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Stories Published in 2026

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From the Judge’s Seat: Standing Out in Hackathons in the Age of AI

January 5, 2026

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Did Bitcoin Live Up to 'Digital Gold' Narrative in 2025?

January 5, 2026

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#AI-MOBILE-APP-DEVELOPMENT

11 Best Mobile App Development Companies Recommended For Enterprises in the USA in 2026

January 5, 2026

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#BLOCKCHAIN-DEVELOPMENT

Meet Mezo: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Company of the Week

Company of the Week

January 5, 2026

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Can ChatGPT Outperform the Market? Week 23 (1/5/2026)

January 5, 2026

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#PROOF-OF-USEFULNESS-HACKATHON

Proof of Usefulness Hackathon: Win $150K+ from Bright Data, Neo4j, Algolia, Storyblok & HackerNoon

Proof of Usefulness

Proof of Usefulness

January 5, 2026

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Can ChatGPT Outperform the Market? Week 23

A.I. Controls Stock Account

A.I. Controls Stock Account

January 5, 2026

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#BANKING-DATA-ANALYTICS

How Big Data is Reshaping Customer Experience in Banking

Jon Stojan Journalist

Jon Stojan Journalist

January 5, 2026

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#VIDEO-FOR-MODERN-WEB

Why MP4 Video Is Broken for the Modern Web

Jon Stojan Journalist

Jon Stojan Journalist

January 5, 2026

Historic Tech Events

Construction on San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge began

Construction on San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge began

1933

Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began in San Francisco, California, USA. The bridge would later become an iconic symbol of the city and a major tourist attraction.

All U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam got suspended

All U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam got suspended

1972

President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam, effectively ending the Vietnam War. The war had been a highly divisive and controversial conflict, and its conclusion marked a significant moment in American history.

AOL acquired Time Warner & became the largest media company in the world

AOL acquired Time Warner & became the largest media company in the world

2000

America Online (AOL) announces its acquisition of Time Warner, creating the largest media and communications company in the world at the time. The deal was worth over $160 billion and was seen as a major moment in the growth of the internet and media industries.

Stories Published in 2025

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Google Project IDX, Material UI's New React Component Library, And More - This Week in JS

This Week in JavaScript

This Week in JavaScript

January 5, 2025

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The Crypto Curve: Left, Right, and Center

Andrey Didovskiy

Andrey Didovskiy

January 5, 2025

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Why Homo Sapiens Are Addicted to Self-Reflections: A Spotify Wrapped Introspective

the frog society

the frog society

January 5, 2025

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Charting The Ethereum Account Abstraction Roadmap I: EIP-3074, EIP-5806, and EIP-7702

January 5, 2025

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SQL Window Functions: A Quick Review With Examples

January 5, 2025

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#BEHAVIORAL-SCIENCE

A Smidge of Behavioral Science at the End of the Year

Maximilian Speicher

Maximilian Speicher

January 5, 2025

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: GPS Is Broken, And Its Holding Tech Back (1/5/2025)

January 5, 2025

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Agile: How to Write User Stories for Beginners

Just Another Tech Lead

Just Another Tech Lead

January 5, 2025

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The TechBeat: Unpacking The Starknet Bolt Upgrade (1/5/2025)

January 5, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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What Is the New Luxury and How to Create It?

January 5, 2024

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#BUSINESS-ADVICE

Top 5 Document Management Tools You’ll Want to Use in 2024

January 5, 2024

/how-i-improved-my-english-speaking-skills-with-ais-that-should-work-for-you-too feature image

How I Improved My English Speaking Skills With AIs That Should Work For You Too

January 5, 2024

/the-ultimate-guide-to-effectively-using-and-validating-forms-in-react feature image

The Ultimate Guide to Effectively Using and Validating Forms in React

January 5, 2024

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#CRYPTO-ECONOMICS

Post-Capitalist Blockchain: Unveiling The Simple Council Economy Mesa Model v0.01

January 5, 2024

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ControlNet: Changing The Image Generation Game with Precise Spatial Control

Shrinivasan Sankar

Shrinivasan Sankar

January 5, 2024

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

Bookmark This: 18 Awesome GitHub Repositories For 2024

January 5, 2024

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How to Pass Components Via Props in React

Irakli Tchigladze

Irakli Tchigladze

January 5, 2024

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How To Prevent Server Overload In Go

January 5, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

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How to Improve Your Web Development Process With React

January 5, 2023

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23 Predictions to Prepare You for 2023

January 5, 2023

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#WEBSITE-DEVELOPMENT

Removing 'Powered by WordPress' in 2023: A Guide

January 5, 2023

/chatgpt-cant-replace-google-heres-why feature image

#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

ChatGPT Can't Replace Google: Here's Why

January 5, 2023

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The Best 7 Coding Tools Powered by AI

January 5, 2023

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#ALTCOINS-FOLLOW

Time to Buy Altcoins?

January 5, 2023

/taking-a-closer-look-at-crypto-influencers-and-determining-if-theyre-scamming-you feature image

#CRYPTOCURRENCY

Taking a Closer Look at Crypto Influencers and Determining If They're Scamming You

January 5, 2023

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Spring Boot - Annotation Cheatsheet Pt. 1b

January 5, 2023

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Spring Boot - Annotation Cheatsheet Pt. 1

January 5, 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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#DATA-ENGINEERING

Six Habits to Adopt for Highly Effective Data

January 5, 2022

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Demystifying AI with Louis Bouchard on The HackerNoon Podcast

January 5, 2022

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#SOFTWARE-ENGINEERING

Software Engineering Best Practices + The Best Resources to Save🚀

January 5, 2022

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Comparing Parallel Testing and Traditional Testing

January 5, 2022

/how-we-fuzz-tested-the-microsoft-office-ecosystem feature image

How we Fuzz Tested the Microsoft Office Ecosystem

Check Point Software

Check Point Software

January 5, 2022

/will-chinas-digital-yuan-apps-push-the-digital-dollar-ahead feature image

#DIGITAL-DOLLAR

Will China's Digital Yuan Apps Push the Digital Dollar Ahead?

January 5, 2022

/shaping-tomorrows-product-teams-noonies-nominee-timote-geimer feature image

#PRODUCT-MANAGEMENT

Shaping Tomorrow’s Product Teams: Noonies Nominee Timoté Geimer

January 5, 2022

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All The Best API Related Blogs and Newsletters

Peter Schroeder

Peter Schroeder

January 5, 2022

/8-growth-hacking-principles-for-near-guaranteed-startup-success feature image

8 Growth Hacking Principles for (Near) Guaranteed Startup Success

Manish Tahiliani

Manish Tahiliani

January 5, 2022

Stories Published in 2021

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Amazon's 'Essential Item' Policy Upsets Everyone

January 5, 2021

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Bitcoin is Now Larger Than Any Financial Service Company

January 5, 2021

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A Look at the Top Questions for a System Design Interview at Facebook

The Interview Sage

The Interview Sage

January 5, 2021

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An Introductory Guide to Variables and Data Types in Go

Franklin Okolie

Franklin Okolie

January 5, 2021

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The New Cycle of Bitcoin Over the Next 4 Years

January 5, 2021

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

Load Testing Using Vegeta: Rapid Step by Step Guide

Geshan Manandhar

Geshan Manandhar

January 5, 2021

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How I Built a Complete P2P RSS Podcast App in a Single HTML File

Branislav Đalić

Branislav Đalić

January 5, 2021

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#AI-IN-HEALTHCARE

Accelerating Innovation: How Covid Has Prompted Technological Evolution Within Healthcare

January 5, 2021

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Kubernetes Explained Simply: Label it to Enable it [Part 6]

January 5, 2021

Stories Published in 2020

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#CRYPTOCURRENCY

What I Learned from Making a Bot That Executed $50M in Cryptocurrency Trades

January 5, 2020

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How to Engineer Viral Social Proof

January 5, 2020

/rory-angold-united-car-care-evp-on-what-a-driverless-future-means-for-auto-insurance-7q563283 feature image

What A Driverless Future Means for Auto Insurance: An Interview with Rory Angold

January 5, 2020

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How I Can Distribute Software Without it Being Blocked by Google?

January 5, 2020

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#TECH-ADDICTION

My Personal Digital Transformation Story

January 5, 2020

/how-to-be-more-successful-in-business-by-learning-to-envision-things-kkr324c feature image

#PRODUCT-DEVELOPMENT

Be More Successful in Business by Learning to Envision Things [A How To Guide]

January 5, 2020

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DNS over TLS: The Whats, Whys, and Hows [Explained]

January 5, 2020

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Cryptocurrencies Will Go Mainstream in the U.S. and Other Bold Predictions for 2020

January 5, 2020

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How GPUs are Beginning to Displace Clusters for Big Data & Data Science

January 5, 2020

Stories Published in 2019

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Javascript state encapsulation without classes in 2019

January 5, 2019

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The Importance of Community in Crypto

January 5, 2019

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Understanding Micro Frontends

January 5, 2019

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DIY Redux with RxJS: Part 3

January 5, 2019

/the-top-1-337-productivity-tips-for-2019-or-any-other-year-efdb241b97da feature image

The Top 1,337 Productivity Tips For 2019 (Or Any Other Year)

Rafael Belchior

Rafael Belchior

January 5, 2019

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#SOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENT

5 Years On-Call: Lessons Learned

Raphael Moutard

Raphael Moutard

January 5, 2019

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Laravel Zero/Dusk- Tracking twitter accounts

January 5, 2019

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Learn the Basics of Git in Under 10 Minutes

January 5, 2019

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

2018: My Technology Retrospective

Silvestar Bistrović

Silvestar Bistrović

January 5, 2019

Stories Published in 2018

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How to buy RaiBlocks aka XRB

Vamshi Vangapally

Vamshi Vangapally

January 5, 2018

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Vector illustration basics for Android developers — Part 3: Boolean Operations

Antonis Tsagaris

Antonis Tsagaris

January 5, 2018

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Async/Await Essentials for Production: Loops, Control Flows & Limits

Schahriar SaffarShargh

Schahriar SaffarShargh

January 5, 2018

/executing-any-node-js-module-or-js-file-via-cli-without-creating-any-command-line-interface-at-all-6f3a125fdf5a feature image

Executing any Node.js module or .js file via CLI without creating any command-line interface at all

January 5, 2018

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Wanchain - The Future Global Financial Super-Highway of Crypto-assets?

January 5, 2018

/which-is-better-for-you-working-full-time-vs-consulting-7c4c25a01e69 feature image

Which Is Better For You? Working Full Time vs. Consulting?

January 5, 2018

/im-harvesting-credit-card-numbers-and-passwords-from-your-site-here-s-how-9a8cb347c5b5 feature image

I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.

David Gilbertson

David Gilbertson

January 5, 2018

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Services Stack — with CI/CD for your Infrastructure and Code

January 5, 2018

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The toughest part about being a female software engineer

January 5, 2018

Stories Published in 2017

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Some businesses are excellent, yet not very compatible with the kind of returns that venture…

January 5, 2017

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Function context in bound events in React

January 5, 2017

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The 2017 CES news worth caring about

January 5, 2017

/would-you-let-an-ai-read-your-mind-a564483852cf feature image

#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

Would You Let An AI Read Your Mind?

January 5, 2017

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Medium needs ideas for Medium’s next chapter

January 5, 2017

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RipVanWinkle.js — Returning to JavaScript After 5 Years

January 5, 2017

/rust-async-libraries-cheat-sheet-for-node-js-javascript-developers-6f1d7a4092a8 feature image

Rust Async Libraries Cheat Sheet for Node.js Developers

January 5, 2017

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Empty Out Your Junk Drawer

January 5, 2017

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DHH, I said this to Jason Fried — but its worth repeating… he was dead on.

Jose Paul Martin

Jose Paul Martin

January 5, 2017

Stories Published in 2016

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#PRODUCT-DEVELOPMENT

Empowering your users so that they can fish

January 5, 2016

/this-is-what-today-s-popular-websites-look-like-on-the-1st-generation-iphone-15ce122703a1 feature image

This is what today’s popular websites look like on the 1st generation iPhone

January 5, 2016

/you-are-going-to-start-bookmarking-again-23f247173a32 feature image

You are going to Start Bookmarking Again

January 5, 2016

/how-we-won-the-rails-rumble-hackathon-again-3e92fcfd4221 feature image

How We Won the Rails Rumble Hackathon. Again.

January 5, 2016

/there-are-some-specific-pieces-of-information-in-this-article-that-are-accurate-315124670b84 feature image

There are some specific pieces of information in this article that are accurate.

January 5, 2016

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Ode to an Office

January 5, 2016

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