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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 31, 2025?
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Two Hours With Cursor Changed How I See AI Coding
By @scastiel [ 4 Min read ] For the first time in my career, I have absolutely no idea what the software engineer job will look like in five or ten years. Read More.
Bonuz CEO Matthias Mende On Redefining Web3 Engagement
By @penworth [ 9 Min read ] Olayimika Oyebanji sits down with Matthias Mende to uncover insights into conquering web3 engagement. Read More.
6 Best NotebookLM Alternatives in 2025: AI-Powered Research Note-Taking Tools Compared
By @zakyboy69 [ 5 Min read ] Discover the best NotebookLM alternatives in 2025. Compare 6 AI-powered research and note-taking tools to boost productivity, learning, and workflow. Read More.
What you need to know about the latest updates to Apache Flink’s SQL and Table APIs
By @confluent [ 7 Min read ] Explore the latest Apache Flink SQL Table API updates, enabling real-time AI, advanced joins, UDFs, and cloud-native state management. Read More.
Celebrating Digital Nomad Day 2025!
By @socialdiscoverygroup [ 4 Min read ] With a fully remote team spread across continents, Social Discovery Group took this year’s celebration global! Read More.
From Metrics to Meaning: Why Customer Satisfaction Is the Ultimate Measure of Quality
By @noda [ 4 Min read ] Why QA metrics should go beyond bugs: how integrating customer satisfaction scores helps deliver truly high-quality products. Read More.
MCP vs A2A - A Complete Deep Dive
By @mayankc [ 29 Min read ] Deep technical analysis comparing Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocols with updated code examples, security insights, and future stan Read More.
🚨 The Last Human Bastion Fell: GPT-5 Just Redefined Discovery with Original Math
By @ronnie_huss [ 2 Min read ] GPT-5 solved original math, ending humanity’s monopoly on discovery. Ronnie Huss breaks down what this means for AI, science, and the frontier ahead. Read More.
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