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Historic Tech Events

John Ambrose Fleming received a patent for the thermionic valve

John Ambrose Fleming received a patent for the thermionic valve

1904

John Ambrose Fleming in 1906 English physicist and electrical engineer John Ambrose Fleming, who had worked with Thomas Edison’s company in London, invented and applied for the patent for the two-electrode vacuum-tube rectifier

NASA launched Skylab 4

NASA launched Skylab 4

1973

NASA launched Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.

NASA launched Artemis 1

NASA launched Artemis 1

2022

NASA launched Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon.

Stories Published in 2025

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How to Solve Real-Time Auth Without Having to Sacrifice Performance

November 16, 2025

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Why Balancer Lost $120M While Better Incentive Design Could Have Changed Everything

November 16, 2025

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The Case for Orchestrating AI Agents Across Retail Platforms

November 16, 2025

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#AI-TRANSLATION

How I Automated a 13-Language Email Workflow Using Only AI and Microsoft Tools

Olga Ukrainskaya

Olga Ukrainskaya

November 16, 2025

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The Opportunity Card Germany - What I Went Through and What You Should Expect

November 16, 2025

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#LLM-OPTIMIZATION

How to Compress Your Prompts and Reduce LLM Costs

Manish Shivanandhan

Manish Shivanandhan

November 16, 2025

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: The Paycheck Era is Dying (11/16/2025)

November 16, 2025

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Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Reports 250% Token Growth As Phase 1 is Complete And Phase 2 Nears 95%

November 16, 2025

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Vellius Unveils Platform Making AI Human Again

November 16, 2025

Stories Published in 2024

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#CYBER-MILITIAS

The Rise of Cyber Militias

November 16, 2024

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Is the Nonce in Bitcoin Really Random? Analyzing Over 860,000 Blocks

November 16, 2024

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How to Solve the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Incorrect syntax near '$ Error

November 16, 2024

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#HACKERNOON-NEWSLETTER

The HackerNoon Newsletter: How To Spruce Up Your Article With Images (11/16/2024)

November 16, 2024

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#EDITING-PROTOCOL

How To Spruce Up Your Article With Images

Editing Protocol

Editing Protocol

November 16, 2024

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The TechBeat: Unmasking VEILDrive: Threat Actors Exploit Microsoft Services for Command & Control (11/16/2024)

November 16, 2024

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Security in Generative AI Infrastructure Is of Critical Importance

November 16, 2024

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The Rise Of Crypto Nomads: How Co-Creation Is Redefining Global Work And Community

Abisola Iremide

Abisola Iremide

November 16, 2024

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The Building Blocks of UI/UX: How Atomic Design Transforms Your Workflow

November 16, 2024

Stories Published in 2023

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#TECH-INTERVIEWS

How Optevo's CEO Wins With People First Leadership

November 16, 2023

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Top Web3 Job Boards (2023)

M. Abimbola Mosobalaje

M. Abimbola Mosobalaje

November 16, 2023

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My Journey of Building a Project Time Tracker Management React App

November 16, 2023

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#STARTUP-ADVICE

How to Align Departments to Improve Efficiency: Tools, Techniques, and Approaches

Haralds Gabrans Zukovs

Haralds Gabrans Zukovs

November 16, 2023

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Mastering CSS: Using Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements to Build a Landing Page

November 16, 2023

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Chipping In: The Rise and Fall of VeriChip's Human Identification Implant

November 16, 2023

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Copilot AI: Microsoft's Game-Changer for Supply Chains

November 16, 2023

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Clean Code: Interface Segregation, Dependency Inversion, SOLID Principles in TS [Part 5]

November 16, 2023

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Building an Analysis Service for Automated Test Failures Using OpenAI

November 16, 2023

Stories Published in 2022

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Interview: Crowdz Is Addressing Liquidity With a New Web3 Receivables Marketplace

November 16, 2022

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Can AI Determine Your Best Skincare Routine?

Valentine Enedah

Valentine Enedah

November 16, 2022

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The 9 Mistakes JavaScript Developers Make the Most

November 16, 2022

/we-moved-250-microservices-to-kubernetes-with-no-downtime feature image

We Moved 250 Microservices to Kubernetes With No Downtime

November 16, 2022

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David Schwed of Halborn Explores the Culture and Mechanics of Web3 Security

November 16, 2022

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Facebook Made a Promise. Did They Keep It?

November 16, 2022

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🎮 Sony Potentially Entering the World of Blockchain Gaming

November 16, 2022

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A Look at the Power of Your Influence Network

November 16, 2022

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#HACKERNOON-BOOKS

Modern Industrialism is a Struggle for Two Things - Markets and Raw Materials

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

November 16, 2022

Stories Published in 2021

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#LARAVEL-PHP-FRAMEWORK

Why You Should Use Laravel PHP Framework for Web Development

November 16, 2021

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Meet John Jardin - #Noonies2021 Nominee, Full Stack Developer, CEO of Agilit-e

November 16, 2021

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Meet Derek Lim - #Noonie2021 Nominee, Founder of Crypto Research Community Fincade

November 16, 2021

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Scene by Scene Feasibility Breakdown of Facebook's Metaverse at Work Video

November 16, 2021

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Meet Mark Helfman: #Noonie2021 Nominee, Crypto Writer, Owner of "Crypto is Easy" Newsletter

November 16, 2021

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Using Space Invaders to Prove All Games are Educational

Mathew Georghiou

Mathew Georghiou

November 16, 2021

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#LEARNING-TO-CODE

Yasser Jilani is Bringing Coding to Children

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

Slogging (Slack Blogging)

November 16, 2021

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#DECENTRALIZED-INTERNET

Play2Earn for Beginners: Where to Start

November 16, 2021

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Varun Sharma on Software Engineering, Climate Change, and Taking Inspiration From Movies

November 16, 2021

Stories Published in 2020

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Don't Make These Common Mistakes When Launching Your Website

November 16, 2020

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Solving for the Impersonality of the Calendly Booking Page

November 16, 2020

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This CSS Cut Out Effect is Guaranteed to Blow Your Mind 🤯

November 16, 2020

/3-types-of-security-policies-you-can-use-with-your-kubernetes-pods-7b1p3zf9 feature image

3 Types of Security Policies You Can Use with Your Kubernetes Pods

November 16, 2020

/a-guide-to-protecting-your-django-secret-and-oauth-keys-11163zbs feature image

A Guide to Protecting your Django Secret and OAuth Keys

vladyslav nykoliuk

vladyslav nykoliuk

November 16, 2020

/a-true-story-about-how-stoicism-saved-a-prisoner-of-war-7-tips-for-your-own-life-lp273zil feature image

A True Story About How Stoicism Saved a Prisoner of War: 7 Tips for Your Own Life

November 16, 2020

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Why Educational Platforms are a Favorite Target Among Attackers?

Rakesh Krishnan

Rakesh Krishnan

November 16, 2020

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The Emergence of IoT Security in The Post-COVID-19 World

Hughes Systique

Hughes Systique

November 16, 2020

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The Father of XML Launches Docugami to Fix Data Dysfunction

November 16, 2020

Stories Published in 2019

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#PRODUCT-MANAGEMENT-CAREERS

Maker vs Doer: How I Returned To Product Management

Taras Zherebetskyy

Taras Zherebetskyy

November 16, 2019

/a-glimpse-into-the-challenges-of-working-with-cryptography-apis-in-nodejs-kn12275i feature image

#JAVASCRIPT-TOOLS

Challenges of Working With Cryptography APIs in NodeJS

November 16, 2019

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How Activists Can Benefit From Blockchain Technology

Giorgi Mikhelidze

Giorgi Mikhelidze

November 16, 2019

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Story Behind Spoyl Data Leak

November 16, 2019

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#PYTHON-SCRAPY-TUTORIALS

How To Scrape Amazon Using Python Scrapy Library [Tutorial]

November 16, 2019

/why-ai-needs-to-be-trust-based-7z7g46c6 feature image

Sell Trust, Not Technology

Frederik Bussler

Frederik Bussler

November 16, 2019

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How to Run Node.js in a Browser [Tutorial]

November 16, 2019

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#CYBER-SECURITY

What You Need To Consider When Hiring A Security Analyst

Stanley Igboanugo

Stanley Igboanugo

November 16, 2019

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#PRIVATE-BLOCKCHAIN

The Battle Between Private and Public Blockchains

Nikolaos Kostopoulos

Nikolaos Kostopoulos

November 16, 2019

Stories Published in 2018

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Thoughts on Calling the Bottom — Bitcoin

November 16, 2018

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#EMAIL-MARKETING

Stop Using Gimmicks For Your Cold Emails

Christopher Durr

Christopher Durr

November 16, 2018

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Authentication with AWS Cognito

November 16, 2018

/the-seven-wonders-of-aliexpress-15f941491dde feature image

The Seven Wonders of AliExpress

November 16, 2018

/explainable-ai-wont-deliver-here-s-why-6738f54216be feature image

#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

Explainable AI won’t deliver. Here’s why.

Cassie Kozyrkov

Cassie Kozyrkov

November 16, 2018

/its-never-been-easier-to-build-digital-products-18a7325bec6a feature image

It’s never been easier to build digital products.

November 16, 2018

/the-invisible-hand-behind-the-future-of-ai-17c4a1d8d66b feature image

#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

The Invisible Hand Behind The Future of AI

UnicornLaunching

UnicornLaunching

November 16, 2018

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5 Best Things to Ask Crypto Lenders Before Taking a Loan

November 16, 2018

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#GRAPH-DATABASE

Research as a graph.

November 16, 2018

Stories Published in 2017

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Streaming: the Match.com of Music

November 16, 2017

/blockchain-and-the-autonomous-vehicle-the-ultimate-dynamic-duo-72c0f1b8c26c feature image

#SELF-DRIVING-CARS

Blockchain and the Autonomous Vehicle — The Ultimate Dynamic Duo

Sasha Kucharczyk

Sasha Kucharczyk

November 16, 2017

/a-crash-course-in-stable-tokens-3d9e32760f2b feature image

What You Need to Know about Stable Tokens (Crypto)

November 16, 2017

/introducing-lucky-neo-an-open-source-cryptocurrency-raffle-project-6f241f3501c2 feature image

Introducing Lucky NEO — An Open Source Cryptocurrency Raffle Project

November 16, 2017

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Investment Case for Metaverse (ETP)

Paul Payam Almasi

Paul Payam Almasi

November 16, 2017

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How We Might See Blockchain Used To Improve Public Safety

Samantha Radocchia

Samantha Radocchia

November 16, 2017

/making-sense-of-cryptoeconomics-5edea77e4e8d feature image

Making Sense of “Cryptoeconomics”

November 16, 2017

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Who will build the crypto future?

November 16, 2017

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Snooping on the snoopers

November 16, 2017

Stories Published in 2016

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Shipping quickly: How we test ideas using microservices and stdlib

November 16, 2016

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#MACHINE-LEARNING

Deep Learning Cheat Sheet

November 16, 2016

/veriflow-announces-platform-ga-and-survey-results-that-reveal-complexity-change-and-human-factors-2082754ac5b7 feature image

Veriflow Announces Platform GA and Survey Results That Reveal Complexity, Change and Human Factors…

November 16, 2016

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Mr. Trash Wheel

November 16, 2016

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Open Design Standards for Chat UX

November 16, 2016

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Marketplace App: Features for Users’ Needs

Yevheniia Korotia

Yevheniia Korotia

November 16, 2016

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polIs Facebook a “dust cloud of nonsense” or a look into the future?

November 16, 2016

/the-development-of-strong-ai-by-copying-the-structures-and-processes-of-the-human-psyche-3254c558ac05 feature image

#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

The development of strong AI, by copying the structures and processes of the human psyche.

Alexander Holovan

Alexander Holovan

November 16, 2016

/performance-comparison-of-angularjs-1-x-and-angularjs-2-through-contacts-manger-application-ccb5f00f29b1 feature image

Performance comparison of AngularJs 1.x and AngularJs 2 through contacts manager application

Siddharth Sharma

Siddharth Sharma

November 16, 2016

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