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## What I’ve learned building an agent for Renovate config (as a cautious skeptic of AI)
By @mend [ 9 Min read ]
As an opportunity to “kick the tyres” of what agents are and how they work, I set aside a couple of hours to see build one – and it blew me away. 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.
MongoDB vs ScyllaDB: Architecture Comparison 
By @scylladb [ 10 Min read ]
A deep architectural comparison of MongoDB and ScyllaDB, revealing why their designs lead to very different performance and scalability. Read More.
Senior Engineers Are Becoming Failure Designers 
By @davidiyanu [ 6 Min read ]
That’s the mark of a modern senior engineer: not just writing code that works when everything goes right, but designing resilience into every line Read More.
Benchmarking 1B Vectors with Low Latency and High Throughput 
By @scylladb [ 5 Min read ]
ScyllaDB Vector Search reaches 1B vectors with 2ms p99 latency and 250K QPS, unifying structured data and embeddings at scale. Read More.
Claude Code Launches Teleport Workflow: Start Anywhere, Continue Everywhere 
By @proflead [ 4 Min read ]
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Your AI Model Isn’t Broken. Your Data Is 
By @melissaindia [ 7 Min read ]
Your AI model isn’t failing; your data is. Learn how clean, verified data improves model accuracy and how easy it is to fix with APIs. Read More.
Why Data Quality Is Becoming a Core Developer Experience Metric 
By @melissaindia [ 4 Min read ]
Bad data secretly slows development. Learn why data quality APIs are becoming core DX infrastructure in API-first systems and how they accelerate teams. Read More.
CI/CD Is Dead. Agentic DevOps is Taking Over 
By @davidiyanu [ 11 Min read ]
Traditional CI/CD pipelines are buckling under scale. Agentic DevOps promises less toil—but introduces new risks teams must understand. Read More.
Meet Beldex: HackerNoon Company of the Week 
By @companyoftheweek [ 2 Min read ]
This week, HackerNoon spotlights Beldex—a privacy-first blockchain ecosystem enabling anonymous transactions, encrypted messaging, and decentralized networking. Read More.
I Just Wanted Code Templates, but I Ended Up Writing a WebStorm Plugin 
By @socialdiscoverygroup [ 10 Min read ]
Discover how a developer transformed monorepo boilerplate frustration into a custom WebStorm plugin. Read More.
Solo Satoshi Becomes Start9’s First US Distributor, Bringing Sovereign Computing Home 
By @opensourcetheworld [ 3 Min read ]
Solo Satoshi is Start9’s first US distributor, shipping the 2026 Server One from Houston so you can run open-source StartOS, apps, and Bitcoin nodes at home. Read More.
Cache vs. Database: Comparing Memcached and ScyllaDB 
By @scylladb [ 11 Min read ]
A deep benchmark-driven comparison of ScyllaDB and Memcached, revealing when a database can rival a cache in performance. Read More.
How Mixin Built a $1 Trillion Volume Crypto Wallet That Prioritizes Privacy Over Profit 
By @ishanpandey [ 6 Min read ]
Sonny Liu, CMO of Mixin, reveals how the company has processed over $1 trillion in volume while building privacy and encrypted communication into its crypto wal Read More.
Building a Private AI Research Assistant with Llama 
By @praveenmyakala [ 2 Min read ]
Learn how to build a private AI research assistant using Llama 3.2 and PydanticAI with this hands-on guide. Read More.
How Bayesian Tail-Risk Modeling can save your Retail Business Marketing Budget 
By @dharmateja [ 12 Min read ]
Why average ROI fails. Learn how distributional and tail-risk modeling protects marketing campaigns from catastrophic losses using Bayesian methods. Read More.
The Hidden Problem With Group Rewards in Multi-Agent AI 
By @praveenmyakala [ 3 Min read ]
Group rewards are breaking your multi-agent RL training. Decoupled normalization keeps coordination intact while stopping gradient collapse. Read More.
MEXC Achieves 20X Growth in GOLD Futures, Captures Up to 47% Market Share with Zero-Fee Strategy 
By @mexcmedia [ 2 Min read ]
MEXC’s zero-fee strategy drove 20X growth in gold futures, capturing up to 47% market share and $555M in daily volume. Read More.
MEXC 2025 Report: Zero-Fee Strategy Delivers $1.1B in User Savings, Capturing Leading Market Share 
By @mexcmedia [ 2 Min read ]
MEXC’s 2025 report reveals how zero-fee trading saved users $1.1B, drove liquidity, and captured leading crypto market share. Read More.
Best HR Software For Midsize Companies in 2026 
By @stevebeyatte [ 12 Min read ]
Modern midsize companies need platforms that balance sophistication with agility, offering powerful features without overwhelming complexity. Read More.
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