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The First Outer Solar System Landing Occurred in 2005, NSA was reported using spyware on other countries in 2014, Net Neutrality took a big hit! in 2014,
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From
AI Doesn’t Mean the End of Work for Us
to
When a Product Actually Needs AI (And When It’s Just Slop),
let’s dive right in.
SEO + Storytelling: Write Content That Ranks and Resonates
By @hackernoon-courses [ 3 Min read ] SEO is about writing so your audience — and search engines — both understand and trust your work. Read More.
Mass Schooling Invented “Smart” and “Dumb”: Heres How It Happened
By @praisejamesx [ 6 Min read ] Explore why IQ tests are trainable proxies, how mass schooling was designed for obedience, and why the real test of intelligence is simply getting what you want Read More.
AI Doesn’t Mean the End of Work for Us
By @bernard [ 4 Min read ] I believe that AI’s impact and future pathways are overstated because human nature is ignored in such statements. Read More.
Symfony Search That Doesn’t Go Down: Zero-Downtime Elasticsearch + Async Indexing
By @mattleads [ 11 Min read ] Stop blocking user saves on Elasticsearch. Learn a senior Symfony pattern: decouple indexing with Messenger and ship zero-downtime reindexing using aliases. Read More.
When a Product Actually Needs AI (And When It’s Just Slop)
By @mindaugascaplinskas [ 6 Min read ] The challenge for product managers, CEOs, or anyone in digital business is knowing when your product actually needs AI. Read More.
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