The TechBeat: Stop the Slop. Start Coding Smarter with AI (11/15/2025) | HackerNoon

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## The Road to Hell is Paved with Good DRY Intentions
By @melvin-manni [ 5 Min read ]
Learn how good intentions can lead to spaghetti dry code, over abstraction and over engineered systems. Read More.

What a Privacy-First Social Platform Actually Looks Like

By @eqoflow [ 5 Min read ]
What if social media stopped spying on you? EqoFlow.app shows what a privacy-first platform should look like: encrypted, decentralized, and built to protect Read More.

6 Caching Strategies and Their Latency vs. Complexity Tradeoffs

By @scylladb [ 8 Min read ]
Explore six caching strategies—cache-aside, read-through, write-through, write-behind, client-side, and distributed—and how each impacts latency and complexity. Read More.

How To Run an Open-Source LLM on Your Personal Computer

By @manishmshiva [ 6 Min read ]
Learn how to install and run open-source large language models (LLMs) locally on Windows — with or without the command line. Read More.

Stop the Slop. Start Coding Smarter with AI

By @@javar97 [ 10 Min read ]
A 7-step checklist for developers to use AI tools effectively—without creating low-quality “slop.” Build, test, and scale with discipline. Read More.

Stop Failing Live Coding Interviews: Lessons from 100+ Real Sessions

By @danielkov [ 16 Min read ]
Master live coding interviews with insights from 100+ interviews. Learn why communication beats perfect code and what actually gets you hired. Read More.

Can ChatGPT Outperform the Market? Week 15

By @nathanbsmith729 [ 5 Min read ]
Survives Friday’s selloff… Read More.

The Best Ways to Write Git Commit Messages: Just Like the Pros

By @ritikbanger [ 2 Min read ]
A commit message should have a proper style, content, and metadata. Read More.

React 19: New Tools To Work With Forms

By @socialdiscoverygroup [ 6 Min read ]
Discover how React 19’s new hooks—useActionState, useFormStatus, and useOptimistic—simplify form handling with less boilerplate and cleaner code. Read More.

Solving 3D Segmentation’s Biggest Bottleneck

By @instancing [ 5 Min read ]
Compared to previous neural field techniques, 3DIML achieves 14–24× faster training times for 3D instance segmentation from 2D photos. Read More.

How to Write Technical Specs That Actually Ship

By @danielkov [ 21 Min read ]
Learn to write technical specs that get shipped. Practical guide covering problem statements, buy-in, implementation plans, and spec-driven development. Read More.

The Physics of AI

By @giovannicoletta [ 11 Min read ]
An interrogation of how physics concepts like black holes, entropy, and quantum theory mirror the rise and limits of artificial intelligence. Read More.

GenAI Incident Severity Matrix: Custom Scoring Model for Cybersecurity Response

By @kpr [ 4 Min read ]
GenAI is integral part of modern tech stack and responding to GenAI infrastructure requires a new approach Read More.

Meet True: HackerNoon Company of the Week

By @companyoftheweek [ 3 Min read ]
This week, HackerNoon features True—an AI-native perps DEX built on Solana and a custom layer-2 solution. Read More.

Breaking Down the Walls: Rescue Your SPA From Complete Freeze

By @anandk05 [ 4 Min read ]
React page frozen solid? Here’s how a single Chrome DevTools feature helped trace an infinite loop hidden deep in Redux selectors. Read More.

What Are Generics? An Introduction for Beginners

By @Go [ 11 Min read ]
Generics are a way of writing code that is independent of the specific types being used. Functions and types may now be written to use any of a set of types. Read More.

Beyond Consent: How Data Minimization Can Actually Work in Open Banking

By @apurvakumarb [ 10 Min read ]
Consent-based access often results in financial services collecting more data than they actually need. Read More.

The Spacecoin Writing Contest by Spacecoin and HackerNoon: Final Round Results 🎉

By @hackernooncontests [ 6 Min read ]
Meet the winners of Round 3 of the Spacecoin Writing Contest! 6 categories, 7 winners, 9000 USDT in cash prizes. Read More.

AI Brawl: the Generative Model Showdown

By @vujacic [ 6 Min read ]
Four engines, one prompt, slightly suspiciously honest commentary. Read More.

Everyone is Missing GPT-4o: Why People Prefer it to GPT-5

By @hacker68060072 [ 3 Min read ]
GPT-5’s launch revealed reliability issues, slowing productivity and frustrating users. The key lesson: design systems resilient to model volatility. Read More.
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