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Tech Made in Ukraine: The People Behind the Platforms We Use Every Day

By @mykolaoliiarnyk [ 4 Min read ] Discover how Ukrainian tech talent is driving global innovation through success stories like GitLab, Revolut, Grammarly, Wise, and Moss. Read More.

Timescale is now TigerData: Building the Modern PostgreSQL for the Analytical and Agentic Era 🐯 🚀

By @tigerdata [ 4 Min read ] Timescale is now TigerData: the fastest PostgreSQL for AI, analytics & real-time apps. Built for speed, scale & the agentic future. Join us. 🐯🚀 Read More.

HackerNoon and the Sia Foundation Partner to Decentralize Tech Publishing

By @pressreleases [ 3 Min read ] HackerNoon is thrilled to partner with the Sia Foundation to back up its entire publishing archive. Read More.

A Data Engineer's Guide to PyIceberg

By @confluent [ 2 Min read ] Learn how PyIceberg simplifies working with Apache Iceberg using Python—no JVM clusters needed. Ideal for small to mid-sized data lakehouses. Read More.

MCP Demystified: What Actually Goes Over the Wire??

By @val314159 [ 28 Min read ] let's explore manually sending the JSON over the wire for the MXP protocol Read More.

Everyone’s an AI User Now—But No One Read the Manual

By @wabinab2 [ 9 Min read ] Garbage in, garbage out. We now consume garbage produced by AI that we have no control of the garbage they put in. Read More.

Chinese AI Model Promises Gemini 2.5 Pro-level Performance at One-fourth of the Cost

By @thisweekinaieng [ 5 Min read ] Chinese startup MiniMax is back in the spotlight with their new open-weight reasoning model, MiniMax-M1, and it is nothing short of impressive. Read More.

The Data Delusion: Why Brands Trust Dashboards More Than People - And Why That’s a Mistake

By @AlinaShcherbyna [ 6 Min read ] Why data alone misleads—and how emotion, feedback, and AI create better brand decisions. Read More.

Playwright MCP Server Is Here: Let's Integrate It!

By @brightdata [ 10 Min read ] Let’s uncover what the Playwright MCP server brings to the table, and how to use it with the OpenAI Agents SDK. Read More.

I Spent Two Weeks Testing the Hottest AI Voice Tools—The Results Blew My Mind

By @yukiji [ 5 Min read ] Read More.

The New Tools Rewriting the Web

By @drewchapin [ 2 Min read ] Publishing in 2025 isn’t just about writing, it’s about building a publishing system. Read More.

This College Student Wanted Privacy - His College Couldn't Give Him Any

By @TheMarkup [ 19 Min read ] Whether living on campus or off, taking classes in person or remotely, students simply cannot opt out of most data collection and still pursue a degree. Read More.

Why Most AI Agents Fail in Production (And How to Build Ones That Don't)

By @paoloap [ 6 Min read ] Learn how to take AI agents from prototype to production with this 5-step roadmap covering Python, RAG, architecture, testing, and real-world monitoring. Read More.

What Will a Decentralized Internet Look Like?

By @doaakoms [ 2 Min read ] Explore what a decentralized internet could mean for privacy, control, and innovation, and how Web3 technologies will reshape the online world. Read More.

AI Agents for Beginners: Building Your First AI Agent

By @slaknoah [ 31 Min read ] Build your first real AI agent with this simple guide for beginners—learn, code, and create smart tools that take action. Read More.

The Truth Algorithm: From Fire Circles to ChatGPT, a History of Thought Engineering

By @3l4d [ 8 Min read ] A journey through history’s hidden curators of truth. From myth to media to machine. Revealing how algorithms, old and new, shape what we believe. Read More.

The TechBeat: This College Student Wanted Privacy - His College Couldn't Give Him Any (6/24/2025)

By @techbeat [ 2 Min read ] 6/24/2025: Trending stories on Hackernoon today! Read More.

The Great Office Debate: Are RTO Mandates Really About Collaboration or Control?

By @victordey [ 4 Min read ] Major corporations are dialing back on remote work policies, citing collaboration and innovation as key reasons. Read More.

What You See Isn't Always What You Get: The Hidden Strategy Behind Product Design

By @rowsan [ 8 Min read ] Product architecture decisions aren’t just for engineers; firm prestige and customer sophistication also play key roles. Read More.

Building a Web File Manager on Microcontrollers

By @embeddednetworking [ 2 Min read ] By embedding a simple web file manager, developers enable easy, reliable access to internal storage for diagnostics, logging, updates and more. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️