity on HackerNoon. Complete your profile – Once your handle is approved, you’ll be taken to your profile settings so you can customize it to reflect you. Pick how you want to sign up – Email, Gmail, GitHub, X (formerly Twitter), or LinkedIn (yes, that one’s new!). Pick how you want to sign up – Email, Gmail, GitHub, X (formerly Twitter), or LinkedIn (yes, that one’s new!). Pick how you want to sign up LinkedIn (yes, that one’s new! Choose your handle – This is your public identity on HackerNoon. Choose your handle – This is your public identity on HackerNoon. Choose your handle Complete your profile – Once your handle is approved, you’ll be taken to your profile settings so you can customize it to reflect you. Complete your profile – Once your handle is approved, you’ll be taken to your profile settings so you can customize it to reflect you. Complete your profile you 👤 New Profile Pages 👤 New Profile Pages We’ve redesigned profile settings pages to help you better represent yourself. Your info and CTAs are pinned to the left, and tabs at the top let you toggle between your bio, stories, saved quotes, comments, and more. profile settings pages Not filled it all out yet? Click “Edit” or go to “Settings” to update your bio, work history, location, and interests. All updates happen in real-time. Not filled it all out yet? Click “Edit” or go to “Settings” to update your bio, work history, location, and interests. All updates happen in real-time. Want to manage your emails too? Go to the “Emails” tab and subscribe (or unsubscribe 🙁) with one click. 🗳 New Poll Design 🗳 New Poll Design Our revamped polls page is cleaner and info-rich. Each poll now includes the question, voting breakdown, and all user comments on the right side. You can even download the poll data! polls page polls page 💬 Commenting with Markdown Now you can format your comments on stories and polls using markdown — perfect for emphasis, links, and cleaner replies. Style HackerNoon to Your taste We’ve upgraded our theme picker for better customization — lighter, faster, and cleaner. Change themes via the hamburger menu > last icon on the right. 🎨 Try out our new Minty theme while you’re at it! 🎨 Try out our new Minty theme while you’re at it! HackerNoon x Sia Foundation: Decentralizing Tech Publishing We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with the Sia Foundation, a non-profit focused on decentralized, cryptographic cloud infrastructure. Similar to our previous integration with Arweave, this partnership strengthens our commitment to decentralization. By using multiple decentralized protocols, we reduce dependency on any single provider and take concrete steps toward long-term resilience for independent journalism. partnership with the Sia Foundation partnership with the Sia Foundation previous integration with Arweave previous integration with Arweave Over 100,000+ stories are now backed up on Sia — with 2,000+ new articles added each month — each with its individual meta-data page, like so: individual meta-data page individual meta-data page Why this matters: Why this matters: Permanent, censorship-resistant publishing Verifiable storage Support for Web3 infrastructure Permanent, censorship-resistant publishing Verifiable storage Support for Web3 infrastructure This project supports two critical goals: This project supports two critical goals: Advancing the future of Web3 infrastructure through real-world adoption of decentralized storage Strengthening the foundation of independent tech journalism by protecting content from censorship, takedowns, and platform control Advancing the future of Web3 infrastructure through real-world adoption of decentralized storage Strengthening the foundation of independent tech journalism by protecting content from censorship, takedowns, and platform control Learn more about this partnership here. Learn more about this partnership here. here here Cheers to a more open and decentralized internet where stories are owned by the real contributors, not by centralized entities, gatekeepers, tech & media giants. AI Image Editing, Built Right In AI Image Editing, Built Right In Our AI Image Generator can now edit images too. Just click on an image and then the 🔄 icon (or click the featured image). You'll see an Edit tab where you can tell the AI how you'd like to change it. Edit tell the AI Publishing and Contests, Now Clearer Than Ever We’ve streamlined the Business Blogging Page to surface all the key info and perks up front — so you can get started quickly and confidently. Explore the new layout here! Business Blogging Page Business Blogging Page Business Blogging Page Explore the new layout here! Explore the new layout The Writing Contests page also has a fresh new look. Whether you're submitting to a contest or organizing one, the updated design is faster, cleaner, and easier to navigate. Check it out here! Writing Contests Writing Contests page Check it out here! Explore Our New Knowledge Hubs on hackernoon.tech Looking for deeper insights, platform updates, or just some great reads? We’ve launched hackernoon.tech — a dedicated microsite for all things HackerNoon publishing. From new tools and announcements to niche content hubs, it’s your home for everything we’re building. hackernoon.tech hackernoon.tech 🔍 Discover These New Learning Destinations by HackerNoon: Multiverse Theory – Explore stories about the multiverse and its wildest technology theories. Newsbyte – Hear directly from technologists building the future. Founders and CEOs can be interviewed here. Computational – The strange side of computing, launched via a game to learn if visitor is human or machine. Browserology – Learn the encompassing about the history and future of internet browsers. Bitcoin Paper – The original Bitcoin white paper, annotated and explained. Footnotes FTW! Multiverse Theory – Explore stories about the multiverse and its wildest technology theories. Multiverse Theory – Explore stories about the multiverse and its wildest technology theories. Multiverse Theory Multiverse Theory Newsbyte – Hear directly from technologists building the future. Founders and CEOs can be interviewed here. Newsbyte – Hear directly from technologists building the future. Founders and CEOs can be interviewed here. Newsbyte Newsbyte Founders and CEOs can be interviewed here Computational – The strange side of computing, launched via a game to learn if visitor is human or machine. Computational – The strange side of computing, launched via a game to learn if visitor is human or machine. Computational Computational Browserology – Learn the encompassing about the history and future of internet browsers. Browserology – Learn the encompassing about the history and future of internet browsers. Browserology Browserology Bitcoin Paper – The original Bitcoin white paper, annotated and explained. Footnotes FTW! Bitcoin Paper – The original Bitcoin white paper, annotated and explained. Footnotes FTW! Bitcoin Paper Bitcoin Paper That’s all for now! Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on all new launches! Subscribe to our newsletter
