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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 17, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement in 1997, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Win Your Share of $5000 in the Web3 Development Writing Contest by GetBlock and HackerNoon to I Told My Team to Complain Every Week—It Transformed Our Productivity, let’s dive right in.

web3

Win Your Share of $5000 in the Web3 Development Writing Contest by GetBlock and HackerNoon

TL;DR Join the Web3 Development Writing Contest by GetBlock HackerNoon! Write about blockchain APIs, dApp development more for a chance to win from $5,000.

By @hackernooncontests [ 3 Min read ]

Hey HackerNoon Fam!

We’re happy to announce the launch of the Web3 Development Writing Contest, brought to you by GetBlock and HackerNoon!

To enter, answer at least one question from any of the following categories:

Category

Prize

Best #blockchain-api story

$2,500

Best #dApp-development story

$1,500

$1,000

Yes...

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tech-stories

Will Musk Colonize Mars In His Lifetime? The Answer Wont Surprise You

TL;DR Boots will hit Martian soil soon, but a functional colony? Not likely. Strap in for a skeptical take on Musk’s audacious dream to make humanity multiplanetary.

By @InfiniteScroll [ 6 Min read ]

As part of the Spacecoin Writing Contest, the fine folks at Spacecoin and HackerNoon have asked: Will Elon Musk colonize Mars in his lifetime?

Of course, the reality lurking behind the euphoric headlines will be far less cinematic.

Translation: I don’t even know where to begin. #JustCompressIt..

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machine-learning

Salesforce Developer Creates LLM Assistant That Runs Locally On Your Machine

TL;DR I built a Salesforce Lightning Web Component that lets you run powerful AI language models (LLMs) directly on your computer within Salesforce.

By @akutishevsky [ 7 Min read ]

https://youtu.be/QKkRJ8RAlnE?embedable=true

As you would expect an LLM to work, it generates responses on any topic, as it's pretrained on a vast set of data. Moreover, it's able to use Salesforce records for extra context. The features of the component are:

The component’s functionality was tested on these machines:..

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programming

I Told My Team to Complain Every Week—It Transformed Our Productivity

TL;DR Over time, Kaizen has helped improve processes, boost morale, and even tackle technical debt bit by bit. Its a simple but effective way to ensure continuous i

By @makowskid [ 4 Min read ]

Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash

More than a decade ago, I had the opportunity to take a Total Quality Management (TQM) course by none other than Andrzej Blikle at ASBIRO, a unique Polish educational institution where only entrepreneurs teach entrepreneurship...

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programming

Sneaky UX Tricks Thatll Make Your Users Fall in Love

TL;DR Top UX manipulations (principles) to seduce your users

By @kristinazima [ 15 Min read ]

In this article, I’ll reveal how key UX principles are rooted in basic psychological insights, and I’ll offer simple examples you can try right away. Give them a go, and watch your users become truly smitten ;)

Step-by-step processes: Divide large tasks into smaller, manageable steps...

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-The Algebra of Everything

🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week?

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The HackerNoon Team ✌️