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Start working on your next story here! here Gaming Gaming Gaming Gaming Optimizing the Ever-Growing Balance in an 11-Year-Old Game by Kachan Sergey VR Made Me Faster: A Sim Racer’s Case for Immersion by Scott Eggimann Microservices: Is It Worth the Trouble? by NeyroX Optimizing the Ever-Growing Balance in an 11-Year-Old Game by Kachan Sergey Optimizing the Ever-Growing Balance in an 11-Year-Old Game Optimizing the Ever-Growing Balance in an 11-Year-Old Game Kachan Sergey Kachan Sergey VR Made Me Faster: A Sim Racer’s Case for Immersion by Scott Eggimann VR Made Me Faster: A Sim Racer’s Case for Immersion VR Made Me Faster: A Sim Racer’s Case for Immersion Scott Eggimann Scott Eggimann Microservices: Is It Worth the Trouble? by NeyroX Microservices: Is It Worth the Trouble? Microservices: Is It Worth the Trouble? NeyroX NeyroX https://hackernoon.com/c/gaming?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/gaming?embedable=true Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Beyond Policy Papers - Tonga's Cybersecurity Reality Check by Edwin Liava'a Social Engineering in Crypto — or, You Can Be Your Worst Enemy by Obyte My UX improvements for Flipper Zero by Kristina Zima Beyond Policy Papers - Tonga's Cybersecurity Reality Check by Edwin Liava'a Beyond Policy Papers - Tonga's Cybersecurity Reality Check Beyond Policy Papers - Tonga's Cybersecurity Reality Check Edwin Liava'a Edwin Liava'a Social Engineering in Crypto — or, You Can Be Your Worst Enemy by Obyte Social Engineering in Crypto — or, You Can Be Your Worst Enemy Social Engineering in Crypto — or, You Can Be Your Worst Enemy Obyte Obyte My UX improvements for Flipper Zero by Kristina Zima My UX improvements for Flipper Zero My UX improvements for Flipper Zero Kristina Zima Kristina Zima https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity?embedable=true Management Management Management Management Challenges You Will Face as Leader and How to Overcome Them by Vinita Bansal 5 Collaboration Strategies Every Workplace Needs by Vinita Bansal I Didn’t Learn Leadership in a Book — I Lived It by Alexander Classen Challenges You Will Face as Leader and How to Overcome Them by Vinita Bansal Challenges You Will Face as Leader and How to Overcome Them Challenges You Will Face as Leader and How to Overcome Them Vinita Bansal Vinita Bansal 5 Collaboration Strategies Every Workplace Needs by Vinita Bansal 5 Collaboration Strategies Every Workplace Needs 5 Collaboration Strategies Every Workplace Needs Vinita Bansal Vinita Bansal I Didn’t Learn Leadership in a Book — I Lived It by Alexander Classen I Didn’t Learn Leadership in a Book — I Lived It I Didn’t Learn Leadership in a Book — I Lived It Alexander Classen Alexander Classen https://hackernoon.com/c/management?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/management?embedable=true Startups Startups Startups Startups Startups, Meet Your New Distribution Channel: AI by Startups Of The Week Startup Founders, Your First 100 Readers Matter More Than You Think by Startups Of The Week Genuine Content Creation in the Age of AI: Why Startups Need Quality Content by Startups Of The Week Startups, Meet Your New Distribution Channel: AI by Startups Of The Week Startups, Meet Your New Distribution Channel: AI Startups, Meet Your New Distribution Channel: AI Startups Of The Week Startups Of The Week Startup Founders, Your First 100 Readers Matter More Than You Think by Startups Of The Week Startup Founders, Your First 100 Readers Matter More Than You Think Startup Founders, Your First 100 Readers Matter More Than You Think Startups Of The Week Startups Of The Week Genuine Content Creation in the Age of AI: Why Startups Need Quality Content by Startups Of The Week Genuine Content Creation in the Age of AI: Why Startups Need Quality Content Genuine Content Creation in the Age of AI: Why Startups Need Quality Content Startups Of The Week Startups Of The Week https://hackernoon.com/c/startups?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/startups?embedable=true Science Science Science Science How Space Debris Cleanup Could Become the Next Trillion-Dollar Industry by Samuel Ogbonna The MIT Professor's Guide to Speaking That Actually Works by Dmitry Taranov Men's Health is Too Important to Be Left to Online Cowboys by Matthew - Technology News Australia How Space Debris Cleanup Could Become the Next Trillion-Dollar Industry by Samuel Ogbonna How Space Debris Cleanup Could Become the Next Trillion-Dollar Industry How Space Debris Cleanup Could Become the Next Trillion-Dollar Industry Samuel Ogbonna Samuel Ogbonna The MIT Professor's Guide to Speaking That Actually Works by Dmitry Taranov The MIT Professor's Guide to Speaking That Actually Works The MIT Professor's Guide to Speaking That Actually Works Dmitry Taranov Dmitry Taranov Men's Health is Too Important to Be Left to Online Cowboys by Matthew - Technology News Australia Men's Health is Too Important to Be Left to Online Cowboys Men's Health is Too Important to Be Left to Online Cowboys Matthew - Technology News Australia Matthew - Technology News Australia https://hackernoon.com/c/science?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/science?embedable=true Writing Writing Writing Writing Don't Give In to A Promise of Instant Content by Editing Protocol Writing, Internet-ing, and Existing in the Age of AI: Share Your Insights by Editing Protocol How Precise Are Plagiarism Detection Tools? By The Markup Don't Give In to A Promise of Instant Content by Editing Protocol Don't Give In to A Promise of Instant Content Don't Give In to A Promise of Instant Content Editing Protocol Editing Protocol Writing, Internet-ing, and Existing in the Age of AI: Share Your Insights by Editing Protocol Writing, Internet-ing, and Existing in the Age of AI: Share Your Insights Writing, Internet-ing, and Existing in the Age of AI: Share Your Insights Editing Protocol Editing Protocol How Precise Are Plagiarism Detection Tools? By The Markup How Precise Are Plagiarism Detection Tools? How Precise Are Plagiarism Detection Tools? The Markup The Markup https://hackernoon.com/c/writing?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/writing?embedable=true Tech Stories Tech Stories Tech Stories Tech Stories Spacecraft From the 90s, or Why Humanity Uses Last Century's Technology in Space by NFT Bro Git for Conversations: ChatGPT5 Debuts "Branch in a New Chat" by Writings, Papers and Blogs on Text Models Writing Mode: Less Distractions, Hear Your Draft Read Aloud and Access AI Feedback by David Smooke Spacecraft From the 90s, or Why Humanity Uses Last Century's Technology in Space by NFT Bro Spacecraft From the 90s, or Why Humanity Uses Last Century's Technology in Space Spacecraft From the 90s, or Why Humanity Uses Last Century's Technology in Space NFT Bro NFT Bro Git for Conversations: ChatGPT5 Debuts "Branch in a New Chat" by Writings, Papers and Blogs on Text Models Git for Conversations: ChatGPT5 Debuts "Branch in a New Chat" Git for Conversations: ChatGPT5 Debuts "Branch in a New Chat" Writings, Papers and Blogs on Text Models Writings, Papers and Blogs on Text Models Writing Mode: Less Distractions, Hear Your Draft Read Aloud and Access AI Feedback by David Smooke Writing Mode: Less Distractions, Hear Your Draft Read Aloud and Access AI Feedback Writing Mode: Less Distractions, Hear Your Draft Read Aloud and Access AI Feedback David Smooke David Smooke https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-stories?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-stories?embedable=true AI AI AI AI How to Use Sound and AI to Protect the Environment by The Markup New AI Study Tackles the Transparency Problem in Black-Box Models by The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us! Want AI to Write Code That Doesn’t Break Everything? Follow These 3 Patterns by AI Native Dev How to Use Sound and AI to Protect the Environment by The Markup How to Use Sound and AI to Protect the Environment How to Use Sound and AI to Protect the Environment The Markup The Markup New AI Study Tackles the Transparency Problem in Black-Box Models by The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us! New AI Study Tackles the Transparency Problem in Black-Box Models New AI Study Tackles the Transparency Problem in Black-Box Models The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us! The Tech Reckoning is Upon Us! Want AI to Write Code That Doesn’t Break Everything? Follow These 3 Patterns by AI Native Dev Want AI to Write Code That Doesn’t Break Everything? Follow These 3 Patterns Want AI to Write Code That Doesn’t Break Everything? Follow These 3 Patterns AI Native Dev AI Native Dev https://hackernoon.com/c/ai?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/ai?embedable=true Business Business Business Business Planning With Lighthouses - and Why You Need Delulu Goals by Jane Fisher A Beginner's Guide On How to Be More Visible at Work by Vinita Bansal You're Chasing the Wrong Definition of Wealth by Scott D. Clary Planning With Lighthouses - and Why You Need Delulu Goals by Jane Fisher Planning With Lighthouses - and Why You Need Delulu Goals Planning With Lighthouses - and Why You Need Delulu Goals Jane Fisher Jane Fisher A Beginner's Guide On How to Be More Visible at Work by Vinita Bansal A Beginner's Guide On How to Be More Visible at Work A Beginner's Guide On How to Be More Visible at Work Vinita Bansal Vinita Bansal You're Chasing the Wrong Definition of Wealth by Scott D. Clary You're Chasing the Wrong Definition of Wealth You're Chasing the Wrong Definition of Wealth Scott D. Clary Scott D. Clary https://hackernoon.com/c/business?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/business?embedable=true Media Media Media Media What It's Like to Run a Public Records Audit With a Team of Students by The Markup Wikipedia Rules Everything Around Me by Drew Chapin Welcome to the Museum of AI Hallucinations by Maria Piterberg What It's Like to Run a Public Records Audit With a Team of Students by The Markup What It's Like to Run a Public Records Audit With a Team of Students What It's Like to Run a Public Records Audit With a Team of Students The Markup The Markup Wikipedia Rules Everything Around Me by Drew Chapin Wikipedia Rules Everything Around Me Wikipedia Rules Everything Around Me Drew Chapin Drew Chapin Welcome to the Museum of AI Hallucinations by Maria Piterberg Welcome to the Museum of AI Hallucinations Welcome to the Museum of AI Hallucinations Maria Piterberg Maria Piterberg https://hackernoon.com/c/media?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/media?embedable=true Data Science Data Science Data Science Data Scien Redefining Data Operations With Data Flow Programming in CocoIndex by LJ Navigating MySQL Data Types: Sets and Enums by Oleg Efimov How AI and Machine Learning Are Driving the Future of Formula 1 by AlexTech Redefining Data Operations With Data Flow Programming in CocoIndex by LJ Redefining Data Operations With Data Flow Programming in CocoIndex Redefining Data Operations With Data Flow Programming in CocoIndex LJ LJ Navigating MySQL Data Types: Sets and Enums by Oleg Efimov Navigating MySQL Data Types: Sets and Enums Navigating MySQL Data Types: Sets and Enums Oleg Efimov Oleg Efimov How AI and Machine Learning Are Driving the Future of Formula 1 by AlexTech How AI and Machine Learning Are Driving the Future of Formula 1 How AI and Machine Learning Are Driving the Future of Formula 1 AlexTech AlexTech https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science?embedable=true Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Releasing New Versions Should Be Boring. Really Boring. By Patrick Lee Scott AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases: Comparing S3 Vector Store vs. OpenSearch, PostgreSQL & Neptune by Tokarev Artem Out of Control: Why The Future Belongs To Self-Organizing Distributed Systems by Kristian Releasing New Versions Should Be Boring. Really Boring. By Patrick Lee Scott Releasing New Versions Should Be Boring. Really Boring. Releasing New Versions Should Be Boring. Really Boring. 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By Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic The Economic Shift from Memory to Prediction: A Guide to Value Creation in the Creator Economy by Praise J.J. Why is Upwork Splitting Into Two Companies? By Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic Is Trump Remote Work Enemy #1? By Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic Is Trump Remote Work Enemy #1? Is Trump Remote Work Enemy #1? Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic The Economic Shift from Memory to Prediction: A Guide to Value Creation in the Creator Economy by Praise J.J. The Economic Shift from Memory to Prediction: A Guide to Value Creation in the Creator Economy The Economic Shift from Memory to Prediction: A Guide to Value Creation in the Creator Economy Praise J.J. Praise J.J. Why is Upwork Splitting Into Two Companies? By Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic Why is Upwork Splitting Into Two Companies? Why is Upwork Splitting Into Two Companies? 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Yep The Markup The Markup If You're an Amazon Ring Owner, You May Be an Accidental Spy By The Markup If You're an Amazon Ring Owner, You May Be an Accidental Spy If You're an Amazon Ring Owner, You May Be an Accidental Spy The Markup The Markup https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-companies?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/tech-companies?embedable=true Programming Programming Programming Programming How to Handle Migrations in Express Using Sequelize by Michael Ikoko How to Make Your Fetch Requests Production-Ready by Gabor Koos Nav3 Router: Convenient Navigation on Top of Jetpack Navigation 3 by Android Insights How to Handle Migrations in Express Using Sequelize by Michael Ikoko How to Handle Migrations in Express Using Sequelize How to Handle Migrations in Express Using Sequelize Michael Ikoko Michael Ikoko How to Make Your Fetch Requests Production-Ready by Gabor Koos How to Make Your Fetch Requests Production-Ready How to Make Your Fetch Requests Production-Ready Gabor Koos Gabor Koos Nav3 Router: Convenient Navigation on Top of Jetpack Navigation 3 by Android Insights Nav3 Router: Convenient Navigation on Top of Jetpack Navigation 3 Nav3 Router: Convenient Navigation on Top of Jetpack Navigation 3 Android Insights Android Insights https://hackernoon.com/c/programming?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/programming?embedable=true Society Society How I Built a 3D Farm and Printed Over 2 Tons of Products For The Ukrainian Army by Arthur These Volunteers Turned Bird Nets Into Anti-Drone Shields by Arthur Why Trump "Snapped" Stephen Colbert? By Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic How I Built a 3D Farm and Printed Over 2 Tons of Products For The Ukrainian Army by Arthur How I Built a 3D Farm and Printed Over 2 Tons of Products For The Ukrainian Army How I Built a 3D Farm and Printed Over 2 Tons of Products For The Ukrainian Army Arthur Arthur These Volunteers Turned Bird Nets Into Anti-Drone Shields by Arthur These Volunteers Turned Bird Nets Into Anti-Drone Shields These Volunteers Turned Bird Nets Into Anti-Drone Shields Arthur Arthur Why Trump "Snapped" Stephen Colbert? By Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic Why Trump "Snapped" Stephen Colbert? Why Trump "Snapped" Stephen Colbert? Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic https://hackernoon.com/c/society?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/society?embedable=true Futurism Futurism Futurism Futurism From Walled Gardens to World Grid: A Short History of How We Centralized the Internet by Ibukun OG Convenience: The Leading Cause of Death in 2045? By Ashleigh I Built My Own Chat Instead of Relying on Jivo or LiveChat: Here's How by Dmitriy Kasperovich From Walled Gardens to World Grid: A Short History of How We Centralized the Internet by Ibukun OG From Walled Gardens to World Grid: A Short History of How We Centralized the Internet From Walled Gardens to World Grid: A Short History of How We Centralized the Internet Ibukun OG Ibukun OG Convenience: The Leading Cause of Death in 2045? By Ashleigh Convenience: The Leading Cause of Death in 2045? Convenience: The Leading Cause of Death in 2045? 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Are Blockchain Communities Inevitable? Logos Logos New Censors and Old Decentralized Internet Dreams by Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic New Censors and Old Decentralized Internet Dreams New Censors and Old Decentralized Internet Dreams Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic Nebojsa "Nesha" Todorovic https://hackernoon.com/c/web3?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/web3?embedable=true Life Hacking Life Hacking Why Feeling Behind Means You Are Ahead by Praise J.J. $100K Per Engine? How Bureaucrats Made CNG Illegal in the US in Everything but Name by kumar@engineersf.com Productivity Metrics are a Scam by DJCampbell Why Feeling Behind Means You Are Ahead by Praise J.J. Why Feeling Behind Means You Are Ahead Why Feeling Behind Means You Are Ahead Praise J.J. Praise J.J. $100K Per Engine? How Bureaucrats Made CNG Illegal in the US in Everything but Name by kumar@engineersf.com $100K Per Engine? How Bureaucrats Made CNG Illegal in the US in Everything but Name $100K Per Engine? How Bureaucrats Made CNG Illegal in the US in Everything but Name kumar@engineersf.com kumar@engineersf.com Productivity Metrics are a Scam by DJCampbell Productivity Metrics are a Scam Productivity Metrics are a Scam DJCampbell DJCampbell https://hackernoon.com/c/life-hacking?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/life-hacking?embedable=true HackerNoon HackerNoon HackerNoon HackerNoon Write Together, Publish Faster: How to Co-Author Stories on HackerNoon The Ultimate FAQ Guide to HackerNoon's Business Blogging How to Become Mr. Worldwide and Get Your Articles Translated to 77 Different Languages Write Together, Publish Faster: How to Co-Author Stories on HackerNoon Write Together, Publish Faster: How to Co-Author Stories on HackerNoon Write Together, Publish Faster: How to Co-Author Stories on HackerNoon The Ultimate FAQ Guide to HackerNoon's Business Blogging The Ultimate FAQ Guide to HackerNoon's Business Blogging The Ultimate FAQ Guide to HackerNoon's Business Blogging How to Become Mr. Worldwide and Get Your Articles Translated to 77 Different Languages How to Become Mr. Worldwide and Get Your Articles Translated to 77 Different Languages How to Become Mr. Worldwide and Get Your Articles Translated to 77 Different Languages https://hackernoon.com/c/hackernoon?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/c/hackernoon?embedable=true Want to make the next list? 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