Tech Stories from HackerNoon

It's a man's man's world but (lol James Brown knows) it would be nothing without women! Sophie Wyne (Co-Founder and CEO of ariglad), Luna Ito-Fisher, and Ambika Miglani (Co-founders of Decrypted By Us) join Amy on the podcast this week to chat about their entrepreneurship journey 😱 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: How do you know it's time to quit your full-time job to pursue your side hustle? 🥺 (05:00) Why did Luna and Ambika start Decrypted by Us? 👯‍♀️ (07:58) Why is it important for people who are part of a minority group to learn from other underrepresented communities? 🙇🏽‍♀️ (11:22) Why did Sophie become a CEO? 💁‍♀️ (13:42) What did Ambika and Luna wish they knew before they started? (17:38) and Sophie? 🧠 (21:23) How do you balance the perception of being a "non-assertive" female CEO while also getting shit done? 🧚‍♀️ (23:55) What makes a good mentor, how can I get one, and how do I maximize the value of the relationship? 🙏🏻 (25:53) Why is self-advocacy so important? 👊🏻 (31:10) Do people truly believe that young females can't be CEOs? 🤭 (37:56) 🐝 Vote for ariglad for Startup Of The Year in Vancouver: startups.hackernoon.com/north-and-central-america/vancouver 🥳 Deposit your funds easily and securely with Brex - https://bit.ly/37doqiH 🦋 Vote for Decrypted By Us for Startup Of The Year in Providence: startups.hackernoon.com/us/providence Connect with Sophie, Luna, and Ambika: Check out Sophie's work at ariglad.com Connect with Sophie on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/sophie-wyne-she-her-0539aaa3 Connect with Luna on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/litofish Connect with Ambika on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ambika-miglani-031694173 Check out Decrypted By Us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTfjCh4O1cJneA1GRvCdPUA Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year: For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com

We're talking about remote work This Week On Planet Internet (ironically while Linh Dao Smooke has her first in-person meeting with Marcos Fabian, our wonderful dev) 😂 But anyways that's neither here nor there because HackerNoon is a fully remote company and WE'VE GOT THINGS TO SAY about working remotely 😤 🌍 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: First off, what have Amy, Marcos, and Linh's experiences with remote work been like? 👨‍💻 (01:10) How does remote work affect mental health? 🧠 (08:53) Why are all the micro-managers are panicking about trust and accountability? 😂 (12:50) How has the pandemic shaken up the physical boundaries of the workplace? 🧂 (17:45) To go back to the office or not, that is the question 🤌 (21:12) What is are our purposes for working? 🦸 (25:01) What advice does Linh (Master of Remote Work) have for companies who want to be remote? 👩‍🏫 (31:15) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: Listen to the Planet Money episode we referenced: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?i=1000532634410 Check out this great related story - "Coping With Loneliness While Working From Home" by Ahmad W Khan on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/coping-with-loneliness-while-working-from-home-0r2y35y7 READ ABOUT TECH ON HACKERNOON.COM 🌟 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 💫

Michael Vittiglio dropped some serious knowledge bombs about game dev on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast 💣 Amy Tom asks Mike about the cost of game development - and not just money-wise. Amy and Mike chat about how to stay sane in a high-pressure industry, how many people it takes to produce a game, and about some of the technical resources required. 🧑‍💻 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What is the gaming industry really like? 🎮 (01:14) Mike talks about his gaming career 👾 (05:00) What makes a game shatter records? 🕹 (10:00) How many people does it take to create a big title game? 🎯 (16:38) What's the relationship between game developers and game investors? 🤝 (21:53) How do you lose a customer in the gaming industry? 🥺 (27:50) What did Mike learn from the gaming industry that sparked his interest in LaunchDarkly? ⚡️(33:50) Follow Mike & LaunchDarkly: Follow LaunchDarkly on Twitter at @LaunchDarkly Learn more at launchdarkly.com READ ABOUT TECH AT HACKERNOON.COM Ready to write your first HackerNoon story? Get started here: hackernoon.com/signup

This one goes out to all the techies with an attitude - we're SaaSing it up this week. Ben Milne, Founder and Chairman of Dwolla, and Jordan Husney, Co-Founder and CEO of Parabol, join Amy Tom to chat about how they started their B2B SaaS companies🔥 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: When did Ben found Dwolla (for the first time - lol entrepreneur life) and when did Jordan start Parabol? 🤘(01:27) Ben talks about how he started his entrepreneurial journey in high school (03:11) and Jordan recalls his young entrepreneurial journey as well 🥺 (06:35) Is post-secondary education recommended for entrepreneurship? (11:11) The epiphany that led Jordan to Parabol 🤯 (16:41) Why did Ben start Dwolla? (20:17) Do CEOs start a company with the intention of selling it eventually? 🧐 (28:56) Are there certain types of people that make better CEOs than others? (34:58) 🚗 Vote for Parabol for Startup of The Year in LA: https://startups.hackernoon.com/california/los-angeles 🤑 Say goodbye to bank fees with Brex! https://bit.ly/37doqiH 🚙 Vote for Dwolla for Startup of The Year in Des Moines: https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/des-moines Connect with Ben and Jordan: Check out Jordan's work at Parabol.co Check out Ben's work at Dwolla.com Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year: For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com

Amy Tom chats to Gil Allouche (CEO of metadata.io) and Tom Coburn (CEO of Jebbit) about starting a marketing data company. They chat about how they each started their companies, the mutual challenges they face, and give advice on growing a company. 💯 On this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast: What was Gil's very first job? (00:56) And Tom's? 👶 (02:30) Why didn't Tom pursue a medical career after school? 🚑 (06:48) How did Gil start metadata? (10:00) And how did Gil grow his company? 👷‍♂️ (15:03) When is the right time to pivot your business? 🛋 (17:50) And how do you know when things aren't working out? (19:47) What are some business scalability challenges marketing founders face? 📈 (21:00) If Tom knew what he was getting into 10 years ago, would he still have started Jebbit? 🧐(28:00) Is reiteration just part of the entrepreneurship game? 🔁 (35:00) What is Tom's #1 piece of advice for a first-time entrepreneur? (39:07) And Gil's? 🙏🏻 (40:35) 🐣 Vote for Jebbit for Startup Of The Year in Boston: https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/boston 🦆 Vote for metadata.io for Startup Of The Year in South San Fran: https://startups.hackernoon.com/california/south-san-francisco-united-states 💳 All Startups Of The Year Nominees get $300 in Pre-paid Brex Credit (conditions apply) - thanks Brex! Connect with Tom and Gil: Connect with Tom on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/tom-coburn-b8aa2b34/) or via email ([email protected]) Connect with Gil on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gilallouche Shownotes: Jebbit is nominated for Startup Of The Year in Boston: https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/boston metadata.io is nominated for Startup Of The Year in South San Fran: https://startups.hackernoon.com/california/south-san-francisco-united-states READ MARKETING STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM/TAGGED/MARKETING 🤘

Meet us in your favorite gaming metaverse This Week On Planet Internet! Limarc Ambalina, Jeferson Borba, and Amy Tom debate about what gaming metaverse was the best, the future of metaverses, and delicious metaverse news. 👅 🌏 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: How do you make money in the metaverse? 💰 (01:00) What were Limarc, Jeferson, and Amy's introductions to the metaverse? 🍼 (05:47) What causes people to buy things from a metaverse? 💸 (10:04) What's going on in the Fortnite world? Why did it work? ✅ (14:25) Does Facebook count as a metaverse? Hint: if not now, maybe soon 😱 (19:33) Facebook owns one of the biggest VR companies in the world: how will this affect the evolution of the metaverse? 👓 (23:05) If we could bring back one metaverse each, which would they be? 🔁 (31:31) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: Win up to $2,000 in the HackerNoon Gaming Metaverse Writing Contest: https://hackernoon.com/the-gaming-metaverse-writing-contest-j5737sx Raven Heart's HackerNoon story about Sandbox: https://hackernoon.com/why-owning-land-on-the-sandbox-could-make-you-rich Our very own Limarc Ambalina's story about Fortnite: https://hackernoon.com/how-fortnite-became-the-modern-day-community-center-dse2376n "Facebook Is The King Of The Metaverse" on Seeking Alpha: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4450274-facebook-is-the-king-of-the-metaverse ⚠️ "How You Can Help People in Afghanistan": https://time.com/6090921/how-to-help-afghanistan-people/ ⚠️ Donate to this GoFundMe for an Afghanistan Rescue Mission: https://www.gofundme.com/f/flyaway-emergency-afghan-rescue-mission?member=13260717&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer READ HACKERNOON.COM 🐶 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🐱

We are taking a virtual trip over to Indonesia to learn about the Indonesian crypto landscape from Pang Xue Kai, CEO of Tokocrypto. Amy Tom asks Kai about how the crypto community connects across islands, about crypto adoption in Indonesia, and more. ✨ On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What is crypto adoption like in Indonesia? (03:20) 💛 Does the Indonesian government support cryptocurrency adoption? 🇮🇩 (10:00) What are the barriers to entry into the Indonesian crypto market? ⛔️ (12:59) How did Tokocrypto start? 🌻 (17:50) What goes into creating a growth strategy? 🏋️‍♀️ (24:20) What is the culture like a Tokocrypto? 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 (30:03) Connect with Pang Xue Kai & Tokocrypto: You can follow Kai on Twitter @pangxuekai You can follow Tokocrypto on Twitter @Tokocrypto Join the official Tokocrypto Telegram Group: https://t.me/tkogroupOFFICIAL Shownotes: Learn more about the Oxygen for Indonesia project on Instagram @oxygenforindonesia or on their website: https://oxygenforindonesia.com/ Become a Hacker Noon contributor https://app.hackernoon.com/new READ TECH STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM 🤖 CHECK OUT BLOCKCHAIN STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM/TAGGED/BLOCKCHAIN

Are you skilled enough to spot a DeepFake? This Week On Planet Internet, Utsav Jaiswal, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom get deep into DeepFakes and NFTs. 🌍 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET First of all: DeepFakes. What are they again? (1:15)🧐 Are DeepFakes doing more harm than good? (2:50) ⚖️ Time to catch Utsav (such a boomer) up to speed on the social trends of NFTs looool (13:30) 🤦‍♀️ What crypto are you investing in first? 🍾 (15:50) Are banks adopting Bitcoin for the wrong reasons? (23:20)🏦 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: "How to Spot a DeepFake in 2021" by Louis Bouchard on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-spot-a-deepfake-in-2021-yd1v3539 "Deepfakes: Thy Expiration Date is Nigh" by Martin Anderson on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/deepfakes-thy-expiration-date-is-nigh-pj3s33n4 "NFTs Challenge The Art Industry's Dominance By The Wealthy Elites" by Amanda Whitcroft on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/nf-ts-challenge-the-art-industrys-dominance-by-the-wealthy-elites "Banks Are Adopting Bitcoin For All Wrong Reasons" by Ras Vasilisin on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/banks-are-adopting-bitcoin-for-all-wrong-reasons-1d1c37js Here's the article I talked about regarding the AI program that can help detect deepfakes: https://hackernoon.com/how-ai-enables-sophisticated-deepfake-content-detection-ph4h32j8 READ HACKERNOON.COM 🌷 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🌲

There's Big CEO Energy on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast. Jon Dahl, CEO of Mux, and Thierry Schellenbach, CEO of Stream, talk to Amy Tom about starting their API-powered platform 😱 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy, Jon, and Thierry chat about: Why would you build an API platform with a narrow focus? 🤷‍♂️ (02:32) What were Thierry and Jon's very first jobs? (05:50) Waaaitttttt, so when you sell a company and start a new company that builds off of your original idea, is that like... cool? 🥶 (10:27) How many team members were on the founding team of Mux with Jon? (16:29) And how many co-founders did Stream have? (18:04) How did YOU learn your Management Skills? (19:15)🤔 Is opposing opinions important?(22:20)👊 🐠 VOTE FOR JON & MUX AT https://startups.hackernoon.com/california/san-francisco-united-states 🐟 VOTE FOR THIERRY & STREAM AT https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/boulder 💎 Get approved for 10-20x higher credit limit with Brex - https://bit.ly/37doqiH Connect with Jon & Mux: You can get connected with Jon at mux.com You can vote for Mux at https://startups.hackernoon.com/california/san-francisco-united-states Connect with Thierry & Stream: You can get connected with Thierry at stream.io You can vote for Stream at https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/boulder Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year: For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com

David, Amy, and Richard are Zoombombing a video call near you - JK, David more or less vetoed that idea. This Week On Planet Internet, the HN gang chats about the class-action Zoom lawsuit, the dehumanizing effect of video, and the Spirit airlines fiasco. 👽 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: What would you do if you got Zoombombed? 💣 (00:45) Are people less credible over Zoom calls? 🧐 (08:04) Did someone say the Gaming Metaverse? (13:57) Horror stories and mass cancellations vs cheap-ass flights: who will be victorious? 🛫(15:29) Loooool guys, we do not understand the ownership economy 😂 (22:36) Amy uses her economics 101 background to decipher David's economics riddle 🧩(29:15) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: The Zoomboming lawsuit: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/01/zoom-reaches-85-million-settlement-over-user-privacy-and-hacker-zoombombing.html Pitfalls Of Court Hearings On Zoom on HackerNoon by The Markup: https://hackernoon.com/pitfalls-of-court-hearings-on-zoom-e21j35el What the heck is going on with Spirit Airlines? https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/spirit-airlines-flights-canceled-operational-issues-day-four/ What We Call the “Ownership Economy” with Braintrust CEO Adam Jackson on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/what-we-call-the-ownership-economy-with-braintrust-ceo-adam-jackson-z54j37up READ HACKERNOON.COM ↙️ START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🏪

Hi, it's me — the content you're looking for. And HOT DAMN, check me out. Amy Tom chats with Kate Bradley Chernis, CEO of Lately AI, about her startup journey. Kate describes what her career path has been like and what she's learned along the way in the kitchen, in the studio, and behind the CEO's desk at Lately. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What was Kate's first job? 🥇 (01:19) What did Kate learn from her role at the newspaper? (06:09) Kate talks about the moment she realizes she was destined to be an entrepreneur 💫 (09:57) How does Kate empower people to spread the "good word"? (16:10) Kate describes accidentally creating the baseline for Lately's AI 🌝 (20:55) Does Kate have any regrets or things she would have done differently? (26:05) How does Kate gain supporters and customers as she reinvents the wheel? 👩‍🔧 (30:58) What's the future for Lately and AI? (36:38) 🥂 VOTE FOR KATE & LATELY AT startups.hackernoon.com/new-york/new-york-city 🏦 Replace your business bank with Brex - https://bit.ly/37doqiH Connect with Kate & Lately: You can follow Kate on Twitter @LatelyAIKately You can learn about and vote for Lately at startups.hackernoon.com/new-york/new-york-city Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year: For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com

OKAY - you get ten guesses. We'll be talking about 🥁🥁🥁 ALL THINGS STARTUPS. This Week On Planet Internet, Natasha Nel, Kien Dao, and Amy Tom talk about validating startup ideas, structuring startups, and the latest startup funding news. 🔥 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: What went into the design process behind Startups Of The Year by HackerNoon? Kien's on the case (3:10) 👷‍♂️ Why does Algolia sound familiar? (9:45) 💯 What the heck is the Delta-4 Wealth Creation Theory? (15:05) ⁉️ Hierarchy in a startup? Say what?! (24:00)⁉️ 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: Kien's story on HackerNoon about creating the Startups Of The Year branding: https://hackernoon.com/just-launched-startups-of-the-year-lxg350j Check out the story about the Delta 4 Theory by Rishikesh on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-validate-your-startup-idea-using-delta-4-wealth-creation-theory-nn52359i Read the Term Sheet newsletter: https://fortune.com/newsletter/termsheet Let's Talk About Startup Structure by Lomit Patel on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/lets-talk-about-startup-structure-c7q35si READ HACKERNOON.COM 🍊 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🦁

Amy Tom chats with David Smooke (co-founder and CEO of HackerNoon) about his founder's journey with HackerNoon, and with Storm Farrell (Software Developer at HackerNoon) about developing Startups of The Year by HackerNoon. 💚 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: How did HackerNoon start? 🚦 (01:08) Wait - Storm, the dev mind behind the Noonies, didn't originally join HackerNoon as a Software Developer!? 🐸 (03:41) How would Storm and Amy describe their experiences with working at HackerNoon? 🌵 (08:03) Why did David choose to involve the readers to fund HackerNoon's move off Medium? 💶 (09:10) When was the most difficult phase HackerNoon has been through? 🐛 (13:02) Storm announces Startups of The Year by HackerNoon! 🍾 (15:56) Storm talks about taking what he learned from the Noonies and applying that develop Startups of The Year ✅ (19:02) David talks about how Startups of The Year will elevate people community voting ☘️ (22:31) What's the future for HackerNoon? 🐉 (25:59) Connect with David & Storm: You can follow David's work at hackernoon.com/u/David You can follow Storm on Twitter @StormFarrell Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year: For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com 🤯 Earn $600 in Rewards at Bybit - https://bit.ly/3iC7rvD

Limarc Ambalina, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom chat about data privacy ☠️ Humans are in loooove with the internet, and data production is becoming more rampant and autonomous. How has this process affected our daily lives, and is it a good thing or a bad thing? Let's find out. 😵 🤌 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: How do you control your digital footprint? 👣 (01:20) Is downloading apps that aren't from the Google Play Store safe? 🧐 (08:15) AI might be better than people at spotting wildfires thanks to data 🤯 (14:57) If there was an AI that could detect danger in public spaces, but first needed hours and hours of video of public spaces, is that okay? ⚖️ (18:49) Breaking down the TikTok algorithm and its use of AI 👩‍🔬 (24:16) What's the problem with Bezos and space? Here goes Amy on another space war rant 😂 (34:45) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: The story about Digital Footprints: https://hackernoon.com/the-most-expensive-things-in-life-are-free-of-charge-protect-your-data-qx5237w5 The Android privacy story by @pizzapanther on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/have-your-privacy-cake-on-android-and-eat-it-too-db1f37b5 The AI & Wildfire story by Louis Bouchard on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-ai-can-spot-wildfires-faster-than-humans-nc2g37nq The AI & TikTok story by Edwin Lisowski https://hackernoon.com/hacking-your-mind-with-ai-the-case-of-addictive-tiktok-0x80355o READ HACKERNOON.COM 🦊 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🐨

Limarc Ambalina, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom chat about data privacy ☠️ Humans are in loooove with the internet, and data production is becoming more rampant and autonomous. How has this process affected our daily lives, and is it a good thing or a bad thing? Let's find out. 😵 🤌 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET: How do you control your digital footprint? 👣 (01:20) Is downloading apps that aren't from the Google Play Store safe? 🧐 (08:15) AI might be better than people at spotting wildfires thanks to data 🤯 (14:57) If there was an AI that could detect danger in public spaces, but first needed hours and hours of video of public spaces, is that okay? ⚖️ (18:49) Breaking down the TikTok algorithm and its use of AI 👩‍🔬 (24:16) What's the problem with Bezos and space? Here goes Amy on another space war rant 😂 (34:45) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: The story about Digital Footprints: https://hackernoon.com/the-most-expensive-things-in-life-are-free-of-charge-protect-your-data-qx5237w5 The Android privacy story by @pizzapanther on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/have-your-privacy-cake-on-android-and-eat-it-too-db1f37b5 The AI & Wildfire story by Louis Bouchard on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-ai-can-spot-wildfires-faster-than-humans-nc2g37nq The AI & TikTok story by Edwin Lisowski https://hackernoon.com/hacking-your-mind-with-ai-the-case-of-addictive-tiktok-0x80355o READ HACKERNOON.COM 🦊 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🐨

Amy Tom welcomes Sarah Day, Technical Writing Manager at LaunchDarkly, to talk about a career in technical writing. What's it like being a technical writer, and how do you become one? Join Amy on this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast while she finds out what it takes to cut it in the big world of technical writing. cue Rocky stairs training montage music 😤 What are Sarah and Amy's grammar/English pet peeves? 🤭 (03:57) How is language evolving? (06:59) How does technical writing differ from other kinds of writing? 📝 (08:59) How do you write for a more technical audience? (14:01) What kind of people are technical writers? 👩🏻‍💻 (19:30) When should you hire a technical writer? (25:13) How much technical knowledge do technical writers need? 🧠 (31:06) What is Sarah's advice for people who want to become technical writers? (37:55) Follow Sarah Day and LaunchDarkly: Connect with Sarah Day on LinkedIn Follow Sarah on Twitter @scribblingfox Visit Sarah's Website at sarahday.org Follow LaunchDarkly on Twitter at @LaunchDarkly Shownotes: Sarah mentioned the Documentation as a Care Profession talk by Amelia Abreu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quC7mJn8B_U Read HackerNoon Slogging stories: hackernoon.com/tagged/slogging Learn more about LaunchDarkly at launchdarkly.com READ TECH STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM Want to become a HackerNoon contributor? Anyone can! Start now at hackernoon.com/signup

Oh, baby! We are cracking down on Big Tech. Amy Tom, David Smooke, and Hang Ngo talk about Biden's Executive Order on Big Tech, more space war dram, and decentralization & blockchain technology 🥳 Facebook sells its internet satellite orbit team to Amazon for an undisclosed sum. So of course - Amy, David, and Hang try to guess what the undisclosed sum was 🛸 (00:41) Also, between Amazon and Facebook - who benefits in terms of stock price? 📉 (04:57) What does Biden's order to crack down on Big Tech actually mean? 🔨 (09:51) Apparently, 2020 was a stock super sale. Hang shares her experience with investing in crypto😱 (16:20) Is Amy finally going to invest in crypto? She gets the "how-to" on crypto investing (22:03) Is decentralization & blockchain here to stay? 🤞 (23:26) Oh yeah, guys, this is not official financial advice 😂 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: Facebook & Amazon getting incest-y for space: www.theverge.com/2021/7/14/22576788/amazon-acquires-facebook-satellite-team-project-kuiper Biden's Executive Order to promote competition: www.bbc.com/news/business-57783824 The best time to buy crypto is right now, or at least so says Crypto Badger on HackerNoon https://hackernoon.com/the-best-time-to-buy-crypto-was-a-year-ago-the-next-best-time-is-right-now-ww5p357c The blockchain will aid in decentralization efforts because it buts the power into the users' hands - Nicholas Resendez on HackerNoon: hackernoon.com/decentralization-of-the-internet-the-future-frontier-of-the-internet-q2j35aj READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤓 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🥇

John McAfee talks about making more money than God on the Hacker Noon podcast hosted by David Smooke. https://podcast.hackernoon.com/ McAfee starts off with the impact of one's childhood and how it shapes perspectives. He shares his experiences as an entrepreneur and what it takes to become a multimillionaire. John McAfee also provides a take on the number one danger of the modern Internet and presents an opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement. McAfee shares anecdotes from his life, how he became the self proclaimed richest man in South Virginia before hitting 18; his recent escape from the United States, his first job at General Electric, where he learned programming and the importance of math in life. "I'm the best coder alive" "Don't schedule an interview with this guy again, he's too smart" - John McAfee Continue reading about entrepreneurship, business, startup lessons, and privacy on Hacker Noon. Also, check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today.

Welcome to this beautiful corner of the internet - Dogecoin meets partying & decentralization. Amy Tom talks to Gary Lachance, a Vancouver-based Dogecoin millionaire and the founder of the Decentralized Dance Party, about how he invested $300 into Dogecoin in 2014. Now, he's launching his latest project - the Million Doge Disco. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What happens at a Decentralized Dance Party? (04:06) "Decentralized parties are cool but have you seen decentralized currency?" (09:10) So what's the deal with the Million Doge Disco? (15:33) The future is a "doge-verse, meta-verse, party-verse, good-time-universe layer" (22:37) Gary's advice for people who want to launch their side project (29:00) Is Gary nervous about Elon's sway over Dogecoin and the fact he's built his platform entirely around Dogecoin? (30:05) Gary talks about the strongest brand in the world (33:14) Connect with Gary Lachance & the DDP: Follow Gary on Twitter @GaryLachance Learn more about the Million Doge Disco at dogedisco.com READ TECH STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM 💻 Follow HackerNoon on Twitter @HackerNoon

Hacker Noon: Retro Edition! COO Linh and CEO David talk with Genesis Investment about everything from business to personal life and all things in between. Viewers young and old will be astounded by what you hear. We cannot promise this episode will cure whatever ails you, but it certainly will not make it any worse. You will leave this episode a changed person, so much so that if your ex-wife will only take you back if you "make some serious changes," just listen to this podcast and that'll be all the personal growth necessary to win that charming lass back. Recorded on the Beautiful, Sunny Monday Afternoon of March 22, 2021, in the heart of the Colorado Wilderness.

Would you risk it all on a trading bot? 🤖 David Smooke, Amy Tom, and Guy (the Cher of HN - jk his last name is Torbet) talk about special purpose acquisition companies, culture & novelization, equity crowdfunding, and trading algorithms. This Week On Planet Internet, David, Amy, and Guy are getting into the hard-hitting questions: What was up with the SPAC deal with NextDoor? 🚪 (01:06) Uhmmmm quick side note, did Zuck ruin foiling? 😅 (07:44) Do we stan novelization as hard as Quinten Tarantino does? 😤 (10:42) Should software users be able to own part of the companies they support? 🤝 (15:50) Are you confident enough to bet all your capital on a self-built algorithm trading bot? 🥵(22:20) What kind of tech are we into at the moment? Amy's tech purchase is coming in the mail, Guy is learning something new, and David has a new tech tool (lol) 💰 (27:30) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: NextDoor's merge with a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-06/nextdoor-to-go-public-in-spac-deal-valued-at-4-3-billion Mark Zuckerburg & his foiling lol: https://beachgrit.com/2021/07/question-did-facebook-founder-and-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-single-handedly-destroy-both-foiling-and-america-in-one-fell-swoop/ Quentin Tarantino’s novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: https://quillette.com/2021/06/28/in-praise-of-the-novelization-pop-fictions-least-reputable-genre/ "Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build": https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-let-users-own-the-tech-companies-they-help-build/ Peregrine Buckler's HackerNoon Article on his trading algorithm: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-built-a-million-dollar-algo-trading-strategy-then-lost-it-all-jb4v35zj READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤳 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🏄‍♀️

Utsav Jaiswal is joined by Sam Kim, Founding Partner at Umbrella Network, and Miguel Morales, Technical Advisor to Umbrella Network, to talk about flash loans on the blockchain. They discuss how flash loan attacks happen, the implications of flash loan attacks on the finance market, and the relationship with the blockchain. 🔦 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Utsav talks to Sam and Miguel talk flash loans: What is a flash loan attack? 💥 (02:37) Is there a world where the communications can be streamlined that ensures pricing is always fair? 💰 (06:53) Do I need to be a programmer to take out a flash loan? 🧑‍💻 (10:11) What happens when people like Elon Musk tweet about certain coins? Also, what the hell is a Floki? 🐥 (18:24) Can flash loan attacks be traced? 🕵️ (27:34) Why would people use Oracles? (38:22) And is there a use case for Oracles and the Binances of the world? 👀 (43:50) Connect with Sam Kim: Follow with Sam Kim on Twitter @samislucid READ TECH STORIES AT HACKERNOON.COM 🦄

Ahh, parenting - something 2 people on this podcast episode know a lot about 😂. Linh Dao Smooke (Mama Bear of 1), Richard Kubina (Papa Bear of 2), and Amy Tom (definite Baby Bear) talk about parenting in the age of the internet and the pandemic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. What happens when a teen is up against the Supreme Court for an internet freedom-of-speech case? How are kids learning during the pandemic? Find out This Week on Planet Internet. 💩 We are bringing the parents together (& Amy LOL) to talk about: Teen Angst vs. Supreme Court: the case that riled up all the Karens in the highest court of the land 👑 (03:50) The tech and super-parent strength behind supporting children and learning during the pandemic 💻 (11:11) How did the kiddos learn from home? 🏠 (14:50) "The pandemic didn’t start educational disparities—but it has made them worse" - a HackerNoon story from this week ⚖️ (21:22) What was it like to be a kid in a non-technical family? 📚 (28:51) Markdown for what? Richard talks about creating the HN Markdown editor - Editor 3.0 ⁉️(31:39) It's summer, so we're doing heatwave updates fun summer plans ☀️ (40:50) SHOWNOTES 🗒 Supreme Court speech case with teen: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/supreme-court-snapchat-school-free-speech-495655 "The Pandemic of Childcare" by Linh Dao Smooke on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/the-pandemic-of-childcare-q91d310x "Already Struggling with School? The Pandemic Made it Worse." by The Markup on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/vulnerable-students-hit-by-remote-learning-during-the-pandemic-z51435pc "Markdown For What? HackerNoon Text Editor Now Supports Markdown" by Richard Kubina on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/markdown-for-what-hackernoon-text-editor-now-supports-markdown-9mc35ga

Ahh, parenting - something 2 people on this podcast episode know a lot about 😂. Linh Dao Smooke (Mama Bear of 1), Richard Kubina (Papa Bear of 2), and Amy Tom (definite Baby Bear) talk about parenting in the age of the internet and the pandemic 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. What happens when a teen is up against the Supreme Court for an internet freedom-of-speech case? How are kids learning during the pandemic? Find out This Week on Planet Internet. 💩 We are bringing the parents together (& Amy LOL) to talk about: Teen Angst vs. Supreme Court: the case that riled up all the Karens in the highest court of the land 👑 (03:50) The tech and super-parent strength behind supporting children and learning during the pandemic 💻 (11:11) How did the kiddos learn from home? 🏠 (14:50) "The pandemic didn’t start educational disparities—but it has made them worse" - a HackerNoon story from this week ⚖️ (21:22) What was it like to be a kid in a non-technical family? 📚 (28:51) Markdown for what? Richard talks about creating the HN Markdown editor - Editor 3.0 ⁉️(31:39) It's summer, so we're doing heatwave updates fun summer plans ☀️ (40:50) SHOWNOTES 🗒 Supreme Court speech case with teen: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/supreme-court-snapchat-school-free-speech-495655 "The Pandemic of Childcare" by Linh Dao Smooke on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/the-pandemic-of-childcare-q91d310x "Already Struggling with School? The Pandemic Made it Worse." by The Markup on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/vulnerable-students-hit-by-remote-learning-during-the-pandemic-z51435pc "Markdown For What? HackerNoon Text Editor Now Supports Markdown" by Richard Kubina on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/markdown-for-what-hackernoon-text-editor-now-supports-markdown-9mc35ga

Yoz Grahame, a Solutions Architect at LaunchDarkly, joins Amy Tom on The HackerNoon Podcast this week to talk about bugs and debugging. Yoz — who is somewhat of a bug fanatic — explains software, bugs, and what happens when bugs derail a system. 🕷 This week on The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy and Yoz talk about: What is dev culture like around bug blaming? 🐛 (05:00) Amy cracks open Yoz's database of bug knowledge (08:30) Why does it take so long for bugs to get fixed? 🐜 (16:08) If developers and bugs go hand in hand, why do software debugging tools suck? (21:50) Yoz talks about building custom tools and the tool he'd recommend building on your own 🐞(27:36) Connect with Yoz and LaunchDarkly: Follow Yoz on Twitter @yoz Follow LaunchDarkly on Twitter @LaunchDarkly Shownotes: READ HACKERNOON.COM ☀️ START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🚀

Hacker Noon's Gaming Editor Limarc Ambalina talks to Video Game Blogging Fellows Jack Boreham and Nicolas Ng about the times video games may have crossed the line. Warning: Due to the topic of discussion, this episode will go over scenes of extreme violence, homicide, and suicide in video games. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. In this episode, Limarc, Jack, and Nicolas discuss: EA Games and lootboxes Oldschool flash games and newgrounds.com Gratuitous violence in video games Call of Duty's 'No Russian' Mission ...and more Top 3 Quotes from the Show EA Games' loot boxes crossed the line and created one of the most infamous moments in gaming No Russian put you in the shoes of a terrorist and didn't give you the choice to play the hero As VR games become more immersive, we have to define what boundaries games are willing to cross. When have #videogames crossed the line? Games like #callofduty #gta and more have been accused of doing so on more than one occasion. When have #videogames crossed the line? Games like #callofduty #gta and more have been accused of doing so on more than one occasion. In this podcast, we talk about the ethics of #lootboxes in games, as well as some of the most infamous depictions of gratuitous violence in #gaming history.

Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Ellen Stevens are talking about BIG MONEY. 🤑 Yeah - we're talking layoffs and payoffs at Booking.com and American Airlines, the massive petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth, and the fallout from China's ban on crypto mining. THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET 🌎 Ellen weighs in on the latest American Airlines debacle and the "not so good optics" of the situation ✈️ (01:45) Booking.com's hot mess - more rich stealing from the poor despite #globalpandemicvibes 💸 (04:23) Should Bezos should be left in space? 👩‍🚀 (06:53) Amy talks about the disparity of power and money ⚖️ (11:10) What's the latest with Bitcoin and China's crypto-mining crackdown? ⛏ (14:39) The podcast's resident "Tinder superuser" talks about the pandemic-altered online dating landscape 👩‍❤️‍👨 (18:12) Natasha kicks off HackerNoon Reviews with Polar Vantage M2 Sports Watch (22:18) and Ellen's article: Biohack a Super You ⌚️ (24:59) Amy, of course, is on a cleaning hype with an in-wall vacuum (26:21), her TikTok tip of the week (27:12), and a passwordless future 🧹 (28:10) Ellen reminds everyone that it's okay to cover your webcam 📹 (32:55) SHOWNOTES 🗒️ American Airlines CEO casually took home $10 mil USD in compensation last year - https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008968725/american-airlines-passengers-could-be-in-for-a-summer-of-delays-and-cancellation Italy announced they're investigating Booking.com over suspicion of $180 million dollar tax evasion - https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/booking-com-dodged-180-million-of-taxes-italian-police-say Dutch politicians noticed Booking.com's CEO Glenn Fogel and CFO David Goulden had super casuallycompensated themselves over $32 million - https://www.reuters.com/technology/bookingcom-repay-dutch-covid-19-aid-anp-2021-06-04/ Bye-bye Bezos. There is a petition with more than 100,000 signatures to leave Jeff Bezos in space - https://www.geekwire.com/2021/leave-jeff-bezos-space-way-petitions-attract-100000-signatures/ Bitcoin drops following China's ban on crypto mining - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/21/bitcoin-btc-price-drops-on-china-crypto-mining-crackdown.html "Tinder wants you to actually talk to people before you match" from the Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/22/22538970/tinder-video-explore-tab-hot-takes-launch The Elimination of Cybersecurity's Status Quo – Passwords by Misan Etchie on HackerNoon - https://hackernoon.com/the-elimination-of-cybersecuritys-status-quo---passwords-2l1f379d Check out Ellen's article about Biohacking - https://hackernoon.com/biohack-a-super-you-part-1-je1l34uw Get up to speed on the HackerNoon contests & get some free HN gear - https://hackernoon.com/u/hackernooncontests READ HACKERNOON.COM 😏 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🥷

Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Ellen Stevens are talking about BIG MONEY. 🤑 Yeah - we're talking layoffs and payoffs at Booking.com and American Airlines, the massive petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth, and the fallout from China's ban on crypto mining. THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET 🌎 Ellen weighs in on the latest American Airlines debacle and the "not so good optics" of the situation ✈️ (01:45) Booking.com's hot mess - more rich stealing from the poor despite #globalpandemicvibes 💸 (04:23) Should Bezos should be left in space? 👩‍🚀 (06:53) Amy talks about the disparity of power and money ⚖️ (11:10) What's the latest with Bitcoin and China's crypto-mining crackdown? ⛏ (14:39) The podcast's resident "Tinder superuser" talks about the pandemic-altered online dating landscape 👩‍❤️‍👨 (18:12) Natasha kicks off HackerNoon Reviews with Polar Vantage M2 Sports Watch (22:18) and Ellen's article: Biohack a Super You ⌚️ (24:59) Amy, of course, is on a cleaning hype with an in-wall vacuum (26:21), her TikTok tip of the week (27:12), and a passwordless future 🧹 (28:10) Ellen reminds everyone that it's okay to cover your webcam 📹 (32:55) SHOWNOTES 🗒️ American Airlines CEO casually took home $10 mil USD in compensation last year - https://www.npr.org/2021/06/22/1008968725/american-airlines-passengers-could-be-in-for-a-summer-of-delays-and-cancellation Italy announced they're investigating Booking.com over suspicion of $180 million dollar tax evasion - https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/booking-com-dodged-180-million-of-taxes-italian-police-say Dutch politicians noticed Booking.com's CEO Glenn Fogel and CFO David Goulden had super casuallycompensated themselves over $32 million - https://www.reuters.com/technology/bookingcom-repay-dutch-covid-19-aid-anp-2021-06-04/ Bye-bye Bezos. There is a petition with more than 100,000 signatures to leave Jeff Bezos in space - https://www.geekwire.com/2021/leave-jeff-bezos-space-way-petitions-attract-100000-signatures/ Bitcoin drops following China's ban on crypto mining - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/21/bitcoin-btc-price-drops-on-china-crypto-mining-crackdown.html "Tinder wants you to actually talk to people before you match" from the Verge - https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/22/22538970/tinder-video-explore-tab-hot-takes-launch The Elimination of Cybersecurity's Status Quo – Passwords by Misan Etchie on HackerNoon - https://hackernoon.com/the-elimination-of-cybersecuritys-status-quo---passwords-2l1f379d Check out Ellen's article about Biohacking - https://hackernoon.com/biohack-a-super-you-part-1-je1l34uw Get up to speed on the HackerNoon contests & get some free HN gear - https://hackernoon.com/u/hackernooncontests READ HACKERNOON.COM 😏 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🥷

The Blockchain bros are in the house! 🏠 Utsav Jaiswal talks to Tim Frost (CEO of Yield App), Arun Philips (Community Manager at Polygon), and Miles Anthony (CEO of Decentral Games). On this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, we're offering unsolicited advice on explaining Blockchain to your Indian mom and magical Blockchain Genies 😂 Utsav asks Tim, Arun, and Miles: Okay so... we're asking the experts in the Blockchain industry: how do you explain what you do to your mom? 😅 (03:29) If you could go back 5 years ago, what would you have done differently? (09:49) What is the future of the Blockchain & application industry? 🔮 (16:24) Utsav conjures a magic Genie who makes Tim, Arun, and Miles pick between the BSC or Ethereum Blockchain, OOP (36:10) What have you learned from building your Blockchain applications? 📚 (43:04) Follow Tim, Arun, and Miles: Follow Tim on Twitter @TimYIELD and Yield App @YIELDapp Follow Arun on Twitter @arunphilips and Polygon @0xPolygon Follow Miles on Twitter @miles1dg and Decentral Games @decentralgames

Amy Tom talks to Mark Gamble, the Product & Solutions Marketing Director at Couchbase, about data-for-good initiatives and creating a Multi-Cloud Strategy. In this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: Mark talks about the data-for good and the initiatives he is passionate about (01:57) Data visualization is a skill (08:31) Multi-Cloud vs. Hybrid-Cloud (12:30) Does Amazon/AWS do this internationally as well? (21:23) How do the Kubernetes Containers connect across multiple platforms? (25:30) As a CTO, do I have to worry about the connection layer between clouds? (28:50) Is it difficult to get my Couchbase database to connect with another AWS location? (30:00) Where will Multi-Cloud go in the next 5 years? (35:20) Connect Mark Gamble: Email him at [email protected] Shownotes: Learn more about Couchbase: https://www.couchbase.com/

Every AUDL game is a party according to Steve Hall, the CEO of the American Ultimate Disc League. 🎉 From releasing their first NFT to taking live games to live streams, AUDL is a very digital organization. Despite being in the sports & entertainment industry, Steve tells Amy about his strategic focus on building digital engagement with fans. In this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast: How do you get into the CEO mindset? 🧠 (03:29) COVID-19 pushed AUDL to create the Athletic Care Network - a virtual healthcare system for the players (5:05) Pivoting to live stream events after the loss of in-person events and building electronic engagement 📺 (06:58) AUDL launched AUDL MoMintz, their player video-highlight NFTs. Steve talks about how they were inspired by NBA Top Shot (12:34) Steve says, "Entertainment is digital now". AUDL takes its digital strategy beyond social media marketing 📲 (17:28) To keep your customers, you need to digitally innovate or you will get left behind. Steve talks about AUDL upcoming digital plans (21:00) Setting a corporate vision, motivating employees, and establishing trust are important aspects of the CEO role 👀 (25:49) Diversity in hiring is important - 35% of AUDL are women, including women who hold leadership positions (28:32) Connect with AUDL: You can connect with AUDL on Twitter @theAUDL Shownotes: Learn more about AUDL MoMintz: https://theaudl.com/league/news/audl-announces -first-collection- non-fungible-tokens Connect with AUDL: https://theaudl.com/league/contact Become a Hacker Noon contributor https://app.hackernoon.com/new READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤖

Do Aliens exist? 👽 Limarc Ambalina, David Smooke, and Amy Tom talk about storming area 51 and the Pentagon's upcoming UFO report, El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin, and the return to the office. 🤪 This Week On Planet Internet 🎧 How will the return to the office affect workplace culture? 😭 (01:56) Maybe this will lead to a rise in coworking spaces 🤔 (06:20) The President of El Salvador declared they will soon accept Bitcoin as legal tender. What does this mean for Bitcoin? 📈 (08:03) Amy tries to wrap her head around governmental backing of cryptocurrency 🤯 (10:58) Limarc, Junior UFO Hunter, discusses the Pentagon's upcoming scheduled release of a report on UFOs 🛸 (15:44) LET'S STORM AREA 51 🏃‍♂️ (18:39) Tech of the Week: Amy just discovered some new exciting settings on her Android (23:55), David's been considering buying his daughter her first computer (25:59), and Limarc is playing a new VR game that sounds pretty cool 🖥 (27:59) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: The Back to the Office Maximum by Anne Helen Petersen on Substack: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-back-to-the-office-maximum Babysitter Managers Are in Trouble and They Know It by Anthony Watson on Hacker Noon: https://hackernoon.com/babysitter-managers-are-in-trouble-and-they-know-it-5p12932sq The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Latin American Politicians Embracing Cryptocurrency by Claudio Cossio on Hacker Noon: https://hackernoon.com/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-latin-american-politicians-embracing-cryptocurrency-b38a32bo The Pentagon Could Finally Tell the Whole Truth About UFOs by Matthew Gault: https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgxgvj/the-pentagon-could-finally-tell-the-whole-truth-about-ufos READ HACKERNOON.COM ☀️ START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🚀

Amy Tom talks to Yoz Grahame, a Solutions Architect at LaunchDarkly about feature flags. 🏴 Yoz has worn many hats in his tech career - from programming to movie production to developer advocacy - he seems like he's done it all! Yoz talks about his career and how he ended up at LaunchDarkly. Amy gets curious about feature flags and how they work. 🤓 In this episode of The Hacker Noon Podcast: Yoz says that as you become a more experienced engineer, you realize that it is your ability to communicate with others that is important 🗣 (5:40) Yoz took an interest in tech at 5 or 6 years old and learned basic programming on a Sinclair ZX80 (09:15) Yoz talks about how he worked on The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy in the late '90s 👍 (12:39) Amy asks if Yoz has suffered from switching projects too many times and gets his thoughts on corporate loyalty (16:20) Sooooo Amy wants to know Yoz's process for evaluating project opportunities 🤔 (21:14) What's tech scene like in London? (27:30) Amy attempts to explain feature flags - it actually goes pretty well 😎 (30:30) Yoz talks about the idea of testing in production (36:28) Is there a situation where feature flags don't make sense? ⛳️ (41:10) Connect with Yoz and LaunchDarkly Follow Yoz on Twitter @yoz Follow LaunchDarkly on Twitter @LaunchDarkly Shownotes: Yoz mentions Today in tabs by Rusty Foster: https://www.todayintabs.com/ Yoz mentions Dave Pell's newsletter: https://nextdraft.com/ Sign up for the Hacker Noon newsletter: https://help.hackernoon.com/customize-your-tech-brief

Amy Tom talks to Anil Kumar, the Product Manager at Couchbase, about becoming a Product Manager, writing his book: Couchbase on Kubernetes, and creating a multi-cloud strategy. 😁 This week on The Hacker Noon Podcast: Anil has been at Couchbase for 8 years, and prior to that was at Microsoft for 7 years. Amy needs to know - what is it like to grow within a company? 🤯 (05:25) Anil did his Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science. Amy asks if he has any regrets about his education experience (10:10) Anil talks about the book he wrote: Couchbase on Kubernetes 📗 (12:03) Anil talks about what you need to manage the database and the levels of complexity with databases and multi-cloud strategies (16:00) What are the trends around Kubenetes containers and databases? 📈 (19:42) Anil gives advice to businesses looking to move their database operations to Kubernetes (27:15) Follow Anil Kumar and Couchbase: You can follow Anil on Twitter @anilkumar1129 You can connect with Anil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anilkumar29/ You can follow Couchbase on Twitter @couchbase Shownotes: Check out Anil's book: Couchbase on Kubernetes on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Couchbase-Kubernetes-Autonomously-Distributed-Database/dp/0692039724 Become a Hacker Noon contributor https://app.hackernoon.com/new READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤖

Happy Pride Month, Hackers! 🏳️‍🌈 Amy Tom, Linh Dao Smooke, and Kien Dao have a thoughtful conversation about LGBTQ+ culture in the tech industry and intersectional discrimination in the workplace. They also discuss WWDC 2021, the iOS 14.6 privacy update, and security news. 🖤🤍🤎 This Week On Planet Internet, Amy and the Daos get into: Is participating in rainbowification for Pride month considered controversial? ❤️ (05:27) What is Pride/LGBTQ+ culture like in Vietnam where Kien currently lives? 🧡 (08:03) Rainbowifying the Hacker Noon brand: Kien gets into his design process 💛 (12:30) Kien, our resident Apple lover, explains what went down at Apple's WWDC 2021 Keynote 💚(17:43) Linh updated to iOS 14.6 and Facebook asked her to share 3rd party data permissions. Whaddup with that? 💙 (21:58) Amy gets jazzed about the cybersecurity news in America - she explains the JBS foods cyberattack 💜 (27:17) So apparently Jeff Bezos is going to space 🖤 (34:39) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: Want to see whether a company is supporting LGBTQ+ matters? Head to progressiveshopper.com Check out the @soyouwanttotalkabout Instagram post about Rainbow Washing https://www.instagram.com/p/CPnmMm1HDAs/ Read Kien's article about the rainbowification of the Hacker Noon brand: https://hackernoon.com/the-rainbowfication-of-the-hacker-noon-logo-happy-pride-month-hr4c34l9 Hacker Noon contributor, Tara, writes about the JBS Foods cybersecurity incident: https://hackernoon.com/the-jbs-foods-cybersecurity-incident-8ls36ic Bezos is going to space on July 20th, as reported via this video READ HACKERNOON.COM 🙈 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🚀

Limarc Ambalina talks to John Roo, the Solo Indie Game developer behind Quest Arrest, an RPG detective game developed for the Nintendo Game Boy in 2020. John explains some of the reasons for the game's success and his decision to print physical cartridges for a Nintendo system discontinued in 2003. In this episode, John and Limarc discuss: Becoming an indie game dev Making Quest Arrest Quest Arrest gameplay mechanics How to print physical Game Boy cartridges Marketing your indie game to gaming communities Follow John Roo and The Retro Room: You can purchase Quest Arrest at The Retro Room Roo Podcast Promotion: Top 3 Quotes from the Show Getting involved in gaming communities helps nurture indie game dev careers Game devs should create a cutoff date to fight analysis paralysis I couldn't find any Game Boy games that have the level of profanity that my game has Learn about #indiegame development and making #Gameboy games from #QuestArrest developer John Roo In this episode of the HackerNoon Gaming Podcast, learn about #indiegame development and how to pring physical #Gameboy cartridges in the modern era from #QuestArrest developer John Roo.

In the age of extreme personalization, how can you remain safe and secure online? 😭 Amy Tom talks to Jeff Morris, VP of Product & Solutions Marketing at Couchbase, and Mike Schwartz, Founder & CEO of Gluu. Mike is an expert in authentication and application security and Jeff brings his expertise on solutions marketing and tech trends. The trio discuss the rise of extreme personalization, collecting data to meet consumer expectations, and improving the experience for the user - all through the lens of a security mindset. 🕵️ In this episode, Amy chats to Jeff Morris and Mike Schwartz about: The first instances of extreme digital personalization showed up in the 90s (04:20) "With personalization comes more and more demand for concurrency", says Mike 🧠 (08:52) What's the "front door" experience like online today? (12:53) What's the deal with CAPTCHA and the anxiety that comes with selecting all the traffic lights? ☠️(15:55) The rise of smart environments to create better user experiences (22:49) In the age of extreme personalization, how can my data and I remain safe? 🔒 (26:47) Google Maps and your location information - how accurate is accurate? "The value of location data is very high", says Jeff 📍 (30:30) Connect with Jeff and Mike: You can connect with Jeff on LinkedIn You can connect with Mike on LinkedIn Follow Mike's podcast - opensourceunderdogs.com Shownotes: You can learn more about Couchbase at https://www.couchbase.com/ You can learn more about Gluu at https://gluu.org/ Become a Hacker Noon contributor https://app.hackernoon.com/new

Okay yes, Natasha, Linh, Amy, and Hang do a HOT TAKE on the Friends Reunion for the first 5 minutes of this episode. 🙄 BUT they also talk about the most traded tech stocks, investing in Bitcoin, and local startup news. This Week on Planet Internet: Linh has FEELINGS on the Friends Reunion. But also, wtf was up with James Corden? 😳 (0:29) Hang goes over the 10 most traded tech stocks in 2021. She has mixed feelings about Tesla's stocks 📈 (9:21) Amy drops some Vancouver-based tech news about Dapper Labs, the company that is now valued at $2.6 billion 🚀 (13:27) Wait, people invest for reasons other than getting rich? Linh and Hang explain the latest ups and downs of crypto and the real reasons you would invest in crypto 💰(14:44) Natasha can't stop thinking about Amsterdam-based, Gorillas, and how she'll never be able to catch up to the speedy cyclists that deliver groceries in under 10 minutes 🚴‍♂️ (19:24) Linh noticed that more and more businesses are moving their operations to rural Colorado, which is where HackerNoon is based 🏠 (20:30) Hang brings the Detroit-based startup into the mix - Autobooks - a financial/accounting startup that Hang has been following 🤓 (22:30) As they recount their tech joys of the week, Natasha recalls being "thanked for her energy" at Apple 💁‍♀️ (24:59) Read the stories mentioned in this podcast: From Canada's Toronto to Netherland's Amsterdam, AI-enabled smart cities are making their way around the world. Check out Evelyn's HackerNoon story: https://hackernoon.com/ai-enabled-smart-cities-what-to-get-right-p01935r0 How the city of Amsterdam uses AI: https://algoritmeregister.amsterdam.nl/en/ai-register/ Amy discusses Dapper Labs - the Vancouver-based tech startup behind NBA Top Shot Which are the Most Traded Tech Stocks in 2021? Hang goes through Khunshan Ahmad's top 10 list: https://hackernoon.com/10-best-tech-stocks-which-are-the-most-traded-in-2021-vo3l34ks The rise of Colorado startups on the Western Slope by Jason Blevins Learn more about Detroit-based accounting startup Autobooks: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/autobooks-debuts-new-way-for-small-businesses-to-get-paid-online-301051629.html Are the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 Worth the Hype? Read Natasha's full review on hackernoon.com: https://hackernoon.com/are-the-bose-noise-cancelling-headphones-700-worth-the-hype-2fh342f🎧 https://amzn.to/3vNSyMj READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤖

What's it like to be a CTO? 😱 Amy Tom talks to Ravi Mayuram, CTO of Couchbase, about the CTO mindset, Ravi's career journey to CTO, and skill trends in tech. Amy and Ravi talk about education, trends in data, building trust, and more. In this episode of The Hacker Noon Podcast: What does a CTO do? What's the day-to-day like? Ravi says his role involves setting the right technology goals and seeing them through to completion 👊🏻 (01:50) Ravi explains that he got his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, but his career grew with the digital journey of technical innovations 📈 (04:50) Is a degree or MBA required to pursue a tech career or to pursue a management role? Ravi says, no but it does give you the theoretical knowledge you can't get from learning to code online (06:15) Amy asks Ravi about when he decided to get into management. He says he grew out of the phase where it was easier to talk to machines than humans 🤖 (09:00) Ravi hasn't always wanted to be a CTO - at one point, he dreamed of being some kind of machine operator/freight train driver. And then he found the even more beautiful digital world (14:44) The trend towards Artificial Intelligence and data shifts the data processing industry. Ravi and Amy talk about biases in AI, the maturity of the industry, and the need for explainability 🧠(19:30) To build trust and confidence with your coworkers, you should work on your domain expertise. Ravi says when you can have an honest debate about your business problems and you have the expertise to solve the problem, you have a healthy and creative environment with autonomy (23:43) Did Ravi have any qualms with employees working from home as we transitioned into that era of the pandemic? 🏠 (27:30) Ravi says, "don't expect somebody else to sit you down and teach you". Learn from a community, online, meetups, schools, etc. (29:23) How do you mitigate the feelings of impostor syndrome? 😳 (32:34) Connect with Ravi Mayuram: You can connect with Ravi on LinkedIn You can follow Ravi on Twitter @RaviMayuram Shownotes: You can learn more about Couchbase at https://www.couchbase.com/ Become a Hacker Noon contributor https://app.hackernoon.com/new

Catch up with the Hacker Noon Editors This Week on Planet Internet — Amy Tom, Limarc Ambalina, and Natasha Nel are wrapping their head's around a delicious piece of news in the NFT world. A plot of land on the Decentraland platform was sold for $572,000 😱 🎧 TUNE IN: Will China's Digital Yuan enable more money laundering, or will it have the opposite effect as China's CBDC intends? 💰 (00:45) More vaccine dram 💉 French influencers were offered €2,000 to claim that Pfizer is causing more deaths than AstraZeneca. We're scared for the world 😅 (05:28) Amy's research process for getting her COVID-19 vaccine was... admittedly less than thorough 😳 (07:03) Over in Norway, Tesla's under some fire for a software update that reduced battery capacities and charging speeds... oh, btw they didn't even reply to the lawsuit. Okay, Elon 🙄 (10:43) Okayyyyy, so what's the deal here? Is Europe just a lot better at regulating/punishing big tech than America is? Or is there something that Natasha is missing here? 🤔 (11:32) So.. you're telling me that a piece of virtual real-estate sold for over $500,000 USD?! 🤯 (15:52) Limarc helps Natasha and Amy cross The Bridge of Understanding (cue magical chime sounds) into the virtual world 🌈 but like... for real... why would I pay half a million for a plot of virtual land? (18:09) Oh, and Natasha has strong feelings about Eurovision. She refuses to watch the Will Farrell Eurovision movie because "it's not okay" 😂 (21:04) Read the tech stories talked about in this podcast: Norway fines Tesla for reducing battery capacities and charging speeds by Steve Dent The Digital Yuan is China’s Biggest Pushback Against Global AML Initiatives on Hacker Noon by @hughharsono (https://hackernoon.com/the-digital-yuan-is-chinas-biggest-pushback-against-global-aml-initiatives-qz6p34j9) French influencers offered €2,000 to claim Pfizer vaccine is dangerous (https://www.connexionfrance.com/index.php/French-news/French-influencers-offered-2-000-to-claim-Pfizer-vaccine-is-dangerous) Virtual real-estate can be worth upwards of $500,000, according to this Hacker Noon article by Dan Khomenko (https://hackernoon.com/nfts-metaverses-and-the-virtual-real-estate-q9l34ul) 🚀 READ HACKERNOON.COM

What is Web 3.0 and why should you care? 🤨 Amy Tom talks to Jaro Šatkevic, Head of Product at Mysterium Network, about the evolution of the web and Web 3.0. Following the 30-year anniversary of the first webpage, Amy and Jaro discuss permissionless networks, decentralization, and more. 👊🏻 In this episode of The Hacker Noon Podcast: Hey, remember that time when we transitioned from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0? ⏭ (02:00) What the heck is Web 3.0 and what does it really mean? 🤨 Jaro explains that the current Internet lacks freedom, privacy, and is controlled by corporations (03:28) What role does decentralization play into Web 3.0? Jaro says it will mean that you don't need to sign contracts" ✍🏻 (07:00) How can we ensure the web remains open and trustless? Behind the scenes, it's a lot of engineering, sophisticated systems, and encryption (08:20) Can Web 3.0 be regulated? Jaro doesn't think it's possible 😱 (11:35) How can we trust Web 3.0? Jaro explains the DNS, HTTPS, and web encryption that exists in Web 2.0 today and how that might evolve in Web 3.0 (16:21) What is delaying Web 3.0 and why can't we have it today? Jaro essentially says Rome wasn't built overnight 🤷‍♂️ (20:12) What's the deal with AI and Web 3.0? Jaro says it's not REALLY related (27:35) What are the components of Web 3.0? What the difference between the Semantic web and the decentralized web? 🕸 (31:10) Follow Jaro Šatkevic & Mysterium Network: You can follow Jaro on Twitter @chompomonim You learn more about Mysterium Network at mysterium.network

So it turns out there's more to Shell than Powershell and Bash! 😱 Amy Tom chats with Michael Nitschinger, a Software Architect at Couchbase, and Jonathan D. Turner (AKA JT), the Co-Creator of NuShell, about Shell scripting, how to explore data interactively, and how to modify data records. Amy finds out the use cases of Shell scripting databases including editing sensitive data records and more. ✨ In this episode, Amy, Michael, and JT get into: What's the deal with NuShell? JT explains he co-created NuShell to be a FUN way to use Shell 🥳 (02:43) How easy is NuShell - a scripting language - to learn and why would you learn it as opposed to sticking with Bash or Powershell scripting? JT says it's got Typescript flavor with command help and less bullshit (not a direct quote 😂 ) (07:45) Using Shell scripting to modify your database workflows, such as looking at the health of your indexes or importing/exporting data ↕️ (16:03) Michael says, "with more flexibility comes potentially more complexity" They chat about the different challenges between building a full-blown rest APIs vs a simple data export 💪 (19:56) How do you determine what kind of query you're going to run on your database? Michael talks about all the different ways to query a database, and Amy asks a million questions about querying (23:55) Why is Couchbase integrated with NuShell and not Powershell or Bash? 🤨 (33:49) What else are people using NuShell for? (37:53) Follow Michael & JT: You can follow Michael on Twitter @daschl You can follow JT on Twitter @jntrnr Shownotes: You can check out NuShell on GitHub: https://github.com/nushell/nushell/ You can learn more about Couchbase Shell at https://couchbase.sh/

Will people even want to return to the office? This Week On Planet Internet, Limarc, David, and Amy dig into Google's new workplace policy around remote working. They discuss what's coming with Web 3.0 and social media algorithms, and they chat about Elon Musk's latest crazy antics. 🎧 TUNE IN WITH LIMARC, DAVID, AND AMY: With 20% of Google's workforce working from home and another 20% working from new offices, will they be investing in more office real estate? Will people even want to go into the office again? (03:40) Limarc explains the humanitarian impact of remote work on blue-collar workers that cannot work from home (07:00) David says, be the master of your own schedule. Start working at the right time, control your schedule, and structure your day (09:28) Kindle controls 83% of e-book publication and therefore the power to Amazon decides which e-books get published and don't. Is this a problem? (12:00) Amy imagines what Web 3.0 could look like - what would a decentralized Instagram even look like? (13:55) Limarc looks into space law because Elon Musk has a vision for 42,000 Starlink satellites to offer Internet services to remote locations. Are we scared of 80% of the internet being owned by one person? HELL YA WE ARE (19:20) What's up with Elon? He claims that Bitcoin is not decentralized, while single-handedly affecting Dogecoin's price (23:49) David imagines a world where the percentage of profitable small business in relation to the population is much higher (29:53) 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: Elon Musk Says Bitcoin Isn't Decentralized as He Goes to War With Crypto Bulls by Sophie Kiderlin: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/372098 Google expects "20% of its employees to work from home after its offices reopen later this year", according to Jordan Novet of CNBC. How important is Web 3.0? Check out Anton Dzyatkovskii's Hacker Noon Article: https://hackernoon.com/why-do-we-urgently-need-web-30-8j2r35cq Starlink is changing the game and Khunshan Ahmad has a Hacker Noon hot take on it: https://hackernoon.com/how-starlink-is-disrupting-the-internet-mj2o3496

Is database migration as scary as it sounds? Amy Tom talks to Matt Groves, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Couchbase, and Curt Gratz, Co-Owner of CKH Consulting. Amy, Matt, and Curt talk about migrating from a SQL database to a NoSQL database, the challenges developers face when shit hits the fan, and assessing the use case of your database. Curt is a Couchbase user and is well-versed in database migration; he shares how to avoid disaster migration and what he's learned using a NoSQL database. Matt slams down the expert advice on what "NoSQL" encompasses, and how to convert your data structures. In this episode, Amy, Matt, and Curt discuss: What considerations are behind the decision between using a SQL database over a NoSQL database? (05:05) When is NoSQL an inappropriate solution? Matt says it depends on the amount of data and your need for adaptation/personalization (06:42) What are the challenges facing developers moving from SQL to NoSQL? (08:48) What the heck is ETL? Curt explains that "ETL-ing data" means transforming your data from one place to another (10:10) Can we automatically convert the contents of a SQL Server database to a NoSQL database? Matt talks about his automatic translation project that lifts and shifts data into Couchbase (11:30) What data structures need to be converted when migrating from SQL to NoSQL? (13:12) If NoSQL is schema-less, do the schemas also migrate over? Long story short, Matt says to think of NoSQL as "schema flexible" instead of "schema-less" (15:57) What's the deal with stored procedures and how does that impact NoSQL database operations? (17:30) What about ACID and atomic operations when migrating to NoSQL? (20:46) What happens when shit hits the fan in the migration process? Can you lose your whole database? Curt talks about disaster migration scenarios and how to solve them (23:07) What about the process of migrating from one NoSQL database to another? (29:05) What is Curt and Matt's advice to first-time migrators? Curt says to ask yourself, "why am I migrating?", and Matt says to expect things to go wrong (30:52) Follow Matt Groves & Curt Gratz*:* You can follow Matt on Twitter @mgroves You can email Matt at [email protected] You can follow Curt on Twitter @gratzc You can email Curt at [email protected] Shownotes: You can check out Matt's SQL Server To Couchbase on GitHub You can learn more about CKH Consulting: https://ckhconsulting.com

This Week On Planet Internet: Elon Musk’s disproportionate influence on doge; all the best Netflix and podcast recommendations; PLUS a chat with the maker of Hacker Noon's latest Chrome Extension—The Free Internet Plugin! 🎧 TUNE IN WITH AMY TOM, NATASHA NEL, AND GUY TORBET: “Creating Content is More Important than Being a Millionaire” — says dogecoin millionaire (01:38) Elon Mask: doge daddy, master marketeer, future murderer (03:52) Lol remember that time David Smooke interviewed John McAfee? (05:01) What does the literal dog of doge meme fame look like today? (06:04) The tea on the the colonial pipeline ransomware attack (07:33 ASK US WHAT TO STREAM NEXT (10:28) Will you give Facebook's second favourite daughter the finger and jump ship to Signal with Amy? Apparently WhatsApp is for old people anyway (14:29) Watch out, we got some personal productivity badasses over here (22:18) P.S. Hacker Noon just launched a Free Internet Plugin for Chrome users who want to block paywalled sites from their search results (26:07). You can install it the plug in here — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-free-internet-plugin/lodclhfimkjdjmmjgeioendfjpgoghoo?hl=en-US 🗒️ SHOW NOTES: Why You Should Be Careful Investing in Dogecoin by Andrey Sergeenkov for Hacker Noon: https://hackernoon.com/why-you-should-be-careful-investing-in-dogecoin-vb1c34d3 Elon Musk’s tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1392030108274159619 Reddit on SpaceX on Doge: https://www.reddit.com/r/technews/comments/n8l5vv/spacex_accepts_dogecoin_as_payment_to_launch/ Morning's Brew's story about the doge millionaire and content king: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2021/05/05/dude-became-dogecoin-millionaire THE DOGE DOG, then and now: https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/n53rq7/this_is_kabosu_shes_15_years_old_and_was_the/ Ransomware attack leads to shutdown of major U.S. pipeline system: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/08/cyber-attack-colonial-pipeline/ The battle of privacy continues with WhatsApp privacy policy and changes to Google’s Play Store: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/7/22424769/whatsapp-privacy-policy-deadline-controversy-functionality Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/technews/comments/n7pi5r/google_will_make_android_apps_tell_users_about/ How I Hacked My Brain To Trigger My Most Productive Coding Stint Ever by Guy Torbet for Hacker Noon: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-hacked-my-brain-to-trigger-my-most-productive-coding-stint-ever-3ph348y John McAfee and David Smooke on the #1 Danger of the Internet (and other things): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjbuLa2wt7k&t=17s READ HACKERNOON.COM 🥌 START CONTRIBUTING: HACKERNOON.COM/SIGNUP 🚀 DOWNLOAD HACKER NOON'S FREE INTERNET PLUGIN FOR PAYWALL-FREE SEARCH RESULTS IN CHROME 💥 https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-free-internet-plugin/lodclhfimkjdjmmjgeioendfjpgoghoo?hl=en-US

Amy Tom talks to Yevheniia Shmelkova, the Token Specialist at Mysterium Network about crypto exchanges. Yevheniia explains some of the strategic decisions behind choosing which crypto exchange to get listed on including assessing your overall goal, understanding your community, and more. Why would I list my project on a crypto exchange? When is the best time to list my project? Find out on this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast. In this episode, Amy and Yevheniia discuss: Amy confesses her fears of crypto and Yevheniia eases Amy's concerns about being a first-time investor (02:50) At what point should you get your project listed? What happens after the project gets listed? (06:03) How to choose which crypto exchange to get listed on (09:09) Does it make sense to list on multiple exchanges? Yevheniia says, "it depends" (11:36) The difference between centralized exchanges and decentralized exchanges (12:43) The best listing strategy when it comes to crypto exchanges (14:26) The popular exchanges to get listed on. Does Amy really need to ask? Yes... yes, she does (16:25) Yevheniia's advice for companies/people who are listing a token for the first time (18:52) Mysterium's token, Myst, which is how Mysterium users pay for their VPN (21:36) How can "crypto babies" like Amy learn more about tokenization? (24:02) Follow Yevheniia & Mysterium Network: You can connect with Yevheniia on LinkedIn You can visit Mysterium Network's Website at mysterium.network

Amy Tom talks to Matt Groves, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Couchbase, and Rob Hedgpeth, Developer Advocate at MariaDB about their careers. Rob and Matt are former coworkers from Couchbase; they reminisce about their career paths and their time working together. The trio gets REAL about starting from the bottom, working too hard, and learning along the way. In this episode, Amy, Matt, and Rob discuss: Their very first jobs. Matt recalls being a paperboy and Rob reminisces about his days on the farm (1:23) Their education paths. Matt got a computer science degree after learning how to code on a TRS-80 computer from a book as a kid. Rob was the first one in his family to go to college; he got a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Missouri State. That lead him to eventually become a Developer Advocate (4:40) Matt's book, AOP in .NET. Amy asks about his publishing story and authoring process (10:20) Rob's book, R2DBC Revealed. Rob talks about his experience with publishing; he got approached by a publisher after giving a talk (14:44) Rob's experience as a Developer Advocate, and the importance of establishing credibility and solving problems. (20:50) Matt's advice for an aspiring Product Marketing Manager is to learn from other developers who are willing to teach you and to network with your peers (27:37) If Matt could give his former self from 10 years ago some career advice, he'd tell himself to pause to ask, "do you really want to do this?" (30:27) Rob's advice to his former self is to RELAX more and to stress less. This is the advice he'd give himself from 10 years ago and also from 6 months ago. Very relatable (32:15) Follow Matt Groves & Rob Hedgpeth: You can follow Matt on Twitter @mgroves You can email Matt at [email protected] You can follow Rob on Twitter @probablyrealrob You can email Rob at [email protected] Shownotes: You can check out Matt's book, AOP in .NET You can check out Rob's book, R2DBC Revealed You can learn more about Couchbase at https://www.couchbase.com/ You can learn more about MariaDB at https://mariadb.com/

Would you subscribe to a video platform that produced 15-minute videos? Is it illegal to Snapchat with Gen Z? Join Utsav, Richard, Hang, Amy and Limarc for This Week on Planet Internet: Amy lets everyone know IMMEDIATELY that she does not identify as Gen Z (0:36) Breaking down why Hang (the resident Gen Z) loves to share photos of her breakfast, lunch, and dinner but would never do a social media house tour (05:10) Is Snapchat still a thing? Richard only vaguely knows Snapchat exists, Limarc legally and morally cannot Snap with Gen Z, and Amy recalls Snapping back in the day (08:58) Does Gen Z care more about the environment because they have more skin in the game? Is Gen Z just more proactive than other generations? (14:20) Knuckle crack, Hang's take on MONEY and INVESTING. Also, PLEASE Limarc, Hang doesn't need a calculator, she just has the numbers in her head. Hang IS the calculator. (24:10) Why did Quibi fail? Was Chrissy's Court with Chrissy Teigen not enough? Of course, Richard has no idea who Chrissy Teigen is (27:30) Read the stories mentioned in this podcast: What are the differences between Gen Z and other Generations? from Dara Fontein's Hootsuite article: https://blog.hootsuite.com/generation-z-statistics-social-marketers/ Generation Z is over here organizing rallies with thousands of people and Utsav couldn't rally the block. Gen Z Is Emerging As The Sustainability Generation by Greg Petro on Forbes. Gen Z’s Money Legos on Hacker Noon by @julianhosp. If you aren't investing by 20, you're late to the game, according to Hang. Quibi's Launch: Why It Fell Flat With GenZ on Hacker Noon by @@pranc_ https://hackernoon.com/quibis-launch-why-it-fell-flat-with-genz-8g5w3z8z READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤖

Amy Tom talks to Pavel Desjnuk, Co-founder and CTO of Webiny, and Richard Kubina, Full-Stack Developer Extrodinaire at Hacker Noon, about the implications of serverless CMS. They discuss serverless migration, whether to go serverless or stay on-prem, and the security implications of serverless CMS. Should you trust serverless systems? Can you easily migrate to a serverless system? Find out on this episode of the Hacker Noon podcast. In this episode, Amy talks to Pavel Desjnuk and Richard Kubina about: What does serverless CMS really mean? (06:30) Would Richard implement a serverless CMS? (12:20) The security implications of serverless systems (14:30) Serverless systems for small businesses (18:50) When Coca-Cola moved to a serverless system and saved 60% of their bill (21:45) How to establish a connection between your Headless CMS and a page builder (30:40) Whether your API gets bombarded with queries with serverless CMS (36:00) Follow Pavel Desjnuk*:* Follow Pavel on Twitter @paveldesinjuk Learn more about Webiny at webiny.com Read more on Hacker Noon: Read Richard's stories on Hacker Noon Shownotes: Join the Webiny Slack community

Amy Tom chats with Mark Gamble, the Product & Solutions Marketing Director at Couchbase, about Edge Computing. They talk about being at the edge of the cloud, moving your data operations closer to your customer, and assessing your need for edge computing. Mark explains tiered data systems, setting up data centers to avoid system downtime, computing configuration for faster response time. In this episode, Amy and Mark talk about: Mark's definition of edge computing - bringing data and computing closer to the applications that are being consumed (10:00) How to get to the edge of the cloud and closer to the customer (13:40) Target suffered a 2-hour POS system outage and lost $50 Million (16:25) What is driving the growth of edge computing - an alternative to meeting the demand of internet users (22:00) The balancing act between the cost of edge computing with the risk of downtime (23:58) How to manage analytic processing of large amounts of data while avoiding high latency when you require a real-time response of your application (30:00) A layered data storage approach to dictate where the data is stored (35:00) Connect Mark Gamble: Email him at [email protected] Shownotes: Learn more about Couchbase's Edge Computing Solution