Dear Curious Hacker Noon Reader, Is it better to learn a new framework, or make something out of the framework you already know? In TabbDrink Technical Co-Founder describes “a behaviour wherein the affected persons will continuously be on a quest to learn and never truly apply the knowledge.” Knowledge without application is pointless. Do you have the Learners Syndrome? Joey Clover And on the other side of the coin he writes, “If I start building something and investing time in it, I feel like I’m missing out on learning the new cool technologies and have a fear of being left behind.” FOMO runs rampant in the tech industry. From the next ICO to the next framework to the next product launch, FOMO drives irrational actions. Hopefully, this week’s top 17 tech stories can help you avoid or capitalize on the hype in tech. ⚒️ ⚒️ Building Tech by Senior Product Designer How to Safely Test New Features on Live Apps Justin Baker by Software Engineer My honest opinion about Unit Testing Iman Tumorang by Front End Developer Why We Use Styled Components at Decisiv Alan B Smith 🐱💻 Hacking Tech and by Senior Developer How can we apply the principles of chaos engineering to AWS Lambda? Many-faced threats to Serverless security Yan Cui by Tweney Media Founder How to Fake an Email From Almost Anyone in Under 5 Minutes Dylan Tweney by ROSECODE project contributor Why Code Makes Money, Not Content art|code 🤔 🤑 Startup Hustle by Creator of The Wordshops Footwork, headwork, heartwork: How I cracked $10,000+ in sales on my first product launch Hillary Weiss by Developer How I took Stickler CI from an idea into a side hustle Mark Story by Co-author of The App Design Handbook Why I chose to work at Coda (a startup) over a big company Jeremy Olson 📈 💸 Crypto Columns by Crypto OG Bitcoin Trolling Matters and Toxicity WhalePanda by Product Designer Blockchain is like my first time with weed. Jesse Korzan by Tech Entrepreneur . Learn more . The Anatomy of A $105 Million Cryptocurrency ICO: Decentralizing The Future of Renewable Energy Trent Lapinski about ReNu coin by . Also check out his first Hacker Noon story, What’s going to happen when bitcoin forks (again)? Michael Flaxman Blockchains Are Hard to Scale 💵 💵 Venture Capital by Stanford GSB Sloan Fellow Is there a new beginning for distressed VC-backed companies? Jonathan Lu by Lowe’s Ventures Analyst Retail, Ownership and Winning the Last Mile Alex Evans by Digital Diplomacy Author The state of global VC funding and unicorns Andreas Sandre Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted. Kind Regards, , David Smooke AMI