Meet Noda: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Hey Hackers! Welcome back to another edition of Company of the Week! We like to share an awesome tech company from our tech company database every week, making its evergreen mark on the internet. This week, we’re excited to showcase Noda, a fintech innovator that’s transforming online payments through the power of open banking. :::tip Want to be featured … Read more

Karthik Chava Proposes Neuro-Symbolic Platforms for Personalized Healthcare

The healthcare systems across the globe are now gradually embracing the much-needed shift toward personalized medicine. In this emerging industry landscape, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) has become extremely important in supporting patient-centric care.  An expert in healthcare logistics and generative AI, Karthik Chava recommends that many long-standing challenges in precision medicine can be … Read more

Driving Supply Chain Resilience through AI-Driven Data Synchronization

Supply chains around the world are now getting increasingly strained by factors such as complexity, disruption, and volatility. In this situation, the need for more resilient and intelligent logistics is understood by all. Regardless of industry, organizations are finding it extremely difficult to deal with unprecedented challenges such as technological disruptions, environmental uncertainties, geopolitical tensions, … Read more

There’s No TensorFlow Without Tensors

Content Overview Basics About Shapes Indexing Manipulating Shapes More on DTypes Broadcasting tf.converttotensor Ragged Tensors String Tensors Sparse Tensors Tensors are multi-dimensional arrays with a uniform type (called a dtype). You can see all supported dtypes at tf.dtypes. If you’re familiar with NumPy, tensors are (kind of) like np.arrays. All tensors are immutable like Python numbers and strings: you can never … Read more

Comparing Chameleon with GPT-4V and Gemini

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Pre-Training 2.1 Tokenization 2.2 Pre-Training Data 2.3 Stability 2.4 Inference 3 Alignment and 3.1 Data 3.2 Fine-Tuning Strategy 4 Human Evaluations and Safety Testing, and 4.1 Prompts for Evaluation 4.2 Baselines and Evaluations 4.3 Inter-annotator Agreement 4.4 Safety Testing 4.5 Discussion 5 Benchmark Evaluations and 5.1 Text … Read more

AI Can Code Your App—Just Don’t Let It Architect It

Like many tech professionals, I’ve experimented with multiple AI coding agents for both work and personal projects, across different stacks and different types of requirements. Overall, I believe these tools are game changers for productivity, and teams or companies that properly integrate them into their workflows can gain significant advantages in terms of time to … Read more

The Complete Guide to Crafting Security Headlines That Cut Through the Noise

Creating excellent content is half the battle, encouraging clicks is the other half. Your blog title is your initial (and sometimes sole) opportunity to leave an impression. Particularly in a space like security, where technical readers are bombarded continuously with new entries, reports, and studies, your headline must cut through the noise without resorting to … Read more

Your Next Data Breach Might Start with a Friendly Face

Insider threats are an increasing worry for companies of all sizes. They don’t necessarily come from malicious insiders attempting to sabotage the firm, but also from careless or ignorant workers who inadvertently leak information. In this blog post, we’ll explore four major ways insider threats can cost companies financially, reputationally, and legally. More importantly, we’ll … Read more

IPinfo’s Free IP Geolocation API Is a Must-Have for Cybersecurity Teams

One of the most important bits of intelligence? Where an IP address is coming from. That’s where IPinfo enters the scene. Whether you’re monitoring suspicious traffic, log analysis, or OSINT (Open Source Intelligence), IP geolocation information can be incredibly useful context. And with IPinfo’s new free plan, you can now access unlimited country-level IP geolocation … Read more

MCP Servers Still Run Critical Infrastructure—Here’s How to Secure Them

There is so much that goes into the big space of cybersecurity with its big brands Windows servers, Linux, web applications, and APIs. However, there exists another realm which silently works in the backend systems of multiple industries: MCP servers. If you’re curious about what MCP servers are and why they’re important for cybersecurity, you’re … Read more

Understanding React Rendering Without the Buzzwords

React is often praised for being “declarative,” “efficient,” and “component-based.” But those words don’t mean much when you’re stuck wondering why your component re-renders every time you click a button. So let’s break it down—without the buzzwords. This post will help you understand: What triggers a re-render Why re-renders matter How to avoid unnecessary ones … Read more

Kubernetes Liveness, Readiness, and Startup Probes – Keys to Container Health and Resilience

Kubernetes offers built-in health checks called probes to automatically manage container health and keep your services resilient. Three types of probes – liveness, readiness, and startup – work in concert to prevent pods from failing silently or restarting unnecessarily. When configured correctly, these probes enable Kubernetes to detect when an application is alive, ready to … Read more

7 Cap Table Mistakes That Kill Startups

Most founders don’t get killed by competition. They get blindsided by their own cap table. You think you own 60%. You think your ESOP pool is unallocated. You think that SAFE you signed two years ago won’t matter today. You think 51% equity means you’re in control. You’re wrong on all four. Over the last … Read more

Meet Hidonix, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in Robotics

We are Hidonix – Innovating Tomorrow, Today. https://hackernoon.com/startups-of-the-year-2024-winners-ai-industry?embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/startups/industry/robotics?stup=66f3161b6ea4677e23d79637&embedable=true Tell us about you. We’re Hidonix, a deep tech company focused on building systems that enhance how robotic hardware is used in the real world. We develop the intelligence, infrastructure, and integrations that help make spaces smarter. Our mission is to bring intelligent automation to everyday … Read more

Brewing Observability Insights: What LinkedIn, Netflix, and eBay Taught Me at Monitorama 2024

A Senior Product Manager’s perspective on Portland’s premier monitoring conference The Monitorama Experience: More Than Just Tech Talks There’s something magical about the first sip of artisanal coffee served by a live barista at 8 AM while chatting with fellow observability enthusiasts from around the globe. That’s how each day of Monitorama 2024 began for … Read more

Over-Engineered Kubernetes Is a Trap

Helm Helm was designed to simplify Kubernetes application deployment, but it has become another abstraction layer that introduces unnecessary complexity. Helm charts often hide the underlying process with layers of Go templating and nested values.yaml files, making it difficult to understand what is actually being deployed. Debugging often requires navigating through these files, which can obscure the … Read more

Exploring a Web3 Smart Contract Issue: Gas Exploitation via Unchecked Loops

⚠️ Note This content is meant purely for learning and research purposes. Avoid testing vulnerabilities on public blockchains. Always follow responsible disclosure practices when identifying bugs in smart contracts. 👋 Hello everyone, I’m Vinay Sati — a Bug Bounty Hunter, Forensic Investigator, and Web3 Security Tester. n I consider myself a versatile cybersecurity professional, passionate … Read more

Meet GGEZ1, Winner of Startups of The Year 2024 in DeFi AND Decentralization

The special Startups of The Year 2024 Winners Interview series is a celebration of all this year’s Tech Champions. You’ve earned it! The HackerNoon community can’t wait to learn more about your journey! https://hackernoon.com/startups/industry/defi?stup=66f31bf56ea4677e23db9b3e&embedable=true https://hackernoon.com/startups/industry/decentralization?stup=66f31bf56ea4677e23db9b3e&embedable=true Tell us about you. GGEZ1 is a Web3 blockchain ecosystem co-founded by fintech veterans Mutaz Majdoub and Mohammed Shawamreh, dedicated … Read more

Programming Paradigms: All the Things We’ve Learned Not To Do

I want to present a rather unusual perspective on programming paradigms. So far, we have three major paradigms: Structured Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, and Functional Programming. Programming Paradigms are fundamental ways of structuring code. They tell you what structures to use and, more importantly, what to avoid. Instead of giving you more power, they set limits … Read more

Is Twitter Throttling Patreon Links? Yep

Twitter is now slowing down traffic on links to the crowdfunding site Patreon, WhatsApp, and at times, Meta’s Messenger app, a Markup analysis confirms. Using a tool launched by The Markup last month, readers discovered that links to these sites were delayed by an average of 2.5 seconds—findings we confirmed. Patreon users told The Markup … Read more