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Stories Published|February 3|Throughout History

Stories Published in 2026

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How to Think Like a Data Systems Engineer: The Questions That Save You Later

January 3, 2026

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Write Symfony Commands Like You Write Controllers—Finally

January 3, 2026

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AI Slop, Demo Culture and Market Crashes Are the Same System Failure

January 3, 2026

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Prompt Chaining: Turn One Prompt Into a Reliable LLM Workflow

superorange0707

superorange0707

January 3, 2026

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Sam Altman AI Predictions: Impact on Tech and Society

January 3, 2026

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: 10 Noteworthy C and C++ Bugs Found in Open-Source Projects in 2025 (1/3/2026)

January 3, 2026

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DeFi Crypto Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Finalizes V1 Smart Contract Audit With Halborn Security

January 3, 2026

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The TechBeat: The Hidden Cost of AI: Why It’s Making Workers Smarter, but Organisations Dumber (1/3/2026)

January 3, 2026

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Sourcegraph’s Amp Tries a New Fix for the Long-Conversation Problem

January 3, 2026

Historic Tech Events

Alaska became the 49th US state

Alaska became the 49th US state

1959

On January 3rd, 1959, Alaska officially became the 49th US state. The road to statehood was a long one for Alaska, as it had been a territory since 1912. Statehood brought new opportunities for economic growth and development in Alaska.

The first block of the Bitcoin blockchain was mined

The first block of the Bitcoin blockchain was mined

2009

The first block of the Bitcoin blockchain, known as the Genesis block, was mined by the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. This marked the beginning of the cryptocurrency era.

Panama leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to US authorities

Panama leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to US authorities

1990

Following the US invasion of Panama, Manuel Noriega surrendered to US authorities and was later convicted of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering.

Stories Published in 2025

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5 Open-source and Free Operating Systems to Donate via Kivach

January 3, 2025

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#HOME-ASSISTANT

Adaptive Lighting - An Example of HACS

Nicolas Fränkel

Nicolas Fränkel

January 3, 2025

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Top 10 Software Development Books to Become a Better Software Developer in 2025

Vladislav Guzey

Vladislav Guzey

January 3, 2025

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Wonder3D: Evaluating The Quality of The Reconstructed Geometry of Different Methods

January 3, 2025

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How to Troubleshoot 'hostpolicy.dll' and 'singlefilehost.exe' Errors in .NET 8.0.11

January 3, 2025

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The Conclusion to Wonder3D: Future Works and References

January 3, 2025

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#NOVEL-VIEW-SYNTHESIS

Wonder3D: Evaluating the Quality of Novel View Synthesis for Different Methods

January 3, 2025

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#TRANSFORMING-SEARCH

Transform Search in 5 Minutes: AI-Powered Hybrid Cloud Search

Milavkumar Shah

Milavkumar Shah

January 3, 2025

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Storage-Focused Xenea Blockchain Opens Ecosystem Partnership Opportunities Ahead Of Mainnet Launch

January 3, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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How to Set A Default Checkbox Value in React

Irakli Tchigladze

Irakli Tchigladze

January 3, 2024

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Overlapping Rectangles: A Daily Coding Problem

January 3, 2024

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#SECURITY-OBSERVABILITY

8 Key Takeaways from Observe’s 2023 State of Security Observability Report

January 3, 2024

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Can We Deflect Asteroids on Trajectory with Earth?

January 3, 2024

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How I've Freaked Out and Decided to Build a Startup of My Own

January 3, 2024

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#CRYPTO-TRADING

An In-Depth Exploration of Crypto Trading Irregularities

Chinedu Eberechi

Chinedu Eberechi

January 3, 2024

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#BLOCKCHAIN-EDUCATION

STC.University: Student Coin's Bold Leap into Blockchain Education

January 3, 2024

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The Noonification: Now We Know: Exit to Community Is Possible (1/3/2024)

January 3, 2024

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#CRYPTO-TRADING

From Pen to Portfolio: A Writer’s Cryptocurrency Odyssey

January 3, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

Using ChatGPT as an Educational Chatbot in a Next.js Frontend: A Guide

January 3, 2023

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How to Debug Streams and Collections

January 3, 2023

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A Look at Astrodevil's 2022 : A Year in Review

January 3, 2023

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Meet Noonies 2022 Winner Celine 'Oibiee' Aju of Online-Education

Celine “Oibiee” Aju

Celine “Oibiee” Aju

January 3, 2023

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Deep Diving into DeFi: A Closer Look at Decentralized Finance

Gabriel Mangalindan

Gabriel Mangalindan

January 3, 2023

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#GROWTH-MARKETING

10 Reasons Why I Sucked At Growth Marketing

Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic

Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic

January 3, 2023

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A Study on Parallel Execution: Everything You Need to Know

January 3, 2023

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🏅year in Review: Tools That Helped my Productivity as a Software Engineer

January 3, 2023

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What is Secure SDLC?

January 3, 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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Create a Custom React Library in TypeScript to Re-Use Across Your Projects With Storybook

January 3, 2022

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Automation Hacks for Central Pharmacies (Infographic)

January 3, 2022

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Why Has NASA Stopped Exploring The Oceans?

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

January 3, 2022

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The Fail-fast Principle in Software Testing

January 3, 2022

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The Most Controversial Inventions of All Time

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

January 3, 2022

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#WRITING-PROMPTS

How to Become a Published Writer in 3 Easy Steps

Tech Story Templates by HackerNoon Editors

Tech Story Templates by HackerNoon Editors

January 3, 2022

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#CRYPTOCURRENCY-NEWS

Elon Musk Said Dogecoin is Better Than Bitcoin for Payments. Is He Right?

January 3, 2022

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10 Solana NFT Projects You Should Know About in 2022

January 3, 2022

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The Metaverse Is a Great Business Opportunity, and Facebook/Meta Knows This

January 3, 2022

Stories Published in 2021

Stories Published in 2020

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#BEST-WHOIS-LOOKUP

7 Best WHOIS Domain Name Search and Lookup Tools to Support Security Research and Investigations

January 3, 2020

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#PRODUCT-DESIGNER

#Busted: 10 Laughable Myths About Product Designers

Sergey Lukyanov

Sergey Lukyanov

January 3, 2020

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10 Cryptocurrency Data Points to Takeaway from 2019

Jesus Rodriguez

Jesus Rodriguez

January 3, 2020

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#UPWORK-FREELANCER

Web Scraping And Data Extraction with Python: Upwork Series #1

January 3, 2020

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Configuring HTTP Route Parameters in Azure Functions 2.x using Python

January 3, 2020

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Three Bullish Tech Predictions for 2020

January 3, 2020

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Proof of Keys Day: Not your keys, Not your Bitcoin [Jan/3➞₿🔑∎]

Tiaan Wolmarans

Tiaan Wolmarans

January 3, 2020

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#ETHEREUM-TOP-STORY

Global Debt, Ethereum, and a New Open Financial System [Analyzed]

Anthony Bertolino

Anthony Bertolino

January 3, 2020

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#CONVERSION-OPTIMIZATION

What I Learnt About A/B Testing by A/B Testing my Landing Page

January 3, 2020

Stories Published in 2019

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Best Coding Languages to Learn in 2019

Rafi Zikavashvili

Rafi Zikavashvili

January 3, 2019

/https-hackernoon-com-how-do-your-favorite-books-compare-in-a-vr-world-1807cc7f4e2e feature image

How do Your Favorite Books Compare in a VR World?

John David Martin

John David Martin

January 3, 2019

/building-the-shape-system-for-material-design-eef36725b28b feature image

How Google Built the Shape System for Material Design

January 3, 2019

/how-to-become-a-miner-while-not-being-one-what-is-staking-85436640281b feature image

How to become a miner while not being one | What is Staking?

January 3, 2019

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Market Reaction To Apple’s Announcement Hard to Swallow — Or Is it?

January 3, 2019

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The Past, Present and Future of Fraud in Crypto

January 3, 2019

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Do YouTube Subscribers Matter Anymore in 2019?

January 3, 2019

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The Apps Have Spoken: Top 13 iOS App Analytics Platforms [2019]

January 3, 2019

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TDCommons: A Treasure Trove of IP

David E. Weekly

David E. Weekly

January 3, 2019

Stories Published in 2018

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The Self Fulfilling Prophecy of r/cryptocurrency Hype Coins

Bharat Vishnubhotla

Bharat Vishnubhotla

January 3, 2018

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Getting Started Guide with Pet Planet — The new craze after Cryptokitties

January 3, 2018

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Episode 41: A short note on interviews

January 3, 2018

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#REINFORCEMENT-LEARNING

David Silver UCL-RL Course: Lecture 1 Notes

January 3, 2018

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Don’t Implement Blockchain, Chatbots, AI, Open Banking Just Because of the Hype in 2018

UX Design Agency for Banking and Fintech

UX Design Agency for Banking and Fintech

January 3, 2018

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Episode 39: Tech Tests:

January 3, 2018

/the-james-altucher-cryptocurrency-experience-what-i-got-when-i-signed-up-f2beda80694c feature image

#QUORA-PARTNERSHIP

The James Altucher Cryptocurrency Experience: What I Got When I Signed Up

January 3, 2018

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I’m a Woman Who Learned to Code and, Honestly, It Changed My Life

January 3, 2018

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Some Totally Cliche Career Advice…

January 3, 2018

Stories Published in 2017

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One App To Rule Them All

Peter Schroeder 🚀

Peter Schroeder 🚀

January 3, 2017

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Consuming RESTful APIs with Premiere

Pedro Silva Moreira

Pedro Silva Moreira

January 3, 2017

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RIP Newsletters and welcome Knowledge Letters!

Ahmed El-Sharkasy

Ahmed El-Sharkasy

January 3, 2017

/how-to-launch-your-own-wordpress-as-a-service-business-with-wpdocker-36d0b203dd7e feature image

How To Launch Your Own WordPress As A Service Business with WPdocker

January 3, 2017

/can-timing-attack-be-a-practical-security-threat-on-jwt-signature-ba3c8340dea9 feature image

How to Hack a Weak JWT Implementation with a Timing Attack

January 3, 2017

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Js 2017 — what happen, what to look out for ❤

January 3, 2017

/artificial-intelligence-big-data-are-newest-entries-to-my-2017-dictionary-of-uselessness-753ad5330e95 feature image

#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

“Artificial Intelligence” & “Big Data” Are Newest Entries to My 2017 Dictionary of Uselessness

January 3, 2017

/how-to-become-a-goal-hacker-4959441aa3e9 feature image

How to Become a Goal Hacker.

January 3, 2017

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NonFiction Books I Read in 2016

January 3, 2017

Stories Published in 2016

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Idea 1: What Online Privacy & Your Bowel Movements Have In Common

January 3, 2016

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#INTERNET-OF-THINGS

Get the DragonBoard Running Windows 10 IoT Core

January 3, 2016

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