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The number of smartphones in the world is constantly growing. According to the GSMA’s annual State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2023 (SOMIC) report, 54% of the world’s population – about 4.3 billion people – own smartphones. Along with this, the importance of apps is growing: they are no longer just tools and are becoming an … Read more

How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. ## Dealing with Missing Data in Financial Time Series – Recipes and Pitfalls By @hackerclrk2ky7l00003j6qwtumiz7c … Read more

Microservice architecture has revolutionized the development and deployment of modern software systems, offering unprecedented scalability, flexibility, and maintainability. Despite the fact that microservices are considered a cutting-edge development industry, the term was first used 20 years ago — in 2005, Peter Rogers invented the term “micro-web services” during a presentation on cloud computing. Rogers created … Read more

Why I Started PromptDesk As a Machine Learning engineer at Seismic, the world’s leading AI-powered sales and marketing enablement platform, I’ve witnessed firsthand the incredible pace at which the AI market is moving. This rapid evolution, coupled with market hype and confusion, inspired me to create PromptDesk, a 100% open-source project to streamline prompt-based development. … Read more

If you’re anything like me – you’ve dealt with missing data in your datasets at least once. Or twice. Or one too many times… Sometimes, all it takes to handle those pesky NAs is dropping them i.e. removing the rows containing missing data. However, this might not always be optimal, especially for time series data, … Read more

TypeScript’s increasing popularity in recent years has made it something many front-end developers have started to learn. As a front-end engineer, I was regularly told it was pretty simple and would be easy to just pick up, given my background in JavaScript. When I finally started working somewhere where we used TS, while it was … Read more

Although there are plenty of initiatives encouraging young women into a career in tech, the reality is that men still outnumber women by a ratio of 3:1. Additionally, by the time students choose their majors in college, only 21% of engineering majors, and just 19% of computer science majors are women. But one woman who … Read more

ByteTrade Lab, an industrial partner with the University of California, Berkeley (“Berkeley”) FHL Vive Center, today announced that the partnership has led to the launch of GaiaNet, a new decentralized AI infrastructure project.   GaiaNet is a decentralized network that provides secure, censorship-resistant, and monetizable AI agents that incorporate each individual’s proprietary knowledge and skills … Read more

The path of least resistance is already open. Remember when learning to code felt like trying to crack a secret code? It seemed like only the tech-savvy elite had the key to unlock this world. But things are changing! Picture this: just like English has become an international language, platforms like Webflow are shaking up … Read more

In a world of heterarchies and hierarchies, we often struggle to find our place. Pushed around by internal and external forces, the human soul seeks a stability and grounding in itself which is difficult to master in a world that sells insecurity. Yet as physical bodies, we are subject to the laws of physics, and … Read more

By utilizing simple mathematics and parallel computing, we can efficiently overcome performance constraints when manipulating large images. This article will explore how the geometric distortion features of ImageMetalling can be used to transform color spaces, as demonstrated in the following example: To comprehend the code discussed in this article, it would be beneficial to have … Read more

The phrase ‘MetaMask lost seed phrase‘ is consistently present in search engines throughout the year. Clearly, despite multiple disclaimers and warnings, the issue is faced by many. So, before we begin, answer this question – do you remember where your seed phrase is? What we know about seed phrases Every new owner of a cryptocurrency … Read more

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize education by offering personalized learning experiences tailored to the individual strengths, weaknesses, and needs of each student, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of educational outcomes. For teachers, it introduces efficiency and automation into various aspects of education, such as grading and administrative tasks, freeing educators to devote more … Read more

HackerNoon editorial team has launched this interview series with women in tech to celebrate their achievements and share their struggles. We need more women in technology, and by sharing stories, we can encourage many girls to follow their dreams. Share your story today! Tell us about yourself! Thank you for having me! As a leading … Read more

Mission-critical applications require high availability. The goal of high availability is to provide users with consistent access to services or resources, minimizing the chances of interruption. Automatic failover is a specific mechanism used to achieve high availability. It involves automatically detecting the failure of a system component (like a server, network, or database) and immediately … Read more

In a landmark paper published March 29, 2024, in the journal, Entropy, a team of visionary researchers from VERSES AI has unveiled a groundbreaking framework that could pave the way for the emergence of a new form of artificial intelligence based on a first-principles approach to multi-scale artificial intelligence, operating on the principles of natural … Read more

To unlock the full potential of your .Net Application, it’s essential to familiarize yourself with the Lazy class. Introduction To enhance the power of the .Net Application, make use of the Lazy class to pause the instantiation of class until the object is needed. Learning Objectives A common mistake of developers How to use Lazy … Read more

Over the past few years, I’ve engaged in discussions with friends immersed deeply in the tech sector. These aren’t just any friends: they are accomplished professionals, sought-after independent consultants, solopreneurs with a clientele patiently waiting months (sometimes even years) to avail their expertise, and dynamic members of leadership teams at burgeoning startups. These individuals have … Read more

If you’re a Linux user, you’ve likely encountered the `cat` command countless times. It’s a handy little tool that allows you to display the contents of a file on your terminal. However, using `cat` to review scripts can pose a potential security risk that you may not be aware of. By default, the `cat` command … Read more

In the ever-evolving world of decentralized finance (DeFi), distinguishing fleeting trends from genuine investment opportunities requires keen insight. Amidst this dynamic backdrop, Kelp (KELP) emerges as a harbinger of innovation, offering early adopters a golden opportunity to partake in what could be the next big leap in DeFi. KELP’s introduction of an AI-driven platform for … Read more

This is a near-future story of unforeseen heroes emerging and rapidly evolving to reverse our loss of autonomy As 2024 came to an end, it became more obvious to even most mainstreamers that corporate control of governments was accelerating in its inexorable march toward absolute centralized dominion, feeding deadlier “bullets” into the guns of increasingly … Read more

n It’s true that most software developers are familiar with code-signing certificates, but some newcomers may not fully understand them or how they differ from email-signing documents. While both certificates and documents involve digital signatures, they serve different purposes, and it’s crucial to understand the distinction between them. Digital signatures are commonly used in various … Read more

A Game-Changer for On-chain Borrowers The launch of Credit Vaults aims to address the growing demand for stable and accessible credit among new on-chain entities, like fintech and payment companies. These borrowers are given the ability to design their own terms, which includes the ability to choose their own interest rates and payback schedules, which … Read more

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Supercharge TileDB Engine with MinIO By @minio [ 7 Min read ] MinIO makes a  powerful primary TileDB backend because both … Read more

Data-driven investing is reshaping the landscape of the financial markets, particularly in the realm of stock investments. This strategy diverges from traditional investment approaches by employing a comprehensive analysis of vast datasets through statistical and algorithmic methods. Understanding Data-Driven Investing Data-driven investing is a strategy that relies heavily on statistical analysis and algorithmic processes to … Read more

TLDR: Effective code comments serve to elucidate the reasoning behind code design choices, rather than merely describing its functionality while avoiding redundancy and confusion. They should be concise yet informative, providing clarity for non-obvious code segments and explanations for unconventional approaches. Following established rules such as avoiding code duplication and ensuring comments do not obscure … Read more

So let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself. Hey everyone✌️My name is Konstantin Malkov, I’ve been in Product Management for over seven years, mainly working on consumer mobile apps. I love identifying what is it that people are trying to achieve in different situations to come up with a product that really matters. I … Read more

I’ve started a new contract where I’m tasked with consolidating the company’s infrastructure under AWS. They (the company) are starting to see some serious growth and have a team in place currently using PaaS and various other cloud providers. Infrastructure as code tools have been popular for a long time; I’ve mostly been a bit … Read more

Recently, I had the opportunity to connect with Khori Whittaker, the Executive Director at ENS Labs, creators of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). Our conversation came at a particularly exciting time for web3—possibly on the cusp of a bull market—and for ENS, which is seeing important milestones like its recent partnership with GoDaddy. Khori shared … Read more

Bitcoin Ordinals is a concept that plays a crucial role in the Bitcoin ecosystem, particularly in the context of blockchain technology and the operation of the Bitcoin network. They are not a feature of the Bitcoin protocol itself but rather a conceptual framework used to understand and describe the order and sequence of events within … Read more