#BlackLivesMatter·PinnedHow to Contribute a Story to HackerNoon: Protip — Leave this site and go to HackerNoon.com :-)Simply visit publish.hackernoon.com or better yet, hackernoon.com and click: Start writing. Good luck!Submit Story Hackernoon1 min readSubmit Story Hackernoon1 min read
Jose Aguinaga·PinnedHow it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016No JavaScript frameworks were created during the writing of this article. The following is inspired by the article “It’s the future” from Circle CI. You can read the original here. This piece is just an opinion, and like any JavaScript framework, it shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Hey, I got…JavaScript13 min readJavaScript13 min read
#BlackLivesMatter·PinnedAbout Removing Medium from Hackernoon.comTL;DR: The business interests of these two entities have changed. Hacker Noon has to rip and replace its software infrastructure to make its land a viable business again. This is an important discussion to the state of digital publishing, the value of URLs, the dependencies of startups, and the effects of platform growth strategies. Jump ahead by clicking on the subject matter below: — About David’s Past on WordpressMedium42 min readMedium42 min read
Peter McCormack·PinnedAn Open Letter to Banks about Bitcoin and CryptocurrenciesDear Mr Bank Manager, This is not an easy letter for me to write. I have been a customer of yours for over 20 years. You were there with a loan for me when I bought my first car; you helped arrange the mortgage when I bought my first house…Bitcoin13 min readBitcoin13 min read
Daniel Jeffries·PinnedWhy Everyone Missed the Most Mind-Blowing Feature of CryptocurrencyThere’s one incredible feature of cryptocurrencies that almost everyone seems to have missed, including Satoshi himself. But it’s there, hidden away, steadily gathering power like a hurricane far out to sea that’s sweeping towards the shore. It’s a stealth feature, one that hasn’t activated yet. But when it does it…Bitcoin16 min readBitcoin16 min read
Pirate Beachbum·PinnedWhere There’s Smooke There’s Fire: Interview With David Smooke Founder of Hacker NoonWhere There’s Smooke There’s Fire: Interview With David Smooke Founder of Hacker Noon I met David Smooke last year when I randomly contacted him to see if he would be interested in publishing some of my articles. What kind of guy takes an anonymous writer with the name Pirate Beachbum seriously? Thankfully David did, and he has motivated me to contribute more articles ever since. I finally met him in person in Austin at the 2018 SXSW Hackathon. We connected on many levels over dinner that night, and his passion for publishing and journalism along with his love for his family and…Smooke24 min readSmooke24 min read
Sagar Desai·May 27, 2020What if you could draw your thoughts in technical interviews?A lot of people like drawing out their approach as they work through coding challenges, and that usually involves using a pen/paper or your iPad. Even some of the best tech interview related products like AlgoExpert (which I highly recommend using) end up showing you how to work through problems…Interview2 min readInterview2 min read
ISS Art·May 27, 2020Bad design decisions make you lose revenueSurely, you or your boss have already thought about how to increase company revenues. Access to huge repositories of user data as well as the utilization of artificial intelligence to analyze them reveals powerful business opportunities. …Design Thinking6 min readDesign Thinking6 min read
Moneer Rifai·May 7, 2020Can You Jumpstart Your Career With AWS Certifications?Back in 2017 I decided to pursue all 3 AWS Associate certifications, here’s what happened since — Cloud expertise is currently one of the most sought-after tech skills out there, and cloud jobs are some of the highest paying in the industry. But how does one break into this exciting field? A couple of years ago, I found myself stuck in a dead-end job and was itching…Cloud5 min readCloud5 min read
Aleksandar Svetski·Apr 14, 2020The Halving or Halvening…A philosophical overview NOTE: This was mostly written in Jan, prior to Corona really breaking out, so I’ll add a section near the end about how that impacts things…and no…Corona will not delay the halving 😉 There is an event coming up, which happens every four years (or 210,000 blocks…Bitcoin17 min readBitcoin17 min read