Latest Tech Stories From HackerNoon

Leaving Bezos in Space Makes the World a Better Place

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:46:32 -0700

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

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3 Bears and an Episode That's Just Right

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:43:58 -0700

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

Bits and Bytes and Data Delights

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:35:07 -0700

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

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Everyone‘s Getting Called Out

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:28:47 -0700

That's right - everyone is getting called out This Week On Planet Internet and no one is safe. Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Daria Kulish get so real, it will hit you deep in the heart. 😵 We're talking about our relationships with social media, New Hollywood, and other forms of mainstream media.

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

Has New Hollywood taken over? (03:06) 🎥
Natasha gets profound (09:50) 😇
Escaping mainstream marketing slush (12:00) 🥤
How to hack your quarterly performance review (20:00) 🙊
What are we listening to/reading this week? (28:40) 😍

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

Why the 2021 Emmys are a Victory for New Hollywood by David Deal on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/why-the-2021-emmys-are-a-victory-for-new-hollywood
Natasha recommends Offline Matters by Jess Henderson; The less digital guide to creative work. She also recommends the Sounds like a Cult Pod 🐯
You also gotta check out this acceptance speech: https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37657888/michaela-coel-emmys-acceptance-speech-i-may-destroy-you/
Hacking Quarterly Performance Reviews by John on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/hacking-quarterly-performance-reviews
And on that - check out https://www.progression.fyi/ to see how these work and which companies are getting on the bandwagon
Amy's reading recommendation - "Bitcoin saved my life": https://hackernoon.com/mz-stabilitys-near-death-experience-started-her-blockchain-journey
If you want to check out Amy on the Bits and Bytes podcast, you can do so here: https://pod.link/1501887543/episode/57f7727de0634ef50b5d34904a9ed607
Daria's reading recommendation: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

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Live Action NFTs, Character IP, and Alien Conjecture with Paul Wight (The Big Show), Neil Stevenson-Moore & David Smooke

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:41:56 -0700

How will digital collectibles affect film production and fan engagement? Paul Wight (formerly known as The Big Show) and entrepreneur Neil Stevenson-Moore join HackerNoon founder David Smooke to discuss ComicCon, hotel pseudonyms, GenZeroes, Netflix trends, the high probability of alien life, and more on the HackerNoon podcast.

Discussing Crypto, NFT, and Web3 Scams with HackerNoon

Fri, 27 May 2022 09:06:00 -0700

In this episode, David Smooke (Hacker noon Founder & CEO) and Utsav Jaiswal (Vice President Of Business Development) held a discussion about security vulnerabilities crypto and NFTS. They talk about rug pulls, exploitation of platforms (Axie Infinity and Opeansea) by hackers, phishing attacks, and fake exchanges among other issues.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

03:38 – What are the current scams around crypto & NFTs?

04:30 – Does crypto need a custodian?

09:30 – What are rugpulls?

14:32 – What are the best worst Nft Scams of recent days?

19:20 – ETH (Ethereum or Ethiopia?)

21:51 – How do Fake Exchanges operate?

25:07 – How will the crypto industry evolve in the coming decade?

29:33 – Will crypto bring back barter trade?

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https://hackernoon.com/u/utsavjaiswal

Read about crypto scams on Hackernoon;

https://hackernoon.com/tagged/crypto-scams

Can We Protect Ourselves Against Zero-click Attacks?

Tue, 10 May 2022 12:16:31 -0700

If you’re still not scared of cybercriminals now, you might be after hearing about zero-click attacks from Cam Canales, a Cybersecurity Analyst at CDW 👀 Amy and Cam chat about zero-click attacks like the NGO Baharani attack, Jeff Bezos’ zero-click downfall (almost forgot he was even alive anymore 😜), and the WhatsApp Pegasus phone call attack. They also get into securing devices on and off your corporate network. 💚

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is a zero-click attack? (03:35) 😱
What did we learn from the NGO Baharani attack? (06:09) 🥺
What layers of security do I need when I am dealing with sensitive information? (14:45) 📚
What are CISOs most concerned with in 2022? (20:24) 😳
How did organizations change their security strategy from working in office to working from home? (24:05) 🔄
Who needs to be care about zero-click attacks? (30:00) 🙉

✨This episode is sponsored by Sonatype - the software supply chain security platform that reduces open source risk and minimizes exposure. Visit sonatype.com for more information. ✨

Find Cam online:

Connect with Cam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameroncanales/

Learn more on HackerNoon:

Read cybersecurity stories on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cybersecurity
Read about cyber threats on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cyber-threats

Gathering Threat Intelligence to Strengthen Security

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:29:16 -0700

Stand up and listen in, Hackers! Nour Fateen, a Sales Engineering Manager at Recorded Future, talks to Amy about threat intelligence. They chat about the Threat Intelligence Lifecycle process of gathering data, analyzing it, and using it to secure your organization.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

How did Nour get into cybersecurity? (02:00)
Where do people start when they want to set up their security stack? (07:06)
What kind of data do I need to gather to understand my organization’s state of security? (12:08)
How can people who have a technical background learn about cybersecurity? (18:02)
Wait, ransomware is a daily occurrence? (25:00)
Do big organizations create a ransomware budget? (31:50)

This episode is sponsored by Sonatype - the software supply chain security platform that reduces open source risk and minimizes exposure. Visit sonatype.com for more information.

Find Nour online:

Connect with Nour on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nour-fateen-04024776?originalSubdomain=uk

Learn more on HackerNoon:

Read cybersecurity stories on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cybersecurity
Read about cyber threats on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cyber-threats
Read about this story written by a student, Aleksei Grokhotov, on HackerNoon about Threat Intelligence: https://hackernoon.com/what-is-threat-intelligence-used-for

Discussing the Russia-Ukraine Cyber War with Eran Fine

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:28:00 -0700

Amy chats with Eran Fine, the CEO and Co-founder of Nanolock Security, about the ongoing cyber war in Ukraine. They also chat about the history of Russian-Ukrainian cyber attacks, ransomware, the Colonial Pipeline attack, and more. 🇺🇦

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

Who needs to care about ransomware? 😱
Why is Ukraine not experiencing massive infrastructure-related cyber attacks - like what happened with Colonial Pipeline? ⛽️
Who needs to be worried about cyber threats right now? 😫
How can we prevent and mitigate such cyber attacks? 🥺

This episode is sponsored by Sonatype - the software supply chain security platform that reduces open source risk and minimizes exposure. Visit sonatype.com for more information.

Find Eran online:

Connect with Eran on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eranfine/

Learn more on HackerNoon:

Read cybersecurity stories on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cybersecurity
Read more about what’s happening in Ukraine: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/standwithukraine
Read about the Colonial Pipeline attack: https://hackernoon.com/what-organizations-should-learn-from-the-colonial-pipeline-breach-jz3l37kk

Women in Cybersecurity with SheSec Pakistan

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:44:53 -0700

Girl, pull up a chair and take a seat at the head of the boardroom because we are talking about women in cybersecurity this week on The HackerNoon Podcast. Misbah Fatima (Head of Security) and Farza Ashraf (Security Analyst) from Idenfo and SheSec Pakistan talk about how we can increase the number of women in STEM.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

How did Farza get into tech and cybersecurity? 💃
How did Misbah get her first job in the cybersecurity industry? 👩‍💻
Is cybersecurity a good field for women to get into? 🤔
How important is community building for women in cybersecurity? 👯‍♀️
How can we increase the number of women in cybersecurity? ⬆️
What advice do you have for young women who are trying to get their first job in cybersecurity? 🙏🏻

This episode is sponsored by Sonatype - the software supply chain security platform that reduces open source risk and minimizes exposure. Visit sonatype.com for more information.

Find Misbah and Farza online:

Connect with Misbah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misbah-fatima-z-936a7617a/
Connect with Farza on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farzaashraf/

Learn more on HackerNoon:

Read cybersecurity stories on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/cybersecurity
Read about how women change the cybersecurity industry: https://hackernoon.com/women-in-cybersecurity-how-diversity-can-help-combat-cyber-threats-hu2n3507
Read about women in tech: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/women-in-tech

Handling Smart Contracts with Ioana Frincu

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Ioana Frincu joins Utsav Jaiswal on this week’s episode of The HackerNoon Podcast to discuss DeFi, smart contracts, and OG crypto secrets.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Utsav asks:

How can we invest in DeFi effectively? 🏆 (01:50)
How do you keep yourself informed on DeFi trends? 🧠 (09:00)
What new stuff do you expect from Ethereum this year? 🎉 (12:52)
Is it safe to build so many blockchains? 😬 (21:26)
What is that crypto secret that noobs don’t know? 🤫 (29:25)
Is social media influencing people’s expectations? 🤯 (34:49)

Find Ioana online:

Follow Ioana on Twitter @frincutz https://twitter.com/frincutz

Learn more on HackerNoon:

Read DeFi stories on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tagged/defi
Enter the Decentralized Internet Writing Contest by HackerNoon and QuickNode: https://www.contests.hackernoon.com/decentralized-internet-writing-contest

Exploring Crypto Fundamentals with Josh Swigart

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:35:56 -0700

Utsav Jaiswal chats with Crypto Analyst and Twitter Influencer Josh Swigart (aka Crypto Fundamentals @BlocksNThoughts) about all things crypto. Utsav digs deep into Josh’s thoughts on Bitcoin, NFT, DeFi, stablecoins, and more.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Utsav asks:

What red flags should a new crypto project look out for? 🚩 (09:05)
Is Bitcoin the principal cryptocurrency (over all the others)? 🏆 (11:10)
What happens when a blockchain goes down due to server issues? 👎 (17:35)
Do you have the ability to predict a project’s success or failure? 😨 (24:25)
What is your thought on NFTs? 😜 (29:28)
What is your take on stable coins? 🤔 (52:38)
Coming from Crypto, Defi & NFTs, what next? 👀 (34:26)
Does social media contribute to the stable coin woes? 📲 (57:19)

Follow @BlocksNThoughts on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BlocksNThoughts

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The State of the Russia-Ukraine War from a Ukrainian HackerNooner

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:35:11 -0700

The world and Ukrainians have shown incredible unity before Putin's encroachment on freedom and democracy. The strength of the Ukrainian army grows with each donated dollar and written word of support. This is already evident from the recent victories of Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield.

We are aiming for 100 million of funds raised to help the Ukrainian army by the end of the week and we believe in the defeat of Russia in the near future

You can donate UAH now! Together to victory

https://my.kuna.io/en/kunaid-ukraine

Or by the cryptocurrency address:
BTC: 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P
ETH: 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45e14
USDT (trc20): TEFccmfQ38cZS1DTZVhsxKVDckA8Y6VfCy
SOL address: 66pJhhESDjdeBBDdkKmxYYd7q6GUggYPWjxpMKNX39KV
DOT: 1x8aa2N2Ar9SQweJv9vsuZn3WYDHu7gMQu1RePjZuBe33Hv.

#StopPutin #StopWar #StandWithUkraine

Here’s the thread from the government:

https://twitter.com/Ukraine/status/1497594592438497282

On this episode of the podcast Limarc Ambalina, Richard Kubina and Arthur Tkachenko talk about:

00:08 - What’s the situation in Kharkiv?

01:03 - Confirming that missiles are hitting residential areas homes, apartments

03:58- “Anyone who has the ability to order a cappuccino, just a cappuccino, is a very happy man.”

04:23 - The infrastructure in Kharkiv: electricity, water, internet

04:36 - “When you wake up and you’re not dead, it’s a fine day. When you see that your family is safe, it’s a nice day. If you have electricity, whoa it’s a perfect day. If you have internet, it’s like whoa. I’m a happy man.”

05:36 What is the community doing to get through this together?

07:57 - On propaganda in the war from both sides

09:35 - “Ukraine is defending NATO from Russia”

09:46 - What is the mood and morale like right now?

12:05 - Is it true civilians are all being armed?

13:22 - “It’s not my problem whether or not the Russian soldiers are here voluntarily or if they’re being forced or tricked to be here. It’s not my problem. Our problem is to defend our homeland. IF they don’t want to fight with us, then don’t kill our children. When a small kid dies just because of a stupid airstrike, it’s devastating.”

16:24 - Are Ukrainians streaming still streaming out of the country?

19:54 - How is the Ukrainian government getting information to its citizens?

22:48 - How can regular people help out in the situation? Has cryptocurrency helped keep commerce going?

30:31 - Comparing what the news says in the West vs. What it says in Ukraine

How to Recover from the Log4j Supply Chain Attack with Ilkka Turunen

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:17:23 -0700

In this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast, Amy Tom sits down with Ilkka Turunen to talk about Supply Chain Security. They go over the Log4J incident that made a lot of apps built-in Java vulnerable to exploitation, what it means to be a field CTO, how companies can place themselves to collect user feedback, and a lot more!

Ilkka Turunen is the Field CTO of https://www.sonatype.com/ (Sonatype).

On this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast, Amy Tom and Ilkka Turunen chat about:

What is a field CTO anyways? 🤔 (01:20)
How do you stay in the loop on customer needs and feedback? ➿ (05:19)
How has Ikka’s job as a field CTO changed since the pandemic started? 😷 (07:30)
Supply chain attacks have increased since the pandemic started. How have Sonatype’s customers and the business changed over this period? 🧰 (08:53)
Breaking down how the executive order by Biden’s administration regarding supply chains is affecting the software industry ⚙️ (10:06)
What is the best way to mitigate supply chain risk? ⚠️ (11:49)
Getting into vendor due diligence as mitigation of supply chain risk 🚩(17:22)
Learnings from the Log4J incident 📝 (22:44)
Why are 40% of Log4J downloads still the old vulnerable versions? ☢️ (25:47)

Log4J vulnerability resource center:

https://www.sonatype.com/resources/log4j-vulnerability-resource-center

Find Ilkka Turunen online:

https://twitter.com/llkkaT

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Community Governed Loans and Mobile Money in Nigeria with Adebola Adeniran

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:00:00 -0700

In this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast, Amy Tom sits down with Adebola Adeniran to talk about Money; specifically, mobile money in Nigeria. They go from sending money via email in Canada to how https://moni.africa (Moni) has cracked money lending by leveraging community governance. Which then got Moni into Y Combinator. It is an insider's take on what the financial landscape looks like in Nigeria and Africa at large. 💵

Adebola is the Software Editor at HackerNoon and the Growth lead at https://moni.africa (Moni).

On this episode of the HackerNoon Podcast, Amy and Adebola chat about:

With about 60% of Nigerians being unbanked, Adebola breaks down how Nigerians move money on a day-to-day basis. (01:16) 💸
People in Canada send money via email (lol, could never be me 😂). So, naturally, Amy is curious about what interacting with the financial infrastructure in Nigeria looks like. (03:27) 🏗️
In Nigeria, mobile money agents are the primary movers of money. But, who exactly qualifies to be a mobile money agent? (09:17) 🤑
How long has mobile money been in Nigeria and Africa at large? (11:51) 🌍
What are the barriers to entry into the mobile money agent system? (13:01) 🚧
What does the competition look like in the mobile money ecosystem? (14:46) 🤺
How did Adebola get to being the People and Growth Lead at Moni? (16:11) 👨🏾‍💼
How exactly does https://moni.africa fit into the mobile money picture? (17:55) 💷
What gets Adebola excited about mobile money? (26:47) 😆

Read Adebola’s take on mobile money:

Mobile Money: The Key to Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets

Find Adebola online:

Check out Adebola on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/u/adebola

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Everyone Is Doing Remote Work but Not Everyone Is Doing It Well with Michael Brooks.

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 07:00:00 -0700

On this episode of the HackerNoon podcast, Amy Tom and Michael Brooks get into everything freelance. They dive into https://golance.com, Michael’s freelance marketplace company. How it came about and Michael’s insights on running it. They talk about wild experiences like getting kicked out of Belarus and taking a shot of Brandy first thing every morning before work in Serbia. It’s a wild ride and you definitely should tune in! Brandy or coffee in hand, your choice ;) 🍻

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy and Michael chat about:

What is Michael’s company, goLance, about? 👨🏽‍💼 (01:38)
What does Michael want to do for the next 40 years? 👴🏼 (02:26)
What did the journey to making goLance work look like? 📈 (09:40)
Why work 40 hours for someone else when you can work 80 for yourself? 💀 (14:00)
Does business coaching do anything for a founder/CEO? 👔 (16:35)
As a founder, does your team care about your business as much as you do? 🚂 (19:00)
Can the diversity that comes with having a remote team become detrimental? How does company culture play a part in this? 🌍 (23:52)
How does goLance navigate payment flexibility with freelancers? 💸(27:46)
Everybody is doing remote, but not everyone is doing it well; goLance’s competitive edge. 🏇(29:30)
Having brandy in place of coffee in the morning, getting kicked out of Belarus, and other fun remote working experiences. 🍻 (32:30)

Connect with Michael:

You can check out: https://golance.com

Learn more about HackerNoon:

To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com
To apply for a position, check out https://careers.hackernoon.com/

Why Build Inhouse When You Can Leverage API’s?

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0700

On this episode of the HackerNoon podcast, Amy Tom talks to Jon Mux, CEO of Mux, and Thierry Schellenbach, CEO of Stream. They dive into why each of them started their API-powered platforms. While covering topics like their first jobs, how they led up to being CEOs, their technical background, and much much more🚀

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy, Jon, and Thierry chat about:

Why are APIs even useful in today’s developer landscape? 🤷‍♂️ (1:18)
Jon and Thierry tell us about their first jobs 👷🏽‍♂️ (05:17)
Mux built on the idea behind Zencoder. But waaaitttttt... Is it cool to start a new company that builds off of the original company that you sold? 🥶 (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)👊

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You can get connected with Jon at mux.com
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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

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Growing @depthsofwikipedia to 500,000+ Followers: Wikipedia Meets Instagram

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Annie Rauwerda is a neuroscience student by day and the curator of @depthsofwikipedia on Instagram by night. Since the pandemic, Annie has grown her Depths of Wikipedia Instagram page to 500,000+ followers. Amy Tom talks to Annie about how she grew her page, their obsession over cows, fun cows that have cameoed on Wikipedia, how she connects with her followers, and how she decides what to post. 🏋️‍♂️

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is the Depths of Wikipedia's Instagram page all about? (00:50) 📱
How did Annie grow her Instagram page? (02:15 ) 🤳
Amy and Annie obsessing over cows (3:31) 🐄
How niche is too niche for an Instagram page? (6:06) 📴
How Annie decides what to post for her audience? (08:18) 🙊
How does Wikipedia work? (9:06) 📜
Does Annie have a secret to success on Instagram? (13:38) 🤝
What is Annie’s advice for hacking the Instagram algorithm? (15:14) 🌟
What does Annie’s engagement with her audience look like? (15:46) 🫂
Annie’s take on having merch (16:41) 🤑
What’s next for Depth of Wikipedia? (17:36) ➡️

Follow Annie Rauwerda:

Follow Depths of Wikipedia on Instagram @depthsofwikipedia
Check out Annie's website: https://depthsofwikipedia.com/
Check out Annie’s TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@depthsofwikipedia

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What Is a Shitcoin? Learning Crypto with Amy

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Okay, what the f is a shitcoin?! Amy chats with Ben Sunderland of Everscale and the Nevermind the Shitcoins podcast about... well... shitcoins 😂

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is a shitcoin? (01:15) 💩
I’m sorry, did you say tittycoin? (07:14) 🍒
What gives a coin value? (12:22) 📈
Can you get rich from shitcoins? (15:35) 🤑
What’s up with Daddy Doge? (19:42) 🐶
Can shitcoins bring actual goodness to society? (27:34) 💚
What is Ben’s fav shitcoin? (34:45) 🏆

✨ This week's episode is sponsored by Bybit - one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, with more than 2 million registered users. Learn more at bybit.com ✨

Find Ben online:

Follow Ben on Twitter @Mrbateman3131
Check out Ben’s podcast: https://nevermindtheshitcoins.com/
See what Ben is up to at Everscale: https://www.everscale.de/

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All about startup growth with Lomit Patel

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Lomit Patel is the Senior Vice President of Growth at Together Labs and a bestselling author 🏆 He is the author of the book, Lean AI, which is part of the Lean Startup series by Eric Ries. Amy chats with Lomit about his experience around joining early-stage startups and what a growth role at these startups looks like. They also go over his writing style and how Lomit thinks about the feedback loop for his writing. 💁‍♂️

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is Lomit’s role at Together Labs? (2:25) 📈
Lomit’s experience with joining early-stage startups (3:16) 👶🏼
What it takes to grow a startup (10:00) 🥇
The day-to-day of a role in growth (14:58) 📆
How Lomit works at a high level and manages granular detail simultaneously (17:51) 🖊
How the idea to write Lean AI (his book) came about (19:58) 📚
How does Lomit schedule his life? (28:03) ⏱
Lomit’s writing style and the feedback loop for his writing (32:30) 🔁
How Lomit uses LinkedIn to share his stories (35:24) 🧑‍💻

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Vote for Lomit for the Hacker Noon Noonies 2021 Awards he's nominated for:

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Check out Lomit’s website: https://www.lomitpatel.com/
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What Is Ethereum? Learning Crypto with Amy

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Join Amy Tom as she asks ALL the questions about Ethereum to Andrew Levine, CEO of Koinos Group.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

Who tf is Vitalik Buterin!? (03:28)
What is Ethereum? (05:44)
What's the difference between Ethereum and Bitcoin? (06:44)
What is the point of Ethereum? (09:03)
What are the disadvantages of Ethereum? (11:01)

✨ This week's episode is sponsored by Bybit - one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, with more than 2 million registered users. Learn more at bybit.com ✨

Follow Andrew online:

Follow Andrew on Twitter @andrarchy
Check out Andrew's work at Koinos: koinos.group/

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Demystifying AI with Louis Bouchard

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0700

Louis Bouchard is a master's student by day and an Artificial Intelligence content creator by night. He is the creator of the YouTube channel, “What’s AI?”, which has 23k+ followers today. Amy chats with Louis about his content creation journey, what motivates him, and how he balances student life with YouTube video creation.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

How long has Louis been an AI YouTuber? (01:46)
What has been Louis’ favorite use case of AI? (06:43)
How did Louis grow his AI discord channel? (11:10)
What is Louis’ YouTube strategy? (15:11)
How does Louis structure his day? (21:10)
What is the future of AI? (27:00)

✨ This week's episode is sponsored by Bybit - one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, with more than 2 million registered users. Learn more at bybit.com ✨

Vote for Louis for the Hacker Noon Noonies 2021 Awards he's nominated for:

Find Louis online:

Follow Louis on Twitter @Whats_AI
Follow Louis' YouTube Channel: What's AI at www.youtube.com/c/WhatsAI

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What Is Bitcoin? Learning Crypto with Amy

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:35:04 -0700

Finally, all your dumb Bitcoin questions that you're too embarrassed to ask will be answered! Join Amy Tom as she learns about Bitcoin from Andrew Levine, CEO of KoinosGroup. 🪙

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

Okay okay okay... wtf is Bitcoin?! (01:19) 🤔
How did we decide that Bitcoin had value? (06:10) 📈
When did we start trading Bitcoin? (10:10) 🌚
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto and what is this white paper? (15:59) 🧑‍💻
What does it mean to hash something? (20:02) #️⃣
Is Bitcoin regulated? (26:03) 🤯
Is it too late to invest in Bitcoin? (28:45) 🥺

✨ This week's episode is sponsored by Bybit - one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, with more than 2 million registered users. Learn more at bybit.com ✨

Follow Andrew online:

Follow Andrew on Twitter @andrarchy
Check out Andrew's work at Koinos: koinos.group/

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The Teen Entrepreneur‘s Survival Guide with Arian Adeli

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:06:13 -0700

At 16 years old, Arian Adeli founded his first company, Rivo Trading, a FinTech startup. Today, he's a successful 17-year-old CEO and an Internationally Best-Selling Author. Amy Tom chats with Arian about his experience as a teen entrepreneur.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

Where and when did Arian learn to code? (3:46) 🧑‍💻
How did Arian get into the FinTech industry? (07:44) 💰
How does Arian battle the perception of being a teen entrepreneur and not being taken seriously? (11:28) 🥊
How did Arian gain the confidence to have business meetings with more established people? (15:32) 🥺
How does a teen entrepreneur structure their day? (19:32) ⏱
What is Arian's advice for aspiring teen entrepreneurs? (21:50) 💁‍♂️

✨ Thanks to our episode sponsor, Avast, the global leader in digital security and privacy. Visit avast.com for more information ✨

Find Arian online:

Follow Arian on Twitter @arianadeliii
Connect with Arian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arianadeli/
Check out Arian's website: https://arianadeli.com/

Vote for Arian for the Hacker Noon Noonies 2021 Award he's nominated for:

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Investing: https://noonies.tech/award/2021-hackernoon-contributor-of-the-year-investing

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What the Heck is a Blockchain? Learning Crypto with Amy

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:07:00 -0700

Welcome welcome, ya lil crypto newbie - don't worry, this is a safe place to learn. Join Amy Tom as she asks ALL the questions about Blockchains to HackerNoon's resident crypto editor, Utsav Jaiswal.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is a Blockchain? (01:30) ⛓
How many Blockchains are there? (06:30) 🤯
What is block height? (13:50) 📏
Can you hack a Blockchain? (23:20) 🥷

✨ This week's episode is sponsored by Bybit - one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, with more than 2 million registered users. Learn more at bybit.com ✨

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Live Your Life and Everyone Will Be Okay with Adora Nwodo

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:02:19 -0700

There are no delusions of grandeur here, we're busy defying patriarchy! 🧙‍♀️ Amy Tom sits down with Adora Nwodo, a Software Engineer at the Microsoft Mixed Reality team and a Hacker Noon Noonies Nominee. She's also a Published Author, a Tech Content Creator, and a badass developer defying patriarchy (while still being an awesome developer).

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is the tech scene like in Lagos, Nigeria? (01:57) 🌎
What was Adora's experience like doing her Computer Science degree in Lagos? (07:20) 👯‍♀️
When did Adora start coding and working with computers? (15:10) 💻
How did Adora get started in AR/VR? (19:03) 🥽
What is Adora's advice for young people looking to get more involved in their local IT community? (25:44) 👩‍🏫
What is Adora's book about? (27:08) 📕
Why does Adora commit to sharing her knowledge with the world? (30:08) 🧠

Vote for Adora in Noonies 2021 Awards she's been nominated for:

Find Adora online:

Follow Adora on Twitter: @AdoraNwodo
Check out Adora's YouTube Channel: AdoraHack

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What Even Is Money? Learning Crypto with Amy

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:00:00 -0700

Finally, Amy is joining the bandwagon and diving DEEP into crypto. Join her on this episode of Learning Crypto with Amy where Utsav Jaiswal explains all things crypto. And, what better place to start than exploring the origin of money?

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

Sooo, what exactly is money? (02:20) 💰
How did colonization play into the mix? (05:40) 🤴
How did paper currency come to be? (06:55) 💵
How do banks work? (14:00) 🏦
How do we determine the value of money? (17:44) 🤔
Managed floats vs free floats: how does this affect money? (21:06) 🙊

✨ This week's episode is sponsored by Bybit - one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, with more than 2 million registered users. Learn more at bybit.com ✨

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Leave Nothing to Chance with Experimentation

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:00:00 -0700

Amy Tom chats with Robert Neal, Head of Experimentation at LaunchDarkly, about running experiments, A/B testing, and working with data.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What does experimentation mean? (01:02) and how does one become a "Head of Experimentation"? (02:23)
What kind of person would you need to hire to run experiments? (13:42)
How much data do you need to run meaningful experiments? (18:00)
How does experimentation work in software? (22:27)
How many experiments are too many experiments to run at the same time? (26:00)

Follow Robert Neal:

Read Robert's words: launchdarkly.com/blog/what-are-multi-armed-bandits/
Follow Robert on Twitter @robertjneal
Connect with Robert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertjneal/

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Demystifying DeFi, DEXs, and AMMs with AllianceBlock Team

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:20:26 -0700

Joining Utsav from HackerNoon on this episode from AllianceBlock are Rachid Ajaja (CEO), Houman Falakshahi (CRO), and Matthieu Mariapragassam (Head of Quantitative Analytics). 🧑‍💻

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What are the finer points of DeFi mechanics? 🔧
How do decentralized exchanges manage liquidity via smart contracts? 🧠
Why are Automated Market Makers (AMMs) the technological evolution of financial products and services? 🐒

Follow AllianceBlock, Rachid, Houman, and Utsav:

Check out AllianceBlock: https://twitter.com/allianceblock
Rachid Ajaja’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjajaRachid
Houman Falakshahi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/HoumanF
Utsav’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/utsav_jaiswal1

Continue reading about blockchain, economics, and smart contracts on Hacker Noon. 💁‍♂️

Also, check out Hacker Noon via Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options. 🤪

Zombie Apocalypses with ‘The Reapers are the Angels‘ Author, Alden Bell

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 07:00:00 -0700

Joshua Gaylord, who writes under the pen name Alden Bell, is the author behind the literary zombie novel "The Reapers are the Angels" and the sequel "Exit Kingdom". 🧟

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

Joshua Gaylord and Limarc Ambalina talk about the zombie apocalypse genre and why it's so appealing for modern readers and audiences. They also talk about what it's like to be a novelist in the 21st century and if the writer's life is everything wannabe writers thought it would be. ✍🏻

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Diving Into the Metabook

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0700

This week on Planet Internet, David Smooke, Amy Tom, and Kien Dao dive into Facebook's speculated name change and move towards the Metaverse. Will they be called Faceverse? The Metabook? THE Facebook? Who knows! It is a branding crisis after all 😂

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

Is a Facebook name change a good idea? (00:46) 🥺
What will the new Facebook name be? (09:06) 😅
What are dark patterns in UX design? (12:06) 🥵
What's the latest with the new Macbook? (15:56) 🤯
What are the technologies of the future that we're looking forward to? (23:20) 🤪

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

CNBC's report of Facebook's name change: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/facebooks-reported-name-change-7-rebrands-that-worked-or-didnt.html
Article from the branding expert's point of view: https://www.fastcompany.com/90688822/im-a-branding-expert-heres-what-facebooks-reported-name-change-really-signals
We Ought to Get Better at Recognizing Dark Patterns on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/we-ought-to-get-better-at-recognizing-dark-patterns
Apple's Macbook announcement: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/10/apple-unveils-game-changing-macbook-pro/
Ten Future Technologies That Aren't in the Public Eye (Yet) on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/ten-future-technologies-that-arent-in-the-public-eye-yet

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Media Conglomerates Are Taking Over The World

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:21:04 -0700

That's right, media conglomerates are taking over the world... or at least are trying to. This Week on Planet Internet, David Smooke, Amy Tom, and Ustav Jaiswal dive into the world of big media - think Facebook, Disney, Comcast, ATT - about the policies, who owns them, and more.

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

What is a media conglomerate? (02:10)
What's the deal with Special Purpose Acquisition Companies? Examining the Forbes "business combination" (08:43)
Which are the largest media conglomerates? (16:30)
Who owns what in the big media world? (22:52)
How to explain NFTs to people who think they're just JPEGs (32:30)
Utsav makes a cheeky blockchain joke that needs a full explanation (40:32)

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

Forbes SPAC: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2021/08/26/forbes-to-become-public-company-through-business-combination-with-special-purpose-acquisition-company-magnum-opus/?sh=21f0611d320e
What is a media conglomerate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_conglomerate#:~:text=A media conglomerate%2C media group,theme parks%2C or the Internet
Media ownership: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownership
How to Explain NFTs to People Who Think They're Just JPEGs on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-explain-nfts-to-people-who-think-theyre-just-jpegs

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Into the Depths of Wikipedia

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:16:10 -0700

Annie Rauwerda is a neurology student by day and an Instagram curator by night. Since the pandemic, Annie has grown her Depths of Wikipedia Instagram page to 376k followers and counting. Amy Tom talks to Annie about how she grew her page, how she connects with her followers, and how she decides what to post. 🏋️‍♂️

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is the Depths of Wikipedia's Instagram page all about? (00:50) 📱
How did Annie grow her Instagram page? (02:22) 🤳
How does Annie decide what to post? (08:32) 🙊
What is the Wikipedia community like? (15:16) 🤝
How does Annie diversify her content? (20:10) 🍀
What is Annie’s advice for hacking the Instagram algorithm? (24:04) 🌟

Follow Annie Rauwerda:

Follow Depths of Wikipedia on Instagram @depthsofwikipedia
Check out Annie's website: https://depthsofwikipedia.com/

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Economics, Crypto, and Really Smart Women

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:27:46 -0700

Utsav Jaiswal sits down with Amber Ghaddar, Founder at AllianceBlock, about building the AllianceBlock Protocol, understanding money matters, and getting down to business. 🤝

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

How did Amber get her start? (02:50) 🧑‍🏫
Can we democratize capital itself? (13:23) 😱
How does Amber get people to open up to the idea of Bitcoin regulation? (28:25) 😵
What is the economic effect of making Bitcoin a legal currency? (42:33) 🤭
How do Amber's AllianceBlock tokens work? (53:05) 🤑

Follow Amber Ghaddar:

Follow Amber on Twitter @amber_ghaddar

READ HACKERNOON.COM 😬

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Critical Thinking, Cryptocurrency, and a Space Hotel

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 16:18:46 -0700

Nicolas Ng, Hang Ngo, and Ellen Stevens examine the details of how HackerNoon is controlling the social media empires, the specs of the Facebook whistleblower video, how the rise and fall of the Soviet Union lead to a crypto-obsessed population. Also, why we plan to host our conferences in a space hotel. Hope you join us!

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

Gen Z does NOT use Facebook! (05:09) 😵
How frequently do you actually see hateful content on Facebook? (08:35) 🤔
Do you think allegations should be treated as facts? (9:27) 🤔
How much responsibility should private companies have for the things that people choose to do? (13:31) 🤔
Why you should quit social media permanently! (17:50) 😂
Why are Ukrainians among the top adopters of cryptocurrency in the World? (18:51) 🤟🏻
Would Nicolas stay in a space hotel even? (29:03) 🤗

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

Whistleblower says Facebook sucks, big time!: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/05/facebook-whistleblower-accuses-firm-of-serially-misleading-over-safety
Crypto and Ukraine, a match made in Soviet :https://hackernoon.com/ukrainians-among-the-top-adopters-of-cryptocurrency-in-the-world
A space hotel is cool and all, but what happens if there's an asteroid?: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/voyager-station-space-hotel-scn/index.html
What do you think about floating cities? https://digg.com/design/link/are-floating-cities-our-future

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How to Build Your Personal Brand with Writing

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:13:55 -0700

Meet Scott D. Clary! Scott is a long-time HackerNoon contributor with over 20 published stories about business strategy. Amy Tom chats with Scott about hosting his podcast, building his career, and why he writes. ✍🏻

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

Why does Scott write? (02:00) 🧑‍🏫
What is Scott’s writing process? (08:07) 🧑‍💻
How did Scott learn to be a content creator and thought leader? (14:33) ✨
What is Scott’s secret to success? (21:49) 🤫
What is the coolest opportunity that Scott’s writing brought him? (27:17) 😱
What is Scott’s advice for other writers? (35:23) 🥰

Follow Scott D. Clary:

Check out Scott's HackerNoon stories: hackernoon.com/u/scott-d.-clary
Read Scott's Meet the Writer story: https://hackernoon.com/meet-scott-d-clary-from-fortune-500s-to-early-stage-startups-and-everything-in-between
Connect with Scott at info.scottdclary.com

Want to submit your Meet the Writer story to HackerNoon? We want to hear from you! Follow our Template (Just Click and Start Writing).

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Protecting Billion Dollar Institutional Crypto-Assets: An Interview with Aaron Lint of Anchorage Digital Bank and Leslie Ankney

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:50:13 -0700

Utsav Jaiswal sits down with Aaron Lint (CISO at Anchorage Digital Bank and Leslie Ankney (the Communications Lead at Anchorage Digital. Aaron leads banking security operations at the first nationally chartered crypto bank. Leslie comes to Anchorage by way of Ditto PR, where she was Director of Blockchain and Digital Currencies Practice and Associate Vice President. Visa-backed Anchorage has safely held billions of dollars in crypto for institutions.

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What is Aaron’s favourite blockchain? (02:36) 🥰
Where does DeFi innovation come into the picture? (8:11) 🔨
What does regulation mean to Anchorage? (13:06) ⚖️
What’s the deal with ATM security? Lol (21:17) 🔐
What is the future of finance? (23:36) 🔮
Are decentralized bridges safe? (27:30) 😳

Follow Aaron Lint and Leslie Ankney:

Follow Aaron on Twitter @lintile
Follow Leslie on Twitter @CryptoLeslie

Recommended Reads on HACKERNOON.COM 🤸‍♀️

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Are NFTs Here to Stay?

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:24:15 -0700

Limarc Ambalina, Ellen Stevens, and Amy Tom debate the future of NFTs. This Week On Planet Internet - are NFTs here to stay? Will the hype die down?

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

How do you determine which NFTs are million-dollar investments? (02:01) 😵
What gives art value? (08:37) 💰
How can you invest in the metaverse? (11:15) 🤑
Is the metaverse even real? (14:32) 🤟🏻
Is there value in metaverse land? (21:10) NOT OFFICIAL INVESTMENT ADVICE LOL 😂
How hard do we have to look out for NFT scams? (24:05) 🤔
How to embed NFTs into your HackerNoon story (32:30) 🤗

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

Start embedding NFTs into your HackerNoon stories: https://hackernoon.com/embed-nfts-say-what-into-your-hacker-noon-stories
Get started with the metaverse on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/how-you-can-invest-in-the-metaverse-today
OK Tim Sweeney, WHATEVER: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/27/22696978/epic-tim-sweeney-nft-scam-concerns-web-3
Monkey JPEGS, who knew? https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/set-bored-ape-nfts-sell-244-mln-sothebys-online-auction-2021-09-09/

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Building a Blockchain Community

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 16:27:15 -0700

Utsav Jaiswal talks to Mitja Goroshevsky, Free TON's CTO, and Ben Sunderland, Free TON's Senior Community Manager, about building Free TON. 🪜

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

How was Free TON launched? (03:34) 🥳
Is your blockchain technology working for you or against you? (13:43) 🙊
How does Ben position Free TON against Blockchains like Bitcoin, Ethtereum, etc? (23:52) ⛓
Mitja talks about gossip-based blockchains (33:36) 🏔
Where does the TON Crystal get processed? (42:02) ⚙️

Connect with Mitja and Ben:

Follow Mitja on Twitter @Futurizt
Follow the Free TON community on Twitter @CommunityTon
Check out Ben's crypto podcast, NeverMind the Shitcoins

The Business of Death: Dealing with Loss and Grief

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:44:25 -0700

Linh Dao Smooke chatted with Liz Eddy, Co-founder and CEO of Lantern, THE company that helps death-planning easier. 💆‍♀️

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

When did Liz get her start? (01:14) 🍬
How did Liz found her business? (10:50) 🤯
How did Liz know she wanted to solve societal issues with entrepreneurship? (15:35) 🥺
How did Liz find her co-founder? (20:39) 👌
What is Liz's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs? (26:50) 🙋‍♀️

🐙 Lantern was nominated for startups of the year in Brooklyn, New York:

https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/brooklyn

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🦑 Learn more about Liz's story's here:

https://hackernoon.com/we-need-to-do-something-about-death-said-liz-eddy-lanterns-co-founder-and-ceo

Everyone‘s Getting Called Out

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:57:47 -0700

That's right - everyone is getting called out This Week On Planet Internet and no one is safe. Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Daria Kulish get so real, it will hit you deep in the heart. 😵 We're talking about our relationships with social media, New Hollywood, and other forms of mainstream media.

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

Has New Hollywood taken over? (03:06) 🎥
Natasha gets profound (09:50) 😇
Escaping mainstream marketing slush (12:00) 🥤
How to hack your quarterly performance review (20:00) 🙊
What are we listening to/reading this week? (28:40) 😍

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

Why the 2021 Emmys are a Victory for New Hollywood by David Deal on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/why-the-2021-emmys-are-a-victory-for-new-hollywood
Natasha recommends Offline Matters by Jess Henderson; The less digital guide to creative work. She also recommends the Sounds like a Cult Pod 🐯
You also gotta check out this acceptance speech: https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37657888/michaela-coel-emmys-acceptance-speech-i-may-destroy-you/
Hacking Quarterly Performance Reviews by John on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/hacking-quarterly-performance-reviews
And on that - check out https://www.progression.fyi/ to see how these work and which companies are getting on the bandwagon
Amy's reading recommendation - "Bitcoin saved my life": https://hackernoon.com/mz-stabilitys-near-death-experience-started-her-blockchain-journey
If you want to check out Amy on the Bits and Bytes podcast, you can do so here: https://pod.link/1501887543/episode/57f7727de0634ef50b5d34904a9ed607
Daria's reading recommendation: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

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Everyone‘s Getting Called Out

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:53:15 -0700

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

Has New Hollywood taken over? (03:06) 🎥
Natasha gets profound (09:50) 😇
Escaping mainstream marketing slush (12:00) 🥤
How to hack your quarterly performance review (20:00) 🙊
What are we listening to/reading this week? (28:40) 😍

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

Why the 2021 Emmys are a Victory for New Hollywood by David Deal on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/why-the-2021-emmys-are-a-victory-for-new-hollywood
Natasha recommends Offline Matters by Jess Henderson; The less digital guide to creative work. She also recommends the Sounds like a Cult Pod 🐯
You also gotta check out this acceptance speech: https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a37657888/michaela-coel-emmys-acceptance-speech-i-may-destroy-you/
Hacking Quarterly Performance Reviews by John on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/hacking-quarterly-performance-reviews
And on that - check out https://www.progression.fyi/ to see how these work and which companies are getting on the bandwagon
Amy's reading recommendation - "Bitcoin saved my life": https://hackernoon.com/mz-stabilitys-near-death-experience-started-her-blockchain-journey
If you want to check out Amy on the Bits and Bytes podcast, you can do so here: https://pod.link/1501887543/episode/57f7727de0634ef50b5d34904a9ed607
Daria's reading recommendation: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

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How to Hack a Huge Career in Tech with PR Expert & Founder Sarah Evans

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:37:06 -0700

Hey hackers! We thought you’d enjoy this episode from the archives. This episode was originally released on August 31, 2020. Enjoy!

Natasha Nel from hackernoon.com sits down with Sarah Evans—tech industry PR legend and strategic communications startup founder—to talk all things branding and influence: from personal to B2B. In this podcast:

How to accumulate 100k *genuine* followers on Twitter
What “newsworthy” looks like today
How to increase credibility when you’re not getting traditional media coverage
Where to pitch stories to build real brand validation
Moving from being a Manager to being a Master Collaborator
Hacking evidence of the work experience employers are looking for online
Creating a company-wide ‘Emotional Compass’ for more mindful communications
Why and how to start building a network—especially when you don’t need one
How to grow your influence by amplifying the voices of those around you

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KEEP UP WITH SARAH EVANS:

Checks, Balances, and Freedom: Censorship vs The Internet

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:58:09 -0700

Who wins in the battle of the internet and freedom of speech? 🥊 Amy Tom, Ellen Stevens, and Zaeem Shoaib chat about censorship and the internet. We all know that fake news = bad, but how do we stop it from being spread without limiting freedom of speech?

🌏 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

The ensuing battle between freedom of speech and protecting people (01:07) ⚔️
What is the dealio with freedom of speech on the other side of the world? (05:39) 😼
Wait, what even is Litecoin? (08:55) 😂
What does Zaeem, resident journalist, say about fake news & fact-checking? (14:20) 😵
Uh oh marky mark, Facebook is under fire AGAIN this week (19:42) 🔥
Who gets to decide what is okay and not okay? (27:47) 👀
Republican leaders in Texas sign off on a new bill about social media content moderation (33:22) 🤯

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

"Fake News Vs. Censorship in the Battle for the Internet" by Sharmini R on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/fake-news-vs-censorship-in-the-battle-for-the-internet-u66g33vb
lol sorry guys, Walmart will NOT be accepting Litecoin: https://mashable.com/article/litecoin-walmart-fake-news?amp&__twitter_impression=true
Here's that insider link to a story about WSJ's report on Facebook (cause no paywalls 🙅): https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-content-moderation-58-million-users-xcheck-2021-9
A new bill that requires tech giant social media companies to disclose more info on their algorithm: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-social-media-bill-signed-law-governor-abbott/

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Regulating Bitcoin: Why Crypto-Regulation Should Be Welcomed

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:05:09 -0700

Utsav Jaiswal sits down with Joseph Weinberg, the co-founder of Shyft Network and an OG Bitcoiner. As an early investor in Bitcoin in 2010 and director at Coinsetter until its acquisition by Kraken FX in 2016, Joseph knows what's up in the digital currency world. 🥇

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

"The blockchain doesn't care what we think," says Joseph (02:30) ‼️
Does more blockchain regulation mean more fees? (05:43) 🥺
Joseph breaks down the FATF - Financial Action Task Force (08:54) 🔨
How can the ecosystem continue to succeed as regulations come up? (13:50) 🤝
"What we are seeing right now is something that crypto has never been faced with before," says Joseph (20:24) 😍
Will there be regulations on P2P transactions? (25:41) 😬

Connect with Joseph and Shyft Network:

Follow Joseph on Twitter @josephweinberg
Follow Shyft Network on Twitter @shyftnetwork

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Creating an Open Source Platform

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 08:00:37 -0700

OKAY - here's what you need to know before you start your open-source platform. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, we hear from Ben Bromhead, CTO of Instaclustr, and Ev Kontsevoy, CEO of Teleport, about how they started their open-source platform. 🙀

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What was Ev's very first job? (01:44) And Ben's? (03:50) 🚣‍♀️
What are the roles of different co-founders? (10:31) 🏃
What do you do when you can't afford to hire new staff but you still need to GSD? (16:59) 💥
How do you maintain a unique startup culture? (25:44) ❄️
What did Ev learn from developing an open-source platform? (36:41) 🍭
If open-source is so amazing, why WOULDN'T I make my product open-source? (41:50) 😵
Why does Ben choose to follow the open-source movement? (43:46) 🧚‍♂️
How do open-source companies make money? (49:37) 💰

VOTE FOR INSTACLUSTR FOR STARTUP OF THE YEAR:

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VOTE FOR TELEPORT FOR STARTUP OF THE YEAR:

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Connect with Ben and Ev:

Connect with Ev at goteleport.com
Connect with Ben at instaclustr.com
Follow Ben on Twitter at @BenBromhead

Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year:

For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com
To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com

In Decentralization We Trust

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 07:40:17 -0700

Is decentralization fair for everyone? This Week On Planet Internet, Utsav Jaiswal, Sidra Ijaz, and Amy Tom talk about the decentralization movement. What's the latest with DeFi? Can AI & decentralization be friends? 🥺

🌍 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

The great debate on whether to use social financing options or stick to personal financing 😵
Are trusted AI models fair? ⚖️
Is it possible to create a successful decentralized video platform? 🎥
Are social media algorithms biased? 😪
What's going on with Thailand's digital currency? 💳

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

The debate between personal finance and social finance on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/personal-to-social-finance-the-great-journey-unfolds
AI & decentralization on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/in-decentralized-ai-we-trust
Decentralized video on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/why-youtubes-biggest-competition-will-come-from-decentralized-video-platforms-hk163763
Thailand's digital baht on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/thailands-digital-baht-likely-to-be-asias-first-cbdc-hi4337e8
The tweet that tests the Twitter algorithm: https://twitter.com/bascule/status/1307440596668182528

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What Is Being a FinTech CEO like?

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:28:14 -0700

Big money, get paid. Tom Sosnoff, Co-CEO of tastytrade, and Sean Salas, CEO of Camino Financial, join Amy Tom this week to discuss FinTech startups. What is Wall Street REALLY like? How has the finance industry evolved? Listen to find out - DUN DUN DUNNNN 😵

On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast:

What was Tom's very first job? (01:15) And Sean's? ✨ (02:10)
What was Wall Street like in the '80s? 👯‍♀️ (07:51)
Why did Sean start Camino? 👩‍👦‍👦 (10:10)
How has diversity changed in the finance industry over the years? 🌈 (15:58)
Tom talks about what he wishes he knew at the start of his career 🍳 (23:15)
How should we think about financial education for minorities? 🤔 (30:48)
What does the future of FinTech look like? 🤯 (35:03)

🫐 Vote for Camino Financial for Startup Of The Year in LA:

https://startups.hackernoon.com/california/los-angeles

Brex - https://bit.ly/37doqiH

🍅 Vote for tastytrade for Startup Of The Year in Chicago:

https://startups.hackernoon.com/us/chicago-il

Connect with Tom and Sean:

Check out Tom's live content on tastytrade.com
Follow Sean on Twitter @seandsalas
Check out Sean's podcast: https://www.caminofinancial.com/fundamental-fairness/

Learn more about HackerNoon and Startups of The Year:

For more information visit startups.hackernoon.com
To read HackerNoon stories, check out hackernoon.com

The Robots Are Taking Over

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:46:49 -0700

Humanoid Natasha, Amy, and Katarina (from the future) say that the robots are taking over This Week On Planet Internet! These days, if you think about anything too hard, you might just explode. But fret not, one day we will all live in robot bodies and no one will be able to touch us. 🦾

🌎 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:

What's the latest with the tech behind the pandemic? 🦠 (00:42)
TL;DR: Robots are coming 🤖 (07:44)
Will Elon Musk's robots make our beds for us? 🛏 (11:38)
What's up with the love-hate relationship that we have with working? 👩‍❤️‍👨 (16:16)

🗒️ SHOW NOTES:

"Tiny, Fast, & Strong: An Insect-sized Robot that Mimics Cheetah" by ROBOfluence on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/tiny-fast-and-strong-an-insect-sized-robot-that-mimics-cheetah
Elon Musk is planning to build humanoid robots: https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22633514/tesla-robot-prototype-elon-musk-humanoid-ai-day
We referred to a Black Mirror episode: it's Black Mirror episode (season 4, episode 5) called "Metalhead". You're welcome.

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How to Build a Technical Blogging Platform with David Smooke and Clever Programming

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:34:09 -0700

This is David's guest spot on Clever Programming that we are republishing here.

How to Succeed as a Young Female Entrepreneur

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:40:36 -0700

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:

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🦋 Vote for Decrypted By Us for Startup Of The Year in Providence:

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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

What Is the Future of Remote Work?

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:50:57 -0700

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

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Wait, That's How Much Game Dev Costs?!

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:11:18 -0700

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

Starting a B2B SaaS Company

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:20:32 -0700

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:

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🚙 Vote for Dwolla for Startup of The Year in Des Moines:

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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

"It's Easy to Start but Very Hard to Finish Strong" - Marketing Founders

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 13:54:53 -0700

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 (tom@jebbit.com)
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 🤘

A Gaming Metaverse on The Horizon

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:51:38 -0700

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

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What Is Crypto Adoption Like In Indonesia?

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:59:12 -0700

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 🤖

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Discussing DeepFakes, Crypto, and Their Impact On Our Lives

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:20:58 -0700

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

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Building an API-Powered Platform

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:54:26 -0700

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

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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

There's No Place Like The Metaverse

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 07:00:23 -0700

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

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The Land of The Lawless

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:55:27 -0700

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

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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

Oh Yeah, I've Heard of Algolia Before

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:46:56 -0700

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

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HackerNoon & The Wild West of Startups

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:27:32 -0700

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

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Bits and Bytes and Data Delights

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:30:25 -0700

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

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Bits and Bytes and Data Delights

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:23:21 -0700

🤌 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

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Technically Speaking, You're Wrong

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 06:26:41 -0700

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

Sorry Big Tech, We're Breaking Up With You

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:31:50 -0700

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

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An Underground Interview with John McAfee 13 Months Before his Death

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:11:21 -0700

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.

The Dogecoin Salut

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 06:00:00 -0700

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

A Clubhouse convo with Linh, David and the folks at Genesis Investment

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:43:48 -0700

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.

The Investor Next Door

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:24:00 -0700

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

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Flash Loan Attacks On The Blockchain

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:53:44 -0700

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 🦄

3 Bears and an Episode That’s Just Right

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:59:48 -0700

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

3 Bears and an Episode That's Just Right

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:56:06 -0700

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

The Fascinating Side of Debugging

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:50:53 -0700

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:

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Have Video Games Ever 'Crossed the Line'?

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:01:43 -0700

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.

Leaving Bezos in Space Makes the World a Better Place

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:30:12 -0700

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

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Leaving Bezos in Space Makes the World a Better Place

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:11:32 -0700

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

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Magical Blockchain Genies & Explaining Blockchain to your Indian Mom

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 07:46:06 -0700

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

Creating a Multi-Cloud Strategy with Mark Gamble

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:15:35 -0700

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 mark.gamble@couchbase.com

Shownotes:

Learn more about Couchbase: https://www.couchbase.com/

Every Game is a Party: CEO, Steve Hall, on Digital Strategy

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 06:13:27 -0700

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

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They Can’t Stop All Of Us!!

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:22:49 -0700

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

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Using Feature Flags For Testing In Production

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0700

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

Managing Databases on Kubernetes with Anil Kumar

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:53:56 -0700

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

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Is Rainbowification Controversial?

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 06:29:49 -0700

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

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Should Indie Game Devs Print Physical Copies? | Interview with Quest Arrest Dev

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:36:57 -0700

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.

Let's Talk About Sec, Baby

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0700

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

We're Just Riding the Ups and Downs of Investing in Bitcoin

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0700

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

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The Journey Of The CTO

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0700

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

Did You Say $500,000 For A Virtual Plot Of Land?

Fri, 28 May 2021 06:02:00 -0700

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)

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What Is Web 3.0 and Why Do We Need It?

Wed, 26 May 2021 06:02:00 -0700

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

What The Shell?!

Tue, 25 May 2021 09:01:00 -0700

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/

Speaking Of Trust and The Internet...

Thu, 20 May 2021 07:19:26 -0700

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

Migration Makes My Skin Crawl: From SQL to NoSQL

Tue, 18 May 2021 06:00:00 -0700

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 matthew.groves@couchbase.com
You can follow Curt on Twitter @gratzc
You can email Curt at gratzc@compknowhow.com

Shownotes:

You can check out Matt's SQL Server To Couchbase on GitHub
You can learn more about CKH Consulting: https://ckhconsulting.com

Dogecoin Millionaire: "Content Is More Important Than Money"

Fri, 14 May 2021 01:56:57 -0700

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:

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

How To Get Your Token Listed On A Crypto Exchange

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00:00 -0700

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

From Farm To Data: A Tech Career in The Database Industry

Tue, 11 May 2021 07:57:19 -0700

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 matthew.groves@couchbase.com
You can follow Rob on Twitter @probablyrealrob
You can email Rob at robh@mariadb.com

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/

A Snap Is Worth A Thousand Words

Fri, 07 May 2021 13:04:25 -0700

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 🤖

The Implications of Serverless CMS

Wed, 05 May 2021 10:35:24 -0700

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

She's At The Edge Of The Cloud

Tue, 04 May 2021 08:10:55 -0700

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 mark.gamble@couchbase.com
Shownotes:

Learn more about Couchbase's Edge Computing Solution

Big Dictator Energy

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:20:02 -0700

What happens when big corp shuts down conversation? What is Russia's deal with Sputnik exports? Crypto in Africa — equalizing force, or daydream? Join Linh, Natasha, Amy, Limarc and Damian for This Week on Planet Internet:

Is there such a thing as a no politics culture? (1:40)
Amy Tom goes real deep, real early #sorrynotsorry (3:22)
"Pleasant" for whom, Basecamp? PLEASANT 👏 FOR 👏 WHOM 👏 (07:54)
Naturally Limarc Ambalina's gon' be playing devil's advocate (09:40)
Key Takeaway: if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, get a mediator (12:24)
Why is Russia exporting so much Sputnik? (14:55)
Limarc kind of maybe sympathizes with a Russian Dictator's decision to let his people die (16:40)
Africa: the continent of milk and honey for startups and cryptos? (21:10)
Necessity is the mother of all invention... (29:32)
No gods no masters — down with regulation! (32:56)

Read the stories mentioned in this podcast:

Is there such a thing as a “no politics” culture? Letters from Basecamp Founder and Coinbase Founder (medium link ugh): https://world.hey.com/jason/changes-at-basecamp-7f32afc5 and https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804?gi=d00265f16919
Russia, vaccine, science, space war, and more: from The daily aka Linh's main source of podcast lol: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/podcasts/the-daily/russia-vaccine-coronavirus-vladimir-putin.html
Africa startups news on Hacker Noon! Question: out of the 69 billion raised for startups reported by Pitchbook in Q1 of 2021, how many are based or partially based in Africa? Prob not much.
Crypto in Africa News on Hacker Noon. Equalizing force or a daydream? https://hackernoon.com/more-africans-walk-towards-financial-freedom-due-to-cryptocurrencies-552z33xu

This podcast was hosted by Linh Dao Smooke and panelled by Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Limarc Ambalina. This week we're also joined by our brand new podcast editor, Damian McIlhenny!

READ HACKERNOON.COM 🤖

GitOps, Kubernetes, and Databases

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:40:42 -0700

Git-whaaatttt? Amy Tom gets into GitOps and Kubernetes with Matt Ingenthron, Sr. Director of Engineering, Couchbase, and Viktor Farcic, Open-Source Program Manager & Developer Relations at Shipa. Amy, Matt, and Viktor break down what GitOps really means, how it influences your dev team, and how to use Kubernetes with GitOps practices. They also discuss using CI/CD to modify the Git repository that defines the operator.

In this episode, Amy talks to Matt and Victor about:

The difference between GitOps and DevOps (05:37)
How GitOps practices can improve your IT operations (07:54)
Describing Kubernetes objects inside a repository (12:22)
Using CI/CD to modify the Git repository that defines the operator (23:11)

Follow Matt Ingenthron + Viktor Farcic:

Follow Matt on Twitter @ingenthr
Follow Viktor on Twitter @vfarcic

Shownotes:

Chat with Matt in the Couchbase Forum
Learn more about Shipa

AWS Lambda: What Kind of Serverless Applications Can I Make?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:11:00 -0700

Amy Tom talks to Pavel Denisjuk about AWS Lambda and serverless applications. Pavel is the Co-Founder and CTO at Webiny. Amy and Pavel discuss Pavel's career in entrepreneurship, building applications with AWS Lambda, the advantages and disadvantages of going serverless, and examples of running AWS Lambda functions with event triggers.

In this episode, Amy talks to Pavel about:

AWS Lambda and its limitations (06:15)
Building a serverless application vs an on-prem application (10:07)
Planning a serverless application project (16:41)
AWS Lambda event triggers and functions (21:20)
The technical knowledge required to build an AWS Lambda application with Webiny (25:25)

Follow Pavel Denisjuk + Webiny:

Follow Pavel on Twitter at @paveldenisjuk
Learn more about Webiny at webiny.com

Shownotes:

Join the Webiny Slack community

How Many Devs Does It Take to Fly on Mars?

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:39:59 -0700

What's David's hot take on Facebook's pivot to audio? Hands up if you think the Mars Helicopter video is a deep fake! ALSO: are kids growing up during a global panini more likely to get face tattoos? 😱 Shoot the shit with Hacker Noon's Editors —

This Week on Planet Internet:

Props to the 12k open source devs Github says contributed to Ingenuity's maiden voyage! (0:33)
Hands up if you think the Mars Helicopter video is a deep fake (3:52)
Catch David's Hot Take on Facebook's pivot to audio (06:18)
Hey WTF happened to Libra? (07:23)
Are kids growing up during a global panini more likely to get face tattoos? (08:50)
Is Substack's margin really Facebook's opportunity? (11:03)
Find out how Facebook's moderators accidentally helped Hacker Noon sell more t-shirts (15:46)
Is any system that claims to be blockchain voting "neither blockchain, nor voting?" (17:13)
Do you stan #decentralization? (22:42)
What worldwide crypto adoption sounds like (25:23)
Oh hey, happy 4/20, everybody! (30:12)

Read the tech stories talked about this podcast:

1. Open source goes to Mars by Nat Friedman for The GitHub Blog: https://github.blog/2021-04-19-open-source-goes-to-mars/

2. Five takeaways about Facebook's pivot to audio by Casey Newton from Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/p/5-takeaways-about-facebooks-pivot

3. 3 Reasons Why Blockchain Won't #ReleaseTheKraken: An Interview with John Sebes of TrustTheVote.org by Benjamin Bateman for Hacker Noon: https://hackernoon.com/3-reasons-why-blockchain-wont-releasethekraken-an-interview-with-john-sebes-of-trustthevoteorg-713i339y

4. Cannabis banking act passes U.S. House with bipartisan support by Matt Burns (lol) for Tech Crunch: https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/20/cannabis-banking-act-passes-u-s-house-with-bipartisan-support/

READ HACKERNOON.COM

Should I Use An Embedded Database In My Mobile Application?

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:44:58 -0700

Amy Tom chats to Jens Alfke about embedded databases in mobile applications and how they live within your application and sync to your server. Jens is the Mobile Architect at Couchbase and a former Software Engineer at Apple. They talk about developing a mobile application with an embedded database vs a database on the server, edge computing, and the technical skills required to implement embedded databases.

In this episode, Amy and Jens talk about:

The use of a mobile database versus a database that you would develop on desktop (03:45)
Edge computing's role in embedded databases (17:40)
The reasons why someone would implement an embedded database into a mobile application (21:12)
The skills required for developers interested in embedded a database into their mobile application (27:38)

Follow Jens Alfke + Couchbase:

Connect with Jens on LinkedIn
Learn more about Couchbase's embedded databases

Does a Bear Shitcoin in the Woods?

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 06:51:19 -0700

Has the market cap of cryptocurrencies really exceeded that of Apple? Should you have started buying shitcoins in 2013? Does Microsoft really want to acquire Discord? Do we still trust Fitbit?

This Week on Planet Internet:

HackerNoon CEO David Smooke asks: if it was yours, would you sell Discord to Microsoft? From (00:29)
Editors Limarc Ambalina and Amy Tom debate the overall awfulness of Teams (00:40)
David says "market crap" around (05:28) and nobody even hears it
Everyone decides categorically that Natasha Nel should stop telling people people the crypto bubble's gonna burst (07:22)
Check in on Limarc's dogecoin earnings (09:32)
Do a team vibe check on Fitbit (11:10)
Remind ourselves that if you're not paying, you're the product (12:51)
DRINK EVERY TIME DAVID SAYS SHITCOIN (16:37)

Read the tech news stories mentioned in this show:

Document Databases vs Relational Databases

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:15:00 -0700

Javascript developers rejoice! Amy Tom talks to Eric Bishard and Arun Vijayaraghavan about the differences between a Document Database and a Relational Database. Eric and Arun explain JSON Document Databases and also discuss NodeJS SDKs, ODMs vs ORMs, and more. Eric is the Developer Advocate and Arun is a Product Manager; both work at Couchbase.

In this episode, Amy chats to Eric and Arun about:

The differences between a Document Database and a Relational Database (06:56)
The differences between an ODM and an ORM (18:45)
Learning Nickel Querying through Ottoman ODM (26:58)

Follow Arun Vijayaraghavan and Eric Bishard:

Follow Arun Vijayaraghavan on GitHub
Connect with Arun Vijayaraghavan on LinkedIn
Follow Eric Bishard on Twitter
Follow Eric Bishard on GitHub
Follow Eric Bishard on Dev.to

Read more on Hacker Noon:

Eric Bishard's Introduction to Ottoman on Hacker Noon

Shownotes:

Reviewing The Results Of The 2020 Tech Lead Developer Survey

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 05:30:00 -0700

In this episode, Amy Tom talks to Matt Groves, the Senior Product Marketing Manager at Couchbase, and Brant Burnett, the Systems Architect at CenterEdge Software about the results from the 2020 Tech Lead Developer survey that was conducted by Couchbase. The survey revealed that 86% of respondents experienced challenges within their development teams. Amy, Matt, and Brant broke down the challenges, which included setting clear, measurable goals and having access to the right technology.

In this episode, Amy talks to Matt and Brant about:

Setting clear and measurable goals was indicated as one of the biggest challenges developer teams faced in 2020 (06:48)
Investing in the right tools can save you time and money. Remember that the tools aren't generally your biggest expense; the people are. Focusing on making them as productive as possible is really the best way to save money (09:10)
Addressing organizational technical debt is another common challenge that developer teams face (15:22)
Hiring increased in development teams across 2020. Last year opened the doors to remote hiring, which allows developer teams to hire the best of the best regardless of timezone (26:19)

Read more about the 2020 Tech Lead Developer Survey

Follow Matt Groves + Couchbase:

See the Couchbase Cloud offering at couchbase.com/cloud
Follow Matt on Twitter at @mgroves
Connect with Matt on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/mgroves/

Follow Brant Burnett + CenterEdge:

Visit CenterEdge online at centeredgesoftware.com
Follow Brant on Twitter at @BTBurnett3

How Decentralized Can We Get in The Modern World?

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Amy Tom (a new voice on the podcast and a Hacker Noon editor!) is joined by Sharmini Ravindran, the CMO at Mysterium Network. They discuss achieving anonymity from the modern Internet, incentivizing peer-to-peer networks on a global scale to improve personal privacy and data control, and the humanitarian aspects of Internet accessibility.

In this episode, Amy and Sharmini chat about:

Whether true decentralization from the modern Internet is possible or not (20:00)
The shift towards distributed permissionless peer-peer networks (03:45)
VPN nodes that allow anonymous bandwidth sharing between peers (13:25)
The humanitarian impact of the Internet and what happens when control is taken away from the user (27:00)
The varying levels of control placed upon the Internet in different countries (11:15, 22:30)

Follow Sharmini & Mysterium Networks:

You can visit Mysterium Network's Website at mysterium.network
You can follow Sharmini on Twitter at @the_sharmini

The Definitive Bubbleball Book and The Future of the NBA's Revenue

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 12:36:35 -0700

The Washington Post's Ben Golliver joins Hacker Noon CEO David Smooke to discuss the process of writing his new book, "Bubbleball: Inside the NBA's Fight to Save a Season," and the pandemic's impact on the NBA's revenue. With no/few fans in the stands and the decline in the number of games from the pandemic, the National Basketball Association is expected to loss about $4 billion dollars in 2021. In addition to discussing his bubble writing and publishing process, we talk about the NBA's options to stimulate revenue, such as expansion fees for new franchises and how to make substantial investments into the NBA's digital experience.

Some related reads on Hacker Noon (where we usually publish more about things like software development, blockchains, startups, and everything tech):

Buy the book - Bubbleball: Inside the NBA's Fight to Save a Season

The Making of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners | Skydance Interactive Podcast

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 07:53:21 -0700

In this special episode of the Hacker Noon podcast, Limarc talks to Mark Domowicz and Todd Adamson from Skydance Interactive, the acclaimed developer of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, one of the best virtual reality games on the market today.

Skydance Interactive is a relatively new company, powered by seasoned veterans in the gaming industry. Mark and Todd bring years of experience to the table, having worked for Pandemic Studios and Treyarch respectively.

Limarc talks to Mark and Todd about the making of The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, the ethics and morals behind violent video games in VR, as well as the challenges they had to face throughout the development of the game and porting the game to the Oculus Quest.

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The Making of Arizona Sunshine | Vertigo Games Podcast

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:19:26 -0700

In this podcast, Limarc talks to Arjen van Heck from Vertigo Games, one of the biggest VR game developers in the industry, and the renowned creators of the zombie apocalypse game Arizona Sunshine.

Vertigo Games has proven to be a versatile development company, having released titles in completely different genres, such as A Fisherman’s Tale and Skyworld: Kingdom Brawl.

Limarc and Arjen talk about the making of Arizona Sunshine, porting the game over to Oculus Quest, ethical and moral decisions within VR game development, and Vertigo Games’ upcoming title, After the Fall.

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Catching up with NIS America | How COVID has Changed the Gaming Industry

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:48:00 -0700

In this podcast, Limarc talks to Erin Kim from NIS America, the respected developers of the Disgaea and Prinny series. They are also the publisher of many of the most popular Japanese role-playing games that have been ported to English speaking countries, including Trails of Cold Steel, The Ys Series, and Danganronpa.

Limarc and Erin talk about NIS America’s upcoming game releases, as well as how the company has adjusted to the changes in the gaming industry brought on by COVID-19.

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Gaming on the Blockchain Becomes Larger Than Just Gaming

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 03:21:07 -0700

Idan Zuckerman is a co-Founder at Upland and talks to Hacker Noon about his experiences from developing Upland - A EOS-based MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game). Joining Utsav as a co-Host is Reza Jafery, the Chief Blockchain Officer at Akoin.

They discuss the potential of Blockchain-based games, challenges faced, adoption strategies implemented, and key results obtained.

Check out Upland: https://twitter.com/uplandme

Check out Akoin: https://twitter.com/AkoinOfficial

Idan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/idanzuck

Reza’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/RezaJafery

Utsav’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/utsav_jaiswal1

Continue reading about blockchain, economics, and smart contracts on Hacker Noon.

Also, check out Hacker Noon via Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options.

Business Blockchains: Whither Now?

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 03:13:25 -0700

Lars Rensing is the CEO at PROTOKOL and a co-Founder at ARK.io and talks to Hacker Noon about his experiences from developing PROTOKOL - to solve real business challenges through the power of custom blockchain solutions. Joining Lars is Justin Renken, the Senior Brand Manager at ARK.io.

They discuss making Blockchain accessible to corporations, the future of content marketing, and the challenges of building a Point, Click, Blockchain.

Check out PROTOKOL: https://www.protokol.com/

Check out ARK: https://ark.io/

Lars’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/l_rensing

Justin’s Podcast: https://podcast.ARK.io

Utsav’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/utsav_jaiswal1

Continue reading about blockchain, economics, and smart contracts on Hacker Noon.

Also, check out Hacker Noon via Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options.

The Push vs Pull Life: Cons of Recommendation Systems

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 04:59:04 -0700

In this podcast, Limarc talks to Microsoft Engineer and Noonies Nominee Nataraj Sindam. In this second segment of a 3-part podcast, Nataraj and Limarc talk about the push vs pull life and the cons of recommendation systems.

With thanks to our Noonies award sponsors:

Don’t forget to vote for Nataraj in the 2020 Noonie Awards.

Covered in this podcast:

What is the push vs pull life?
The pros and cons of recommendation systems

CHECK OUT PART 1 OF THIS PODCAST:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OweMKhW4po

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The Future of Tech Belongs to Those Who Build It

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:30:11 -0700

What are the best product development principles and processes for building a better internet? Those who design, decide. I may have trained an AI to host this podcast — but the tech industry insights inside are all 100% human. Tune in for a far-reaching conversation with me, Natasha Nel's AI alter-ego, and seven of hackernoon.com's top contributors.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE:

· Ryan Dawson on trolls, misinformation, and online hate (02:45); why Wikipedia is a strong example of good product design principles (03:10); why other platforms struggle to police the quality of content posted on their sites (03:52); and which story he'd put on a billboard to demonstrate the negative potential of making decisions from a place of fear or narrow-mindedness (04:27).

· Melinda L.B Lewis on what she'd put on a billboard (05:35) and why, paradoxically, disconnecting from technology is likely to make you better at engaging with it (06:05).

· Sandra Shpilberg on the definition and importance of Single Deep Focus in the process of creating and developing (06:35) and the four simple steps you can take to achieve a Single Deep Focus state (07:44).

· Alexey Grigorev on ideation, talking to people, coming up with solutions (10:28); how to know when you've got a good blog post idea on your hands, and how to begin the writing process (11:18).

· Benjamin Mmari on staying connected in COVID-19 times and the risk of working in a silo (12:35); when Zoom just isn't quite the same an in-person conferences (14:01); and how to overcome pandemic-induced obstacles to your productivity (15:09).

· Rishabh Anand on creating and writing things that add value; following a research-intensive ideation process (15:57); the tools and tactics of a visual learner, and defeating writer's block (17:09).

· Yonatan Kagansky on the influence the internet has on our brains; the risk of becoming puppets; going #BackToTheInternet (18:22); the most common mistake product developers are making today, and how to use the Story Test to determine product viability (19:31).

With special thanks to Vladimiros Peilivanidis for the introduction to this episode, and The 2020 Noonies sponsors who made this all possible: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

Vote in the 2020 Noonies before voting closes on 12 October!

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AI and Quantum Computing to the Rescue

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 11:39:16 -0700

Ever wondered what a podcast would sound like if it was hosted by an AI? Look no further. In this episode of Hacker Noon's Noonies chatcast series, Natasha Nel's AI alter-ego asks three top Hacker Noon Contributors which technological innovation they think will save the world and why. Buckle up for surreal meta moment from the future of robot podcasting.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

IN THIS PODCAST:

(01:24) Rishabh Anand on artificial intelligence

(05:19) Vladimiros Peilivanidis on quantum

(06:25) Aditi Bhatnagar on computing speed and human possibility

The Reciprocation Effect: How Fornite and Spotify Make Millions

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 07:31:39 -0700

In this podcast, Limarc talks to Microsoft Engineer and Noonies Nominee Nataraj Sindam. In part 1 of this podcast, Nataraj and Limarc talk about The Freemium Model and The Reciprocation Effect, a pricing strategy used by some of the world’s largest companies, including Fortnite and Spotify.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

Don’t forget to vote for Nataraj in the 2020 Noonie Awards.

Covered in Part 1 of this podcast:

Benefits of The Freemium Model
What is the Reciprocation Effect?

READ MORE ON HACKERNOON.COM:

https://hackernoon.com/tagged/business
https://hackernoon.com/tagged/freemium
The Freemium Model's Reciprocation Effect by Nataraj Sindam

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Stellar and Akoin on The Unsexy Side of Blockchain — Regulation, Banking, Accessibility, and Privacy

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 11:02:18 -0700

Denelle Dixon is the CEO at the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization to support the development and growth of the open-source Stellar network. Reza Jafery is the Chief Blockchain Officer at Akoin, the crypto-foray by Akon to evolve, empower, and promote entrepreneurship in Africa and beyond.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

On the Hacker Noon podcast, they discuss their companies’ progress in helping make cryptocurrencies more accessible, enabling developers to build apps and dApps on top of their ecosystems, and the crypto-verse in general.

Continue reading about blockchain, economics, and smart contracts on Hacker Noon.

Check our annual Noonies Awards nominees https://noonies.tech/.

Voting is now live!

Also, check out Hacker Noon via Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options.

How To Solve Problems Like a Software Developer

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:08:44 -0700

Problem solving — technologists do it differently.™ Natasha Nel asks 5 top Hacker Noon Contributors to share their secret problem-solving frameworks, so that we can all learn to think like devs, during a time in which troubleshooting skills couldn't be more coveted.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

IN THIS PODCAST:

🎬 (02:55) Rishabh Anand on why a whiteboard helps with problem solving, and finding your own path forward

📝 (05:38) Ryan Dawson on figuring out the business objectives behind problems, the agile method, and seeking out meaningful feedback

🐛 (06:46) Paul Bailey with two frameworks for debugging — as a programmer —as well as an AI named Jane

💠 (10:55) Aditi Bhatnagar on doing the research and connecting the dots

🍔 (12:48) Alexey Grigorev on the MoSCoW method, the 80/20 rule, and much, much more

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Decentralization Debate Club: Blockchain, Autonomy, and DeFi

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 06:59:29 -0700

Has what started with Satoshi spun off into an hype-driven, ICO-indulgent startup industry of solutions for nothing? Or is blockchain technology and the mass decentralization it makes possible still worth the hype? Answered in 5 minutes by two top Hacker Noon Contributors — Mario Alves and Vladimiros Peilivanidis — tune in for a Decentralization Debate Club episode with Natasha Nel.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

Black Mirror Tech IRL: Hacker Noon Writers on What’s Worrying in 2021

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:37:12 -0700

Natasha Nel from Hacker Noon asks 7 Top Hacker Noon Contributors to weigh in with their scariest tech predictions for 2021 — expect a 10-minute American Horror Story anthology on everything from AI and Privacy to Content Overproduction and the internet’s impact on the planet.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

IN THIS PODCAST

(01:00) Ryan Dawson on how much data we’re giving away without realizing it;
(01:45) Matt Klein on ubiquitous tech and resulting and related content overproduction;
(03:30) Aditi Bhatnagar on what our collective data is being used for;
(04:40) Vladimiros Peilivanidis on the next wave of intelligence being designed by us lowly humans;
(05:10) Gajesh Naik on AI and automation stealing iterative jobs;
(05:50) Sharmistha Chatterjee on whether or not your industry’s advancing faster than you are;
And at (07:40) Melinda LB Lewis on the internet’s impact on our planet

The good news? The solutions to these problems and more are on hackernoon.com right now. (Probably.)

READ HACKERNOON.COM

Technology Trends for 2021: A Forecast from Hacker Noon’s Top Writers

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 08:02:06 -0700

Natasha Nel asks 10 of Hacker Noon’s Top Contributors to weigh in with their strategic tech predictions for 2021 — expect a briefing on everything from recession startups and (self) edtech to AI applied to end Covid-19 and the commoditization of Machine Learning.

With thanks to our 2020 Noonies award sponsors: Sustany Capital, .TECH Domains, Grant for the Web, Skillsoft, Flipside Crypto, Udacity, and Beyondskills.

IN THIS PODCAST:

Matt Klein on the state of mental health (tech) in America
Melinda LB Lewis on leveling up community and humanity in startup culture
Ryan Dawson with real-world examples of how ethics is affecting commerce
Muhammed Bilal on the collapse of traditional education
Brian Wallace on why we need Chiefs of Soft Skills
Tian Zhao on Web 3.0 and technology solving the problems of technology
Gajesh Naik on healthtech and the early detection of disease
Sharmistha Chatterjee on AI and the implementation a Covid-19 vaccine
Alexey Grigorev on the no-code movement, applied to Machine Learning
Vladimiros Peilivanidis on 5G, technopolitics and surveillance

Storytelling in Virtual Reality - The State of VR w/One Hamsa

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 04:11:07 -0700

In this podcast, Limarc talks to VR video game developers Assaf Ronen and Dave Levy from One Hamsa about storytelling in virtual reality and the state of VR in 2020. Assaf and Dave talk about their success on the Oculus Quest with their futuristic racquetball VR game, Racket NX, as well as their upcoming game which aims to bring effective storytelling mechanics to the VR medium.

Covered in this interview:

How One Hamsa began
Why it is an advantage to develop games for the VR market
Tips for VR game developers on choosing innovative mechanics
The state of VR in 2020
What needs to change for VR to thrive
Oculus Quest forcing users to create a Facebook account

READ MORE ON HACKERNOON.COM:

https://www.onehamsa.com/

Natasha from Hacker Noon Reads You a Tech Story or Two · EP01

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 00:49:19 -0700

This week’s top tech stories on hackernoon.com cover everything from robots to unicorns. Tune in for a 6-min summary from Natasha Nel, Managing Editor at Hacker Noon; read hackernoon.com for the full stories.

IN THIS PODCAST:

Read the full stories: hackernoon.com

How to Hack a Huge Career in Tech with PR Expert & Founder Sarah Evans

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:23:24 -0700

How to accumulate 100k *genuine* followers on Twitter
What “newsworthy” looks like today
How to increase credibility when you’re not getting traditional media coverage
Where to pitch stories to build real brand validation
Moving from being a Manager to being a Master Collaborator
Hacking evidence of the work experience employers are looking for online
Creating a company-wide ‘Emotional Compass’ for more mindful communications
Why and how to start building a network—especially when you don’t need one
How to grow your influence by amplifying the voices of those around you

READ MORE ON HACKERNOON.COM:

VOTE FOR YOUR BEST TECH IN THE 2020 NOONIES:

https://noonies.tech/

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Building for Return on Environment with Product Strategist Dani Laity

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:47:46 -0700

Natasha asks Dani Laity of Aurora Sustainability to unpack the sustainable tech product strategies and monetization models powering Aurora Sustainability—2020 Noonie Nominee in for Best Use of Tech for Good in hackernoon.com’s annual internet awards! VOTE: noonies.tech Covered in this interview:

How solve problems so relevant that your products build themselves
The global shift from return on investment to return on environment
Why betting on millennial interests is good business
The fringe benefits of a distributed team, made up entirely of part-time freelancers and side-hustlers
Why it’s important to over-emote when your team is remote
Product strategy’s most transferable skills, from banking and fintech to sustainability

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VOTE FOR YOUR BEST TECH IN THE 2020 NOONIES:

TAKE THE AURORA SUSTAINABILITY QUIZ:

https://aurorasustainability.com/quiz/

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Monica Quaintance and Lisa JY Tan on Public Blockchains — Design, Security, Economics, and Fairness

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 06:53:23 -0700

Monica Quaintance, who is the Head of Research and Networks at Kadena Blockchain. She’s a former Senior Data Engineer at Rent the Runway and a former Quantitative Analytics Engineer at the SEC. Joining Utsav Jaiswal from Hacker Noon as co-host is Lisa JY Tan, Founder and Lead Economist at Economics Design.

They discuss Monica’s entry into Blockchain, the state of Blockchains in general and her contribution to the development of the Kadena Public Blockchain, how it provides cross-chain transactions, smart contracts, and the myth of unhackable Blockchains.

Monica also serves as a co-Founder at Universal Consensus, through which, she advocates for more diversity in the Blockchain sector to realize true universal consensus.

Continue reading about blockchain, economics and smart contracts on Hacker Noon.

Check our annual Noonies Awards nominees https://noonies.tech/.

Voting is now live!

Also, check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options.

How (and Why) to Build and Launch Products in 24hrs with Zoe Chew

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:20:47 -0700

Natasha Nel interviews 6x Noonie Nominee*, hackernoon.com Contributor, and Prolific Maker, Zoe Chew, to talk Product, Tech, Startups, and Marketing. *PUBLIC NOMS CLOSE AT NOON ON WED, 12 AUG: Last chance to get your best in tech (or yourself) nominated for some well-deserved industry recognition this year! Choose from over 200+ Tech Industry Awards and Add Your Last-Minute Noonies Nominations at NOONIES.TECH today THINGS COVERED IN THIS CONVERSATION:

How to transition from a marketing career to product building and consulting
How to come up with good ideas for great products
How to build and launch products in 24 hours
The value of keeping things simple
How to keep yourself accountable to your goals and stop procrastinating
Strategies for success as a solo founder
Zoe’s 3-level approach to branding and marketing yourself as a tech professional / introvert
How to stay productive and motivated working remotely
And so much more!

Read

https://hackernoon.com/tagged/product

https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startups https://hackernoon.com/tagged/technology https://hackernoon.com/tagged/marketing

Keep up with Zoe Chew

Clarity programming language talk with Diwaker Gupta, Aaron Blankstein, Maurice Herlihy and Alberto Cuesta Canada

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 05:29:28 -0700

Utsav Jaiswal hosts Diwaker Gupta, Head of Engineering at Blockstack, Aaron Blankstein, Engineer at Blockstack, Maurice Herlihy, Engineer and Advisor at Algorand and Alberto Cuesta Canada, Lead Blockchain Instructor at BeyondSkills and a Hacker Noon contributor to talk everything about Clarity, a new smart contracting language. Hacker Noon’s best contributing writers discuss the need of new programming language by Blockstack and Algorand, how feasible it will be, what improvements and adjustments of Clarity to the existing ecosystem and more.

Continue reading about blockstack, programming, decentralization and smart contracts on Hacker Noon.

Check our annual Noonies Awards nominees https://noonies.tech/

Nominations are now open until August 13th.

Also, check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options.

BREAKING: Hacker Noon’s 2020 Noonies Awards Launches TODAY at noonies.tech

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:55:50 -0700

Join Hacker Noon’s Managing Editor, Natasha Nel, for a quick briefing on this year’s biggest, greenest and most independent tech industry awards: Hacker Noon’s prestigious #Noonies.

The 2020 #Noonies are made possible by Amplify Brokerage, the world’s first global zero trading fee cryptocurrency trading platform. GET STARTED: https://bit.ly/2O9xrzJ

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The original Noonies was conceptualized in early 2019, mostly as a ploy to distract our community from how many things were wrong with the site when we first moved off Medium in July of that same year. It turned into something bigger than we at Hacker Noon could’ve ever imagined.
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This year, we’ve 10x’d the thing (sorry - touchy phrase in tech these days, I know) and the New Noonies includes two new award categories, and over 100 new award titles. In this quick listen, Natasha runs you through this year’s Noonies selection process; a few of her favourite awards, and how nominations and voting will work this year. Enjoy!

Nominate your best people and products in tech today: noonies.tech!

Why Mahbod wants the President of Genius.com to be Black

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 08:21:02 -0700

Mahbod Moghadam, a Co-Founder of Rap Genius, a founding member of Everipedia, a Yale and Stanford alumni, joins Utsav Jaiswal on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss the need for more black leadership and why the CEO of biggest black-culture American website needs to be black.

Mahbod shares how his passion for music and education in high school influenced his future career. He shares how Genius started off as Rap Exegesis as an overnight project and grew to become the hip-hop torch-bearer it is today, worldwide.

They also discuss the need for black leadership, racism in the tech industry, and the role of cryptocurrency in reducing inequalities in societies.

Mahbod ends with his opinion on Kanye West's decision to run for the president of the United States and a promise to campaign for Ye.

Continue reading about leadership, black culture, tech stories, and startups on Hacker Noon.

Also check Mahbod’s latest stories on Hacker Noon:

The CEO of my company, Genius, must be Black

GENIUS V. GOOGLE: The Founder of Genius’ 100% Unbiased Take and Perspectives

Check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today and check our sponsorship options.

Who is Linh Dao Smooke? A conversation about Entrepreneurship, Leadership and the Impact of Technology and Education with the Hacker Noon COO

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 06:51:35 -0700

Linh Dao Smooke discusses Entrepreneurship, running Hacker Noon, and the importance of education with Henry Le of Vietnam Tech Society.

Linh shares how her opportunity to study abroad in India at age 17 has shaped the course of her life forever. Grateful for her scholarships to schools in India and the US, Linh has been creating opportunities for students and young professionals through her various initiatives in education, such as the creation of the Creative Kid Project.

Linh discusses Hacker Noon's business model, how the company interacts with its community of writers and readers, operations processes and the next big steps Hacker Noon is taking to build a better Internet. Linh also shares insights of Hacker Noon break up with Medium and highlights the values of no paywall and free Internet on which Hacker Noon philosophy is built.

Continue reading about education, leadership, tech stories, and business lessons on Hacker Noon.

Also, keep up Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, the Tech Stories Chrome plugin, or just get a technology story published today. P.S. We also are accepting new sponsors.

Decentralized Chat Protocols with Unstoppable Domains Co-Founder and CEO Bradley Kam

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 11:06:31 -0700

Bradley Kam, Co-Founder, and CRO at Unstoppable Domains, joins Utsav Jaiswal and Arthur Tkachenko on the Hacker Noon Podcast to discuss how decentralization enables censorship-resistant peer to peer communication.

Bradley discusses how decentralized registries such as their (dot)crypto lives outside the DNS naming system and how it cannot be pulled down by vested interests. He also shares his opinion on decentralization and security.

Bradley Kam’s speaks on the bylines of the launch of Dchat, which allows users to encrypt and store messages without the involvement of third parties. Dchat integrates cryptocurrency wallets and a peer-to-peer (P2P) storage network in order to securely store chat messages that are 100% controlled by users.

Continue reading about blockchain, security, crypto and startups on Hacker Noon.

“I Was Making More Money Than God” - John McAfee on the Hacker Noon Podcast

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:04:45 -0700

John McAfee talks about making more money than God on the Hacker Noon podcast hosted by David Smooke. https://podcast.hackernoon.com/

"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.

The power of decentralization, applications development and human rights in the digital age with Filecoin and IPFS founder Juan Benet

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:45:02 -0700

Juan Benet, CEO at Protocol Labs, founder of IPFS and Filecoin, joins Utsav Jaiswal and Vaibhav Saini, a Hacker Noon contributing writer, on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss everything Web 3.0. They talk about the lifespan of new applications and protocols, factors influencing the growth rate of application technologies, the history of cloud development, the philosophy, and as well technology behind IPFS and benchmark of success for Filecoin. Juan also presents his opinion on why human rights ought to be digital and discusses the power dynamics of technology in the era of global connectivity.

Check related reads on Web 3.0 and IPFS from Hacker Noon contributing writer Vaibhav Saini.

Understanding IPFS in Depth Series: A Beginner to Advanced Guide

10+ Resources Every IPFS Developer Should Know About

Also check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today.

How to build cryptocurrency exchange from scratch by Adam Todd, CEO & Founder of Digitex Futures

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 07:58:06 -0700

Adam Todd, Lead Developer and CEO of Digitex Futures Exchange, joins Utsav Jaiswal to share his journey in trading and discuss what it takes to build a cryptocurrency exchange.

They discuss cryptocurrency space in general, bitcoin, and the effort behind building cryptocurrency exchange from scratch. Adam shares the story of his trading experience which started when he was 19, and how it led him to build a zero-fee cryptocurrency exchange.

Check related reads on Digitex, trading and cryptocurrency 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.

How to Build a Tech Podcast and Engage the Community by Jennifer Hooper, Producer at Code[ish] by Heroku

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:34:08 -0700

Jennifer Hooper, the Producer at Code[ish] and Senior Director, Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand at Heroku, joins Utsav Jaiswal to share her insights to building a tech podcast. Code[ish] focuses on code, technology and the life of the developer.

They talk about the place for growth-hacks in technology podcasts, how to add value to the listeners', and the importance of naming your podcast in an SEO-friendly manner. Jennifer, shares her process of sticking to schedules despite millions of moving pieces involved, the challenges of recording from remote locations, and the role of the community in podcasting.

Check related reads on podcasts, Heroku and the power of community 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.

Your Brain on Instagram Activism

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 08:46:54 -0700

Natasha Nel, Managing Editor at Hacker Noon, has a meandering conversation with the addiction psychologist who lives in her house — in his non-professional capacity — about what might happening to Our Brains on Social Media, as we stand in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter.

Some related reads on Hacker Noon on social media, psychology and activism.

Also check out Hacker Noon via the NOONIFICATION, Giphy (ahem Facebook and/or Instagram), Twitter, or just get a technology story published today.

Trump vs. The Internet

Thu, 28 May 2020 16:27:20 -0700

What just happened to the internet!? Did our President just sign an executive order that forces social media platforms to be his personal mega phone? Hacker Noon CPO Dane Lyons and CEO David Smooke discuss the possible implications on 45's attempt to change internet law. Some sources discussed in this episode:

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How to Recover from Losing Half Your Revenue While Testing Positive for Covid-19

Tue, 19 May 2020 21:23:52 -0700

Jim Huffman, CEO of GrowthHit, husband, father of two girls, and author of The Growth Marketer’s Playbook — which “was #1 on Amazon until Seth Godin launched his new book and then it was quickly not #1” — joins Natasha Nel on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss, well, Friday the 13th of March, 2020. A day defined by Jim as ‘The Hardest Day of His Career’, it involved losing $400k in ARR, losing his family’s daycare, and testing positive for Covid-19. This is his comeback story - with actionable tips for how some startups can adapt and recover from pandemic conditions.

Couple notable links mentioned in the show:

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Spotify Makes Exclusive Deal for All Joe Rogan Content - What's Next for Internet Creators?

Tue, 19 May 2020 21:10:21 -0700

Linh Dao Smooke and David Smooke discuss Joe Rogan's upcoming deal with Spotify and the potential implications for internet creators worldwide. Is this a turning point of the internet? Or just the next NBC licensing Friends and The Office to Netflix deal? ... Which was a pretty big deal for Netflix claim to the video streaming market share... Plus we discuss - all while walking in Colorado - how the pandemic has levelled the playing field for limiting production value. Things like Some Good News. If you can, might as well: MAKE SOMETHING TODAY.

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Open Orchard’s Andrew Levine Discusses Decentralization, Distributed Computing, and Enabling Developers To Build dApps Faster

Fri, 08 May 2020 13:26:11 -0700

CEO of Open Orchard, Ex Head of Communications & Advocacy at Steemit Andrew Levine joins Utsav Jaiswal to discuss whither blockchain, what inspired Andrew and his team at Open Orchard to start their project on launching new Blockchain Koinos, the driving philosophy as well as the underlying technology. Andrew talks about the differences between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hiveblocks and Koinos Blockchains, how the Koinos will enable developers build their own dApps faster. Community's questions asked via #HackerNoonKoinos, related to explaining Blockchain to those not in the know, how success and knowledge are not as intertwined, the role of open source community and technology stalwarts in the adoption of niche technologies, and why the best way to boost progress in the world is to make it easier for everyone to launch more powerful applications.

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Inside Tron's Steem Takeover Attempt and the Birth of the Hive Blockchain

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Washington Post’s Ben Golliver Discusses NBA’s Microsoft Partnership, Kawhi’s Logo Lawsuit, and the Modern Reporter’s Techstack

Fri, 01 May 2020 11:52:18 -0700

Washington Post NBA Reporter Ben Golliver joins David Smooke on the Hacker Noon podcast to discuss Microsoft winning the NBA deal, what the Kawhi Leonard logo lawsuit means for the shoe industry, how the reporter’s tech stack has evolved over his career, what talents and traits lead to quality front office decision makers, the path from blogging to mainstream media, how the pandemic affected sports podcast advertising budgets, ways NBA players can make more money off the court, what it’s like to break Lebon James’ controversial China statements, the future of monetizing micro-content, the possibility of NBA players holding stock in their franchises, the emerging long tail seo of podcast listenership, and of course, how much fun it is to watch Zion hoop (“If LeBron is the athlete of Twitter, Zion is the NBA athlete of Instagram”). Also check out Ben’s G.O.A.T and Open Floor podcasts.

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Holochain Deep Dive with Arthur Brock and Eric-Harris-Braun

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:34:25 -0700

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In this episode Utsav Jaiswal interviews Arthur Brock and Eric Harris-Braun, Co-Founders of Holochain - an Open Source framework for building fully distributed, peer-to-peer applications.

They talk about Holochain’s mission and values, how it differs from Blockchains, and how to manage distributed teams.

“What we've been interested in is really how do we collectively shape currents, flows for a better world, for greater collective intelligence, for coordinating and collaborating better.”

- Arthur Brock

“Holochain is what we've come to after a very long time and a lot of intense efforts in understanding those (biological) patterns of how to create tools for distributed collective intelligence... And Holochain is our answer to being able to do that.”

- Eric Harris-Braun

“It creates currencies that are not speculated. It creates currencies that are based on actual production. People, for a long time, have been wondering why we have all these currencies when the government can issue as much of it as they want, whenever they want.

It's funny, in the blockchain world, they call their currencies non-fiat and government currencies - fiat, but blockchain currencies are also actually fiat.

They are declared out of nowhere.

Whereas, if you do this other pattern of creating mutual credit currencies based on productive capacity, then you are actually creating something that represents actual value in the world and our economics can become based on value rather than speculation.”

- Eric Harris-Braun

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Linh Dao Smooke and Utsav Jaiswal discuss Decentralization, Challenges, and Solutions with The NEM Foundation's President Alex Tinsman and NEM CTO Nate D’Amico

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:04:57 -0700

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In this episode Linh Dao Smooke and Utsav Jaiswal interview Alex Tinsman, President at NEM.io Foundation and NEM’s CTO Nate D’Amico.

They discuss cryptocurrency adoption, difference between NEM, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and blockchain platform, and Nem.IO Foundation, gender role in crypto tech spheres, blockchain decentralization, Nem’s operation mindset and the future of NEM.

Interview was recorded on January 18th, 2020.

“What's pretty interesting about the trajectory with the path for the NEM is that it was so forward thinking with the security features that it has always overcome and remained when all these other coins on platforms kind of went away. I think it has a bright future with technology. Platforms like NEM stick around because they are forward thinking with their features and their abilities.”

“I want to be a part of change and the only way to do so is to educate yourself. And the only way to educate yourself is to get dirty. To get dirty with the code, get dirty with the channels, understand. Get into the thick of it. And then it gets really exciting [blockchain and cryptocurrency) because it opens up the opportunity for anyone. Anyone, no matter what your skills set is, everyone has the same level of playing field. So I don't really think of it as a female thing, I think of it as an empowering tool that anyone and everyone can be a part of. So to me it's not gender, it's a movement.” -

Alex Tinsman

“If someone on even local, city council level wanted to do a similar voting style that we are using for the NEM ecosystem, they could launch a private or public chain and it doesn't really matter as functionally of the network would be doing the same thing. They could launch a private chain or public chain and still make it auditable, so anyone could have a verifiable data that they would check and download. And then they could configure that network by just tuning a couple labs when they launch it to decide how the consensus works. So if you’re launching a six server node of private network for local city council loading and you’re gonna use it once and then archive it for historical verification purposes, and then every year stand up a new network - you could configure it in a very simplified way that gives you total control on how to protect the network.”

- Nate D'Amico

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How One Bain Consultant’s Medical Debt Led Him to Become the Consultant For Aspiring Consultants

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0700

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In this episode David Smooke interviews Davis Nguyen, Founder of My Consulting Offer. They discuss Davis's way into consulting, insights on social media marketing, and people’s motivations behind startups.

“I spent my money on just online courses. So I bought the best courses on YouTube ads, Facebook ads, Twitter ads, LinkedIn ads. What people spend, I imagine on alcohol and travelling, I've just spent on online courses.”

“ I know that maybe I am the person who gets us from zero to seven figures, which is there. But to go to eight figures and so forth in profit, that's either gonna by hiring a great team, training myself or just replacing myself eventually. Because I have no problem with that. It’s like how do we serve our customer base and how do we help people become better thinkers. And I'm biased because I work in management consulting, but I think that's one of the best training for anyone who wants to go down that road and they don't want to start a business, they are not like a side hustler or anything like that. And I want to make sure to continue that.”

- Davis Nguyen

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Blockchain, Cardano and Smart Contracts with Charles Hoskinson - Cardano Co-Founder, CEO of IOHK

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:51:18 -0700

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In this episode HackerHodl (Utsav) interviews Cardano co-Founder and IOHK CEO, Charles Hoskinson.

They discuss Cardano as a blockchain and an enabler of functional Smart Contracts to drive scalable, secure, and fast transactions over the chain. Cardano just launched their Shelley update that is also an incentivized testnet.

“The model for smart contracts is broken or people were sold this idea that your entire application lives on the Blockchain. The reality is it doesn't. It's a service oriented architecture. So if you're gonna have your own servers, you have clients, you have a server-client model, but there's certain parts of your business logic in your application that are too trusted. So you take them out.”

“People forget the 19th century. America had hundreds of private money. All of them failed. So then after the first generation, people said, wow, this stuff is here to stay. We can decentralize trust, create a common source of truth amongst people. We can push money around. The problem with Bitcoin is that it is blind, deaf and dumb. It doesn't understand the world around it. You can't do smart transactions.”

— Charles Hoskinson

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Decentralized Discussions with Startup CEOs Mark Nadal and David Smooke

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:13:22 -0700

Back from migration hiatus! Tune in to Mark Nadal, creator of the GUN decentralized database, and David Smooke, Founder & CEO of Hacker Noon, discussing open source, decentralization, faagm, and a bit about their upcoming partnership.

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E62 - Banking the Unbanked with Anton Mozgovoy - Former VP of Technology at Humaniq

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:31:35 -0700

Episode 62 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Former VP of Technology at Humaniq, Anton Mozgovoy Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Derek Bernard interviews Hacker Noon contributing author, Anton Mozgovoy, former VP of Technology at Humaniq.

They discuss his prior project in which the blockchain was utilized and a coin created to bring financial power to the unbanked in Africa; at its peak, they were 500,000 members strong. They also get a bit into the challenges facing the growing generational divide being accelerated by the pace of advancing technology, as well as the global forces at play in the technology space.

“There are actually close to 2 billion people on the planet that don’t have access to the banking system. They’re still using cash; they’re still trading with each other. It’s just that they’re not trading on a global scale. It means that they can send money [over] a distance.”

“That’s just one simple use case if you’d applied to many different models out there. One of the biggest ones that blockchain people really refer to which is Metcalf’s Law that tells you that the power of the system is quadratically correlated to the number of people that are involved in it and then they like to apply it to: what would happen if we could get those 2 billion that are right now excluded and include them into this global eco-system.”

— Anton Mozgovoy

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SE04 - Hacker Noon's Editors Talk #noonies: On Voting, Winning, Tweeting, and Cheating

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:36:48 -0700

Special Episode 04 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: Join Hacker Noon Editor’s Natasha Nel and Storm Farrell as they converse with Hacker Noon CEO David Smooke on everything Noonies. Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode David Smooke interviews Hacker Noon Editor’s Natasha Nel and Storm Farrell to discuss the Tech Industry’s Greenest Awards, the noonies!

They cover what went right, what went wrong, as well as some of the noonies biggest winners.

“When we were conceptualizing this idea for the awards voting/polling situation, we didn’t really find any obvious, simple voting or polling apps. And as far as we could tell, none of the solutions allowed us to set up a situation where there was a very light touch voting opportunity for users, so we opted to build one ourselves”

— Storm Farrell

“The tech industries greenest awards! The noonies were built to recognize perfectly the best and worst people and products of the internet, and indeed they were.”

“Thank you to the community for taking part. There were a lot of who were really enthusiastic, and I’m grateful.”

— Natasha Nel

“There’s areas where we can go further with custom voting and how what we choose to build with the future of the product is it’s kind of interesting to think about how content is shared, and then when it’s curated well, how is it shared more.”

— David Smooke

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#CrazyTechStories @ Huckletree, London, England - Set 2

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 13:29:57 -0700

#CrazyTechStories!

Where Hacker Noon brings you a handful of stories from the community at large. Сrazy tech stories is part of a larger series of talks presented in association with Indeed Prime and Huckletree at Huckletree’s London location.

This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by Indeed Prime.

Visit https://www.indeedprime.com/hackernoon/ to flip the script on the job search and join now for access to resumé reviews, 1:1 sessions with technical career coaches, personalized work-style assessments and even negotiation tips to help seal the deal.

In this episode you get to meet Priansh Shah, co-founder of Aiko AI, David Smooke, CEO of Hacker Noon, Anthony Rose, Founder and CEO of SeedLegals, and Thomas Webb, artist/hacker extraordinaire. Listen to the talks on iTunes or watch on YouTube.

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E61 - We Are Living in the Simulation Hypothesis with Riz Virk

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0700

E61 - The Simulation Hypothesis: Exploring The Real with Riz Virk

Episode 61 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Author/Entrepreneur Riz Virk Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube

In this episode Derek Bernard interviews Hacker Noon contributing author, Riz Virk to discuss his recently published book, The Simulation Hypothesis.

In a world where the nature of our being in this place we call reality is so often taken for granted amidst the need to sustain the status quo, Riz explores the very real possibility (and in some schools of thought, a very real PROBability) that what we experience as “real” is in fact a simulation akin to a video game with it’s quests, achievements, and leveling up through our experiences.

“What is Science and what is Religion? Both are attempts to try to find the truth about our physical reality and what is inside or outside of that reality and what the rules are. In the Simulation Hypothesis what science is actually discovering is what we in the video game world would call a physics engine.”

“The Simulation Hypothesis is a model that we live in an information-based reality that’s being rendered for each of us may end up coming closer to explaining these things than a lot of other models that are out there.”

— Riz Virk

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E60 - $1B in Orders on LeafLink's Platform with CEO Ryan G. Smith

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 13:37:10 -0700

Episode 60 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Ryan G. Smith of LeafLink LeafLink has become a major player in the cannabis space, recently raising $35M in their series B fund raise. Discover how LeafLink provides solutions in the cannabis space by streamlining the ordering, transparency, and sales rep processes with a robust online community and order management tools. Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode, Patrick Murray interviews Ryan G. Smith on how LeafLink grew to $1B in orders on their platform, making up 16% of all B2B orders in the U.S. More at http://firstbillion.leaflink.com/. Ryan also goes over how LeafLink became the first cannabis company named on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list and Fast Company's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Enterprise and more!

“The use case, real quick, is if you are purchasing manager at a dispensary, typically you would text, email, phone call 30-50 brands every week or so to stock your shelves, now you can go on LeafLink, create a multi-brand cart, hit submit, and then those invoices get sent out to all those brands, and then they have some SaaS tools which help them then manage the life cycle of the order internally all the way through to delivery.”

“I’m confident about going through these processes but a lot of it is being comfortable, being uncomfortable knowing you don’t know. Those phrases that are too often used, but it’s true. If you think you’ve got it all figured out, nobody wants to deal with people like that. Everyone is just like an old baby, pretty much like an old child”

- Ryan G. Smith

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E59 - From Liberal Arts to Tech with Lauren Maffeo

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:15:48 -0700

E59 - Breaking Into Tech with a Background In Liberal Arts with Lauren Maffeo of GetApp

Episode 59 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Lauren Maffeo of GetApp Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Derek Bernard interviews Lauren Maffeo of GetApp. Lauren shares how she went from a Media Studies degree in Liberal Arts Media to Research Analyst of Technology at GetApp.

“I majored in media studies in college pretty intent on going into journalism when I graduated. Unfortunately about halfway through college the recession hit and that was about the same time that ad spend was shifting from news organizations and news sites over to digital websites like Facebook and Google who now own an enormous total collective ad spend”

“The business model for a lot of journalism outlets collapsed and what was a competitive industry before became very difficult to enter after the fact.”

"In hindsight I think my media studies degree I thought at the time that those degrees were going to prepare me for a career as a reporter, but I actually think they were better preparation for what I do now as a research analyst because that kind of education primes you to look at a market, find gaps within that market, ask critical questions about the status quo and then give solutions for what to do differently. And I see a lot of parallels between my work as an analyst here and what I did academically, and so in hindsight that humanities education was great preparation for a career in tech.”

— Lauren Maffeo

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#CrazyTechStories @ GitHub, San Francisco, CA, United States

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:27:06 -0700

#CrazyTechStories!

Where Hacker Noon brings you a handful of stories from the community at large.

This #CrazyTechStories is part of a larger series of talks presented in association with PubNub and GitHub at GitHub's San Francisco location.

This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by PubNub.

Visit https://www.pubnub.com to check out how PubNub brings you APIs for realtime apps

In this episode you'll hear three talks from three Hacker Noon contributing writers:

Pranava Adduri - Productivity Hacker Using Modern Text Editors

Lily Chen - Feature Fatigue Kills UX

Jordan Schuetz - Real Time APIs that Transform the Human Experience (feat. Peloton & Logitech)

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E58 - IBM’s Four Pillars for Enterprise Blockchain Development with Jerry Cuomo of IBM

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:15:53 -0700

E58 - IBM’s Four Pillars for Enterprise Blockchain Development with Jerry Cuomo of IBM

Episode 58 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Jerry Cuomo of IBM This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Discover why developers love DigitalOcean and get started with a free $50 credit at https://do.co/hackernoon Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Jerry Cuomo on IBM’s open-source initiatives towards enterprise Blockchain technologies, going into the value-add of Hyperledger and Hyperledger Fabric to enterprise operations.

"These are problems that are not waiting for tomorrow to be solved.”

“There is a wonderful moment when a developer meets a business-informed person, and there is this cross-pollination that occurs where an age-old business problem. with Blockchain now as a set of tools and techniques for businesses to collaborate, provides a resolution.”

“When you see the sparkle in that founder’s eye. That, you know, ‘this has been a thorn in our side for generations’, and now we recognize it as an industry.”

— Jerry Cuomo

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E57 - Centralized, Decentralized, and Independent Media with David Smooke of Hacker Noon

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:58:25 -0700

Centralized, Decentralized, and Independent Media with David Smooke of Hacker Noon

Episode 57 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with David Smooke of Hacker Noon

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In this episode Amber Cazzell interviews David Smooke of Hacker Noon. David shares his insights and experiences taking a startup from conception to successful business in the digital publication space. As well as the decisions that motivated the move from Medium to developing Hacker Noon’s own platform.

"The writing is on the wall that the next step for Hacker Noon is that it needs to be its own software.”

“People telling their own stories. We want to level that up by like 100x, and, the rich people deciding what stories should trend, try and slow that down.”

“Where we’re at in the landscape is we’re not trying to break news. We’re trying to get experts to amplify their voice. So when people are doing cool things in technology - research papers from Stanford for example - like that’s an interesting thing for us to republish and get very smart people who are building related things to read.”

“I think that young entrepreneurs are better off publishing something small each day than trying to spend two weeks getting into BBC or CNN or whoever their target is. How do I reduce the barriers for me to get something out each day? And each day I can share more of my story and my ideas, and that will attract more people that are interested in those ideas too.” — David Smooke

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E56 - The Shortest Distance From Idea to Execution with Jim Rose of CircleCI

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:45:19 -0700

Episode 56 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Jim Rose, CEO of CircleCI, platform for software teams which allows to rapidly build quality projects, at scale. CircleCI’s mission is to give people everywhere the power to build and deliver software at the speed of imagination.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Jim Rose from CircleCI. You get to discover the insights of continuous delivery and automation processes and learn what it takes to automate your apps in the cloud.

“Our model has always been about developer empowerment. We've always wanted developers to use our platform irrespective of whether they're going to pay us, because we think, in a very community-oriented fashion, that a rising tide raises all the ships. The more developers can get familiar with more advanced technologies and more advanced approaches it's just good for everyone, including their consumers” — Jim Rose

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#CrazyTechStories @ Huckletree, London, England

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 22:44:52 -0700

#CrazyTechStories!

This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by Indeed Prime.

In this episode you get to meet Simon Woolf, developer of Ably.io, Alex Bor, tech lead of Huckletree and Anton Mozgovoy, CTO of Humaniq. You get to discover what happens when a bug disappears or alters its behavior when one attempts to probe or isolate it from Simon Woolf of Ably.io, how Huckletree succeeds in bringing together a disruptive community of startups in London, Dublin & Manchester from its tech lead Alex Bor and why you should never do your releases on Friday from Anton Mozgovoy of Humaniq. Listen to the talks on iTunes or watch on YouTube.

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E55 - The Insights of Building Decentralized Infrastructure with Jake Yocom-Piatt of Decred

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0700

The Insights of Building Decentralized Infrastructure with Jake Yocom-Piatt of Decred

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Episode 55 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Jake Yocom-Piatt, CEO at Company 0, LLC and the Project Lead for Decred, a progressive cryptocurrency with a system of community-based governance integrated into its blockchain. Listen to the interview on iTunes or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Jake Yocom-Piatt the Project Lead for Decred. You get to discover Decred decentralized autonomous cryptocurrency and how the company is building government systems around what they are working on and organizing themselves in both a transparent and open source kind of way.

“We're doing what we can to set a good example and try to create infrastructure which if nation states would want to use they could”.

“Here's one. What would you have instead of proof-of-stake system for US government, what if you had a system where stake was linked to the amount you've paid in taxes. To make a tax payment a virtual Both literally and in terms of your sovereignty in the system”. - Jake Yocom-Piatt

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E54 - Nontechnical Founder Interview: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome with Zack Hurley

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:09:55 -0700

Episode 54 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Zack Hurley Co-Founder and CEO of Indie Source, entrepreneur with experience working with private and public sector organizations in the fields of business consulting for sales and marketing strategy, operational logistics. Listen to the interview on iTunes or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Patrick Murray interviews Zack Hurley from Indie Source. You get to discover what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur, and how to overcome the imposter syndrome while building new business.

“Living the 4 hour work week was mind blowing to me”.

“I finally understood that you don't need to spend 10 or 20 years in a corporation to be an entrepreneur and starting your own thing. You just flipped everything that I knew about what I had to do on a tech. I don't have to wait”. — Zack Hurley

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E53 - The Journey of Entrepreneurship with Jake Goldman

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:39:10 -0700

Episode 53 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Jake Goldman, founder and director of 10up, a top WordPress-centric digital agency.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Jake Goldman, founder of 10up, a top WordPress-centric digital agency. You get to discover Jake’s entrepreneurial background, his career path and the projects Jake is working on today.

“To me entrepreneurism is something you happen to find yourself doing when you have a really good idea and you have some notion of the business that you want to be in. You are determined to make it successful.” — Jake Goldman

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E52 - The Future of Centralized Internet with Mahbod Moghadam

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:15:25 -0700

Episode 52 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with serial entrepreneur Mahbod Moghadam, co-founder of GENIUS and co-founder and CCO of Everipedia.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Mahbod Moghadam, co-founder of GENIUS and co-founder and CCO of Everipedia, wiki-based online encyclopedia. You get to discover the future of the Internet, blockchain and current projects Mahbod is working on.

"The blockchain stuff, the plan seems to be to destroy the centralized Internet. And some people in the centralized Internet seem to be showing love".

"Are they trying to co-opt this? Like the 10 million dollars question is if someone going to destroy Facebook? Or is Facebook just going to co-opt whatever someone else builds like they did with Snapchat?"

"My mission in life is to get people to come out of their privacy. You embrace digital real estate”.

— Mahbod Moghadam

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E51 - Hacker Noon From a Community Perspective with Linh Dao Smooke, COO of Hacker Noon

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:43:22 -0700

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Episode 51 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Linh Dao Smooke, COO of Hacker Noon. Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Linh Dao Smooke, COO of Hacker Noon, and Chris Castig, host of the Learn How to Code podcast, discuss Hacker Noon's new trajectory from June 2019 and Hacker Noon from a community perspective. Stick around and find out more!

“Tech it's basically electricity right now. It's everywhere; it's with everything that we do. So if you have a story that is related to tech we always and only judge the story on its own merit. It doesn't matter if you've never published with us before. It doesn't matter if you've never published anywhere before.”

"We are looking at Hacker Noon content as having three niches. We have the blockchain, bitcoin, cryptocurrency people. We have the general tech, startup people. And then we have software development. Software is where we started, so it's always dear to our heart."

- Linh Dao Smooke

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E50 - How the Legal System Interacts with Big Tech and Data Breaches

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:13:13 -0700

Episode 50 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Vinoo Varghese, a criminal defense attorney at Varghese & Associates, P.C. and a former prosecutor.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Vinoo Varghese, a criminal defense attorney and a former prosecutor. You get to discover more about the war on drugs, cannabis legalization, big tech and data as well as what exactly happened with #WikiLeaks.

“With Facebook next thing that come up they are sharing all the information with Chinese companies.”
“You've got this very interesting interplay between the criminal illegal system and the Congress trying to figure out what to do. And ultimately you actually come back to a constitutional issue.” — Vinoo Varghese

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E49 - Quality Assurance and the Future of Society with Fred Stevens-Smith

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 21:08:52 -0700

Episode 49 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Fred Stevens-Smith, CEO at Rainforest QA

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Fred Stevens-Smith, CEO at Rainforest QA. In it is discussed quality assurance, automation and the threat to human jobs, and the ramifications for society.

"Most people don't really have the tools to understand how software really works. So it becomes this question like whether robots going to take my job or not?" - Fred Stevens-Smith

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E48 - Stages of Company Building: From Startup to Growth and Exit with Cheryl Contee

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 12:08:05 -0700

Episode 48 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Cheryl Contee, CEO at Do Big Things and Author of Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success.

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In this episode Cris Beasley interviews Cheryl Contee, co-founder of social marketing software Attentive.ly at Blackbaud, the first tech startup with a black female founder on board in history to be acquired by a NASDAQ-traded company. You get to learn essential stages of successful company building and how to combine the career of entrepreneur with motherhood.

"There is no job, there is no product, there is no service that doesn't involve technology going forward in the 21 century.”

“Be yourself and find the investors who really get you especially if you don't come from a technical background, if you are a woman, if you are a minority. You might have to knock on more doors. I certainly did. I have to knock on a lot more doors to finally find those investors who really got it. ” — Cheryl Contee

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SE03 - Event Horizon: Hacker Noon 2.0 with David Smooke, Dane Lyons, and Austin Pocus

Thu, 30 May 2019 19:38:23 -0700

This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Discover why developers love DigitalOcean and get started with a free $50 credit at https://do.co/hackernoon Today we bring you special episode from London, England. Hacker Noon CEO David Smooke has a conversation with Hacker Noon's CPO Dane Lyons and Full Stack Developer Austin Pocus. They discuss the current state of progress of Hacker Noon 2.0, the tribulations of the process, and what they'd like to see in the final product. It's a great episode for those eagerly anticipating the next iteration of Hacker Noon. Stick around!

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E47 - Building Technology that Augments Human Abilities with Amber Case

Tue, 28 May 2019 09:00:00 -0700

Episode 47 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Amber Case, cyborg anthropologist, user experience designer and MIT Media Lab fellow researcher.

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In this episode Cris Beasley interviews Amber Case, cyborg anthropologist, user experience designer and MIT Media Lab fellow researcher. You get to discover how technology building that augments our human ability.

“Donna Haraway is the author of "A Cyborg Manifesto". She wrote this idea about non-human allies that you’d have interspecies friendships. And that dogs, animals but also cell phones would be your not human allies. And again we don’t expect dog to act like a human, so why are we expecting AI to act like a human too?”

“ This is non-human. Whatever weird specie it is - that’s cool. It’s fundamentally it’s own thing. But let’s work with this and see what happens.” - Amber Case

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E45 - Computational Journalism: The Data Behind the Stories with Jonathan Stray

Tue, 21 May 2019 09:00:00 -0700

Episode 45 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Jonathan Stray, computational journalist and researcher at Columbia Journalism School.

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In this episode Cris Beasley interviews Jonathan Stray, computational journalist, data scientist, researcher at Columbia Journalism School and a fellow at the Institute for The Future.

You get to meet the creator of Workbench, the tool for analyzing big data without any coding experience necessary.

"I identify as a computational journalist and I tell people it's two things. It's using computational techniques to do stories and doing stories about how computation and algorithms are affecting Society.”

“One direction might be using data science for investigative journalism. And the other direction might be, for example, looking into how machine learning is being used to decide who has to stay in jail before their trial.”

— Jonathan Stray

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E44 - Is Decentralized Governance The Future of Tokenized Assets? - Andy Bromberg

Thu, 16 May 2019 12:02:36 -0700

Is Decentralized Governance The Future of Tokenized Assets? - Andy Bromberg Episode 44 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Andy Bromberg, CEO and founder of CoinList.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Andy Bromberg, CEO and founder of CoinList. You get to discover the latest happenings in the blockchain industry, the future of ICO, and where the markets are in 2019.

"It's a little bit like if in the early 90's we were trying to figure out what the best consumer product for the internet was going to be. You know we might have some ideas, but let's actually nail down some of this infrastructure first so we can actually build those consumer projects, and see them launch and have success there ... A lot of people I hear are like, 'why hasn't there been consumer adoption yet?' And the simple answer is that the pipes just aren't there, the infrastructures not there. You know, it was ok in hindsight that we didn't have games being used by a hundred million people in 1992 on the internet, and we had to spend some time building things out first."

"I'm short term bearish on the tokenized assets, "security token", subset of the space. Long term I'm incredibly bullish. I think more and more assets will move to be represented digitally on a Blockchain, but in the short term I don't quite see it. I think it's going to be a little while before we get there. A lot of infrastructure needs to built out; investor demand needs to be built up."

"A lot of the value of crypto right now has been in speculation and financial instruments, and so decentralized finance makes a lot of sense at first, but then moving to some of these other things, like decentralized governance, that seems like a natural next step as more and more people become involved."

— Andy Bromberg

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E43 - A Look At the Current and Future Cryptocurrency Landscape with Writer, Noam Levenson

Tue, 14 May 2019 12:03:08 -0700

Episode 43 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Writer, Noam Levenson. This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by Indeed Prime. Visit https://www.indeedprime.com/hackernoon/ to flip the script on the job search and join now for access to resumé reviews, 1:1 sessions with technical career coaches, personalized work-style assessments and even negotiation tips to help seal the deal. Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube. In this episode Hacker Noon Producer, Derek Bernard interviews Writer, Noam Levenson. Topics discussed are around the current and future global effects of cryptocurrency on the economy and the world community.

"I think this is kind of a larger question that people sometimes approach in the wrong way"

“I am not sure that in these kinds of cases centralization is necessarily bad. I think the important question is not that it's decentralized or centralized. It’s that the potential for a monopoly is impossible.”

— Noam Levenson

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E42 - Smart Contracts on Blockchain with Will Martino and Tony Pham

Thu, 09 May 2019 15:02:47 -0700

Episode 42 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Will Martino, Founder & CEO at Kadena and Tony Pham, Head of Marketing at Kadena.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Will Martino, founder and CEO at Kadena, and Tony Pham, Head of Marketing . You get to discover what they’re working on, which is a new programming language for smart contracting and scalability and use cases for enterprise blockchain solutions.

"It's all about aligning the incentives of the three core users of the platform. You have miners who want more adoption, they want a bigger network doing more transactions a second. You have users who don't want to pay high fees. They want high security, they want decentralization, they want trustlessness, they want openness, and they also don't want to pay fees. And businesses who want to know that if they start using this platform and they start congesting the network, because think Cryptokitties - it launches and Ethereum gets clogged for a week, they want to know that the network can grow to support the throughput they need because they found their product-market fit."

"Overall, where I see the whole space going, is the sharing economy - the Enterprise sharing economy. This is one where you're redefining how consumers and businesses interact."

— Will Martino

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E41 - AI and Past Rediscovery with Robert Adamson

Thu, 02 May 2019 15:09:39 -0700

Episode 41 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Robert Adamson, a computer programmer and science fiction writer. This episode of Hacker Noon is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Discover why developers love DigitalOcean and get started with a free $100 credit at https://do.co/hackernoon Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Robert Adamson, you get to discover Rob’s recent app which helps you to identify aliens and learn about ancient civilizations and how we can use AI and machine learning to rediscover our past.

“Something is not real, something about this whole reality thing is not right. And so simulated reality is a theory that we are living in the computer simulation.”

“The Earth as we know it is really simulated, some really advanced civilizations in the future could not computered in.”

“The virtual reality... we go there for whatever reason maybe to learn, to get education whatever. That is the theory of simulated reality. And it seems to answer all kinds of questions. Because you are thinking universe is data as opposed to matter in time and space.”— Robert Adamson

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E40 - The Technology and Humanity Interface with Cris Beasley of Hack Reality

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:02:33 -0700

Episode 40 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Cris Beasley of Hack Reality, a podcast that explores technology, creativity and love.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Cris Beasley from Hack Reality, you get to learn about how technology interfaces with humanity, what pitfalls may occur and how technology helps to build better future for humanity.

“I am also spinning up a lab to bring together artists and technologists to create performance pieces that stretch consciousness and alter consciousness.”

“I thought a lot over the last few years of how we can be responsible technology-makers and make things that make us more even.”

“And I believe that we absolutely can transcend where we are in our current humanity. As long as we are building things that have this intent.”

“Then the question becomes how can you tell whether you are building something that is helping or hurting.” -

Cris Beasley

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E39 - Big Data and Machine Learning with Nick Caldwell

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 12:00:00 -0700

Episode 39 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Nick Caldwell CPO at Looker and former VP of engineering at Reddit. Listen to the interview on iTunes, or Google Podcast, or watch on YouTube.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Nick Caldwell from Looker, you get to learn about big data, machine learning and AI.

"Modern data stores are extremely powerful. You can put tons and tons of data into them. You can query them without losing speed. And in some cases, you can even do analytics in the database. We're just seeing this trend where the data layer is becoming more and more powerful, and Looker is riding that trend."

"My favorite learning, again, was just what's going on in the data engineering space. The BigQuery to me, at that time, was just mind blowing. You dump 4-5 petabytes of data in a big data store and query it all at once. It's stunning to me. I didn't know this thing was possible. And you can do that in an affordable fashion."

"My degree was focused in Machine Learning, and I think nowadays when people ask me about that sort of formal education, I tell them, 'You probably don't need it.' You can get really, really far in Machine Learning and just focus on the practical applications of it, without having to understand the underlying Mathematics of it. I think that's a really powerful thing, that abstraction."

—Nick Caldwell

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E38 - Solving Problems in the Tech Community with Pariss Athena of BlackTechTwitter & BTPipeline

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:47:29 -0700

Episode 38 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Pariss Athena, Creator of #BlackTechTwitter & Founder of the @BTPipeline platform, a community for people of color to mentor each other and find work.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Pariss Athena, Front end Dev/RN dev, creator of #BlackTechTwitter & founder of @BTPipeline platform, a community for people of color to mentor each other and find work.

"It's scary. I even think about that for Web Development, because of things like Squarespace and Wix, where people don't even need to know how to code where they could just build their website from there. Are they going to automate that? Are people just going to be able to customize their websites exactly as need be without web developers? And it's like, okay in that case, you have to be the one to produce something like a Wix or a Squarespace ”

"I thought coding was going to be super difficult, but it's not, it's actually very artistic. Anyone can do it."

"This type of system makes people stuck. I'm trying to phrase that the way I want to say it, but you're kind of stuck. It's like, weighing your options, you're not going to get what you want, you're just choosing between what you can actually afford. It's holding everyone back, and this is why I worry for black people coming from lower income communities. Another thing is, they're not even aware that they can actually come into this industry that way. They don't know that, because they don't have exposure to it, because they don't have resources, and without resources you're just not aware. And that's the other thing that's frightening." - Pariss Athena

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E37 - Distributed Ledger Tech with David Sønstebø, Co-Founder of IOTA

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:33:17 -0700

Episode 37 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with David Sønstebø of IOTA, a permission-less distributed ledger for a new economy.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews David Sønstebø, the co-founder of IOTA, you get to learn about distributed technologies, edge computing and what is happening in crypto today!

“If you look at how much computational power something like AWS or Azure Microsoft, if you look at how much they have, it sounds impressive, and I’m not saying it isn’t, but when you compare it to the idle amount of computation that exists in all the phones, all the laptops, and all the desktops around the globe it pales in comparison. With this kind of software you can unlock this decentralized AWS, so to speak, that also takes into account the edge. And then of course, your laptop, when it’s idle, you can actually make money from it.” — David Sønstebø

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Will Julian Assange Be Extradited? An Interview with Criminal Defense Attorney Vinoo Varghese

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:51:45 -0700

A news breaking special episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with criminal defense attorney Vinoo Varghese.

"Your question of is Julian Assange going to be extradited to the US? The answer is going to be yes." Vinoo Varghese, Criminal Defense Attorney

This is a special episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast. We just wrapped up an interview with criminal defense attorney, Vinoo Varghese, where we spent about 10-minutes discussing the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Due to the timeliness of this story, we decided to release this clip from the episode. The full episode will be released in several weeks, and discusses a range of other topics.

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E36 - The Future of Cloud Computing with Joshua Strebel from Pagely

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:29:13 -0700

Episode 36 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Joshua Strebel, CEO of Pagely and NorthStack

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Joshua Strebel discuss serverless, cloud computing, devops, WordPress, and Joshua’s new project NorthStack.

“You talk about AI and specifically around content publishing, there’s those crazy algorithms now that you can give it a sentence and a closing and it’ll write a thousand words in between and it will be on point. You’re like ‘I couldn’t have written this any better!” — Joshua Strebel

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E35 - France in the Blockchain Ecosystem with Karim Sabba from Paris Blockchain Week

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 15:34:58 -0700

Episode 35 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Karim Sabba, French entrepreneur and founder of Paris Blockchain Week. https://pbwsummit.com Use code: HACKERNOON30 for 30% off.

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In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Karim Sabba, French entrepreneur and founder of Paris Blockchain Week.

"I jumped into this new ecosystem where I saw returns that I had never seen in my life. And that was what caught me in. That was the bait, and it was a good bait. But afterwards I started to dive into all those projects and I remember, I don't want to name it because my apprehension of this was a bit weird, but basically I saw this project and for a long time I thought it was a scam, and maybe it is, but still they showed that you can technically be able to open bank accounts for unbanked people without them having to read or be tech-savvy. And that was my 'aha!' moment." - Karim Sabba

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Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E34 - Tokenized Equity with Josh Stein from Harbor

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:12:16 -0700

Episode 34 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Josh Stein of Harbor, a platform for tokenizing investments.

In this episode Trent Lapinskiinterviews Josh Stein from Harbor, a platform for tokenizing investments.

“When we tokenize these shares (using Blockchain) we’re just taking it out of the back office of the company. We’re recording the shares on this giant excel spreadsheet in the sky we call Ethereum, or Blockchain. But it’s got these great properties, which is that it’s public, so you know that if this smart contract represents shares, there’s no double counting of shares. And, you no longer have to go to the company to record the transfer of the shares. Buyer and seller can find each other digitally, they can transact digitally on the Blockchain, and in essence both of them are writing a new entry to the books of records in the company and they’re both signing it digitally.” — Josh Stein

Production and music by Derek Bernard — haberdasherband.com/production

Host: Trent Lapinski — https://trentlapinski.com

E33 - Biometric Geopresence with Tarik Tali of Taliware

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:28:55 -0700

Episode 33 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Tarik Tali, the CEO and founder of Taliware.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Tarik Tali meetup at Startup Grind and talk about his new biometric geopresence app now available on the App Store, and the implications of this emerging technology. Disclosure: Trent is an advisor on this project.

“We do geolocation, geopresence verification, we tether the phone to the owner, and the location where they are.” “What we did, our system actually has a calendar, and it tracks every day separately and stores it in the cloud. All your checkins, if you go to Starbucks and purchase coffee, you checkin, and you use your Touch or FaceID and that record is kept.” — Tarik Tali

Production and music by Derek Bernard —https://haberdasherband.com/production

Host: Trent Lapinski — https://trentlapinski.com

E32 - Journalism Apocalypse and Tech Trends with Christina Warren of Microsoft

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:15:49 -0700

Episode 32 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Christina Warren, former journalist at Mashable and Gizmodo, who currently works for Microsoft

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Christina Warren from Microsoft, who is a former journalist from Mashable and Gizmodo. You get to learn about journalism, fake news, and what’s happening in the big tech companies.

“This is what the news media struggles with, is that people don’t trust them, even though very often the mainstream media, in my opinion, isn’t out to mislead people and push an agenda. I think most working reporters are out to report the truth.”

“Microsoft is evolving and understands that it is not the past anymore. We ultimately want to build tools that developers can use regardless of what platform you’re on.” — Christina Warren

Production and music by Derek Bernard - haberdasherband.com/production

Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E31 - Speaking Of Crypto with Shannon Grinnell

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 20:30:02 -0700

Episode 31 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview Shannon Grinnell, host of Speaking of Crypto Podcast.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Shannon Grinnell where they discuss blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Shannon’s background. You can also check out Trent being interviewed by Shannon on her podcast, where they discuss crypto visionaries, tech for Trump, and why Apple bites.

“I thought I would do a podcast on Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies but it ended up being more on blockchain technologies because the people that I met were really focused on building something with this really incredible technology.” — Shannon Grinnell

Music by Derek Bernard — haberdasherband.com/production

Host: Trent Lapinski — https://trentlapinski.com

E30 - Why is Hackernoon.com leaving Medium?

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:17:09 -0700

Episode 30 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with David Smooke, CEO and founder of https://Hackernoon.com.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews David Smooke concerning the future of Hackernoon.com. They discuss some of the recent events concerning Medium, and why Hackernoon.com will eventually be moving away from Medium with the coming launch of Hacker Noon 2.0.

Music by Derek Bernard — https://haberdasherband.com/production

Host: Trent Lapinski — https://trentlapinski.com

E29 - The Future of Robotics Development with Eva Li of Vincross

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:55:41 -0700

Episode 29 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Eva Li of Vincross, a consumer robotics company. Check it out here: https://www.vincross.com/ In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Eva Li from Vincross, you get to meet one of the robots Hexa and learn about their new robotics development platform. "HEXA is a six-legged programmable robot.” “Our users are, but not limited to, software developers, programmers, researchers, people who are into robotics, hobbyists, and some students who are learning coding through HEXA.” “You can not just learn programming, learn robotics, also you can make it actually useful in your daily life. We offer this ideal hardware and software to make your ideas come true” — Eva Li Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E28 - Bringing Blockchain to Enterprise with Wayne Chang and Gregory Rocco of Alpine Intel

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 23:35:56 -0700

Episode 28 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Wayne Chang and Gregory Rocco of Alpine Intel, a new unit within ConsenSys.

In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Wayne Chang and Gregory Rocco from Alpine Intel to discuss bringing blockchain solutions to enterprise companies.

“Alpine is a new unit within ConsenSys. We were effectively the cryptoeconomics team at Token Foundry and we found a lot of demand for our services, and basically we want to build these new economies.”—Wayne Chang “What we look to do is engineer value rather than create speculative value. We’re personally not affected by crypto winter. As Wayne mentioned, we’re focused a lot on enterprise too and seeing where the value can be driven in enterprises.” — Gregory Rocco “The combination of a global computer, smart contracts, tokens, all these things are going to help drive the transaction cost down of doing business, and you’re going to unlock new kinds of transactions that are going to form new markets that we couldn’t even imagine before.” — Wayne Chang Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E27 - Building The Impossible via Business Acceleration with Cameron Chell

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:38:22 -0700

Episode 27 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Cameron Chell, Chairman and Co-Founder of ICOx Innovations, and co-creator of Kodak Coin.

Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Learn more at do.co/hackernoon.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Cameron Chell discuss bringing blockchain technology to enterprise companies we already know and trust, and what it is going to take to move from centralized systems to decentralized systems.

“Our thinking, yet to be proven, is that we go to these established brands who are already transacting in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and they can utilize a coin or the crypto infrastructure that can either reduce their costs or increase customer attraction.” “Ultimately, society and certainly all economics run on trust, there is no other currency other than trust. When you have a system that can replace trust or create an environment where you can transact in a trustless way, the impact globally to me is beyond measure.” — Cameron Chell Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E26 - The Industry Interoperability of Fluree with Brian Platz

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:14:03 -0700

Episode 26 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Brian Platz, Co-CEO of Fluree.

Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Learn more at do.co/hackernoon.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Brian Platz discuss database blockchain technology and the variety of approaches to building decentralized applications.

“I think a lot starts changing when you can actually trust the data.” “With Fluree, you can actually grab the exact version of the database that was being used for that integration at exactly 12:01 AM and 0.23 milliseconds, and you can actually see and know what was in there, figure out what broke, and fix it.” —Brian Platz Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E25 - Intelligent Investing In the Blockchain Space with Tomer Federman

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:02:21 -0700

Episode 25 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Tomer Federman, CEO and founder of Federman Capital.

Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Learn more at do.co/hackernoon.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Tomer Federman discuss why he left Facebook to start his own crypto and blockchain investment fund.

“I think this technology is truly revolutionary, is going to disrupt the financial ecosystem, and is going to have major impact across entire industries in years to come.” “Crypto shouldn’t be about getting rich quickly. It should be about creating meaningful products that solve real world needs, and address real pain points.” “If I’m right and blockchain is going to be so transformative, it’s obviously going to generate significant returns for investors who invest wisely. The ability for people to transact with no intermediaries involved, and for the transactions to be recorded in an open way and settled almost immediately, the opportunities for building on top of the technology is just mind blowing.” — Tomer Federman Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E24 - Effectively Marketing Blockchain Technology with Erica Blair

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:46:46 -0700

Episode 24 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Erica Blair, founder of Blockchain Branding.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Erica Blair discuss branding, messaging, and what takes to effectively market a blockchain technology company.

“I see cryptocurrencies more generally as a broad political philosophy about what it is you find important in the World.” “Crytpocurrency is an entire governance model of saying this how decisions get made, this is how how value gets distributed.” “We are changing the World and we’d like you to join us, oh and by the way, we’re doing it with these tools and this technology that was never available before, which is why what we're doing is so revolutionary.” — Erica Blair Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E23 - The Live Stream Hack with Peter Yang formerly of Twitch

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:03:37 -0700

Episode 23 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Peter Yang, former Product Manager at Twitch.

Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Learn more at do.co/hackernoon.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Peter Yang discuss the live streaming market including the differences between the US and Chinese markets, video game streaming, and product management.

“Live streaming is about long form content, interactive content, content you can talk to your viewers about or talk to other streamers about.” “It is about creating these jobs for people who might not enjoy a white collar job, or driving Uber or something, who just really enjoy playing videos.” “Why not make a career out of playing video games? Being able to connect with other people around the country playing these video games and have a thriving career that way; I think that’s just awesome.” — Peter Yang Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E22 - The Cannabis Conference Hack with Alex Rogers

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:46:15 -0700

Episode 22 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Alex Rogers, CEO of ICBC the International Cannabis Business Conference.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Alex Rogers discuss the cannabis industry, legalization, regulations, and what is happening internationally around the World as cannabis moves out of prohibition.

“Our tech stuff is still considered fairly pedestrian in our industry, but that’s what makes it so exciting of an opportunity.” “We see a lot of tech guys, and business guys coming into the cannabis space and they’ve seen it before, they know what is going on. It is just a simple analogy.” “You see a lot of marriages between tech and business in the cannabis space that are creating some amazing breakthroughs and developments.” — Alex Rogers Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E21 - Hacking The Tokenization of Assets with Danny An of TrustToken

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:58:11 -0700

Episode 21 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Danny An, CEO and Co-Founder of TrustToken.

Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Learn more at do.co/hackernoon.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Danny An discuss tokenized assets, stable coins, True USD, and cryptocurrency.

“Compliance is definitely a top priority for us.” “True USD is meant to be as regulatory compliant as possible. We recently published a stable coin code of ethics, where we said, ‘hey, here is some of the things we learned about creating a stable coin, and some of the past lessons we learned historically.’” “We’re never actually going to prevent redemptions, because we think a stable coin is only good as its ability to redeem the underlying US dollars. We said we would never influence the price of a stable coin purposely by offering discounts. We will continue to be as regulatory compliant as possible and sustain the stable coin so it is not knocked down by miscompliance.”— Danny An Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E20 - Hacking The Cannabis Industry via Blockchain with Sumit Mehta

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:03:47 -0700

Episode 20 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Sumit Mehta, CEO and founder of Mazakali, a Cannabis Investment Banking Platform.

In this episode Trent Lapinskiand Sumit Mehta discuss the emerging cannabis industry, the science behind cannabis’s medicinal benefits, and Sumit’s new blockchain based cannabis investment platform.

“If we looked back at 1935, and if we were having this conversation then, we might find it fairly ludicrous if someone suggested that we elect a governmental body into power that would put us in cages for having a relationship with a plant.” “When we begin to move into a World where we see all of the benefits around our lives, around our communities, around our animals, around our plants, and around our planet that this plant is going to be able to provide I am very excited and very optimistic to be a part of that future; because it is coming, and it is coming quicker then most of us are likely prepared for.” —Sumit Mehta Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E19 - Hacking Education For The Future with Erik P.M. Vermeulen

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 01:34:53 -0700

Episode 19 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Professor, Executive, and innovator.

Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Learn more at do.co/hackernoon.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Erik P.M. Vermeulen discuss decentralization, automation, and the future of work for Millennials.

“I really believe in communities.” “When I talk about creativity, and what I want my students to be, I want them to understand communities. I want them to be visible.’” “Thinking about how to become visible in a community based World, and how you can actually contribute and build something with the community is something they cannot do on their own. Most of them don’t even understand it, and when we talk about education, that’s what education is about, because it is going to happen, this decentralized thing.” — Erik P.M. Vermeulen Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E18 - Hacking The Job Market via Lambda School with Austen Allred

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 23:55:37 -0700

Episode 18 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Austen Allred, the CEO and founder of Lambda School. Today’s show would not be possible without Digital Ocean. Get started on DigitalOcean for free with a free $100 credit at do.co/hackernoon.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Austen Allred discuss learning programming and how Lambda School trains software engineers.

“We want to get the point where 90% of our students are hired within 90-days of graduation.” “For us, it is very important that when you graduate from Lambda, we want to say, ‘this person has a stamp of approval they understand these 120 things, and we know that and we verified that and people stand by them.’” “In the longterm that will matter a lot when it comes to employers and hiring. They will know what a Lambda graduate means.” — Austen Allred Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E17 - Hacking The Self with Nick Jankel

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 22:26:15 -0700

Episode 17 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with serial entrepreneur and author Nick Seneca Jankel.

In this episode Trent Lapinskiand Nick Seneca Jankel discuss consciousness hacking, his new book Spiritual Atheist, and how to be a spiritual person without giving into religion or ideology.

“I am hacking capitalism to make a more connected World.” “We’ve got to use this technological power, this power of business, creative power, and we’ve got to take on some big problems.” “What is purpose? Well, purpose is like love in action. It is that love and kindness that comes out into I’m going to take on this community issue, I’m going to take on a bigger social problem then I was before. Until we can access purpose within, and keep it stable within us, that control and protect mode of a monkey will keep going ‘forget the purpose, lets make another million, that would be really cool, then we’ll be loved’.” —Nick Seneca Jankel Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E16 - Building A Movement Through Emerging Tech with Enigma's Tor Bair

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:36:36 -0700

Episode 16 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Tor Bair from Enigma.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Tor Bair discuss privacy, blockchain, the problems with the centralized tech industry, security, and data science.

“I don’t want to get too much into why truth is broken right now in the tech space, that’s a whole other can of worms, but I think we can all appreciate that it is getting harder and harder to know what is trustable.” “The moment we start believing there is no other way, then it is just a race to the bottom. There will only be two companies in the World, and that’s if we’re lucky. There may only be one.” “We have to be building a movement at the same time we’re building the technology. I think we need to be funding these kinds of solutions like this is the apocalypse event for the Internet.” —Tor Bair Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E15 - Emerging Technologies with Venture Capitalist Julian Moncada

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:59:44 -0700

Episode 15 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Venture Capitalist Julian Moncada.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Julian Moncada discuss emerging technologies such as blockchain, augmented reality, virtual reality, to artificial intelligence.

“I think that is really important that if you’re a hacker or developer that you balance the excitement you have around a new technology, around a new potential problem to solve, with the opportunity in the market and building a sustainable business.” “If you build one without the other, if you have a great business plan, or you have some amazing idea but its not feasible, technically you’re not going to get very far.” “I also think the inverse is true, you can build amazing tech, but if you haven’t thought through the market for it, or the value proposition it offers. Whether its a market we’re use to or whether it is a completely new market that doesn’t mimic anything today, if you had to make a call on that side of your business that can be very challenging as well.” —Julian Moncada Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E14 - Blockchain and Future Tech from the Crow's Nest with Daniel Jefferies

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:30:36 -0700

Episode 14 of the Hacker Noon Podcast: An interview with Science Fiction author, and futurist Daniel Jeffries.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Daniel Jeffries discuss cryptocurrency, blockchain, AI, future technology, and philosophy.

“We need to stop throwing the damn baby out with the bathwater, and assume that decentralized everything just works because it’s decentralized.” “These things that we have now, they are still in their earliest phase. We barely understand them. They are going to evolve into something so mind boggling different from what we have today.” “We have to look to each structure, and abstract out the things that work and create new mitigation systems that solve the problems of the existing ones, and when we make the next iteration we stand on the shoulders of giants.” — Daniel Jeffries Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E13 - The VC Approach In Today's Tech Markets with Steve Schlafman

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:30:39 -0700

Episode 13: An interview with venture capitalist Steve Schlafman from Primary Ventures.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Steve Schlafman discuss venture capital, leadership, executive coaching, and even mediation.

“For me I always ask myself is this an entrepreneur who that is special, talented, tenacious, and on a mission.” “Is this someone who can go and tell a great story, inspire potential employees, investors, partners. Is this someone who people are going to gravitate towards? In a competitive hiring environment, are they going to be able to build a World class team?” “I don’t need to see a huge amount of traction. I need to answer the question: Is there enough evidence or an unique insight that people want the product or service. I love founders that are incredibly focused on the customer. Is this someone who is just incredibly focused, and obsessed with the customer and solving their problem?” “Is this team on a journey that is important, bold, difficult, and inspiring? In someways does it make me uncomfortable because it is hard?”— Steve Schlafman Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

SE02 - University of Boulder Live Edition: Linh & David Smooke Speak at Disruptive Entrepreneurship Class

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:18:23 -0700

Hacker Noon CEO David Smooke & COO Linh Dao Smooke recently spoke at University of Colorado Boulder's Disruptive Entrepreneurship class taught by Professor & Hacker Noon contributing writer Nathan Schneider. Learn more about Hacker Noon's equity crowdfunding campaign.

"On the internet right now, there is a massive battle going on between centralization and decentralization." - David

"It's what drives us everyday: we know that people want to read more, write more and that people rally behind us when we are threatened by an external source." - Linh

"Know that the obstacles are only a day, and tomorrow will be a new day and that obstacle won't be as bad, or maybe it'll be worse and day after will be better." -David

"It's the community that decides what we're gonna' look like - therefore we think it's the best reflection of the internet." -Linh

"We're people that built a company out of iteration, and we did not intend to make one of the most popular tech blogs." - David

"How can we reflect the internet? The merits should be the story and the story itself." - Linh

Learn more about Hacker Noon's equity crowdfunding campaign.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production

E12 - Building an Effective Crypto Product with Miles Paschini from B21

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:07:48 -0700

Episode 12: An interview with entrepreneur Miles Paschini from B21.

In this episode Trent Lapinski and Miles Paschini discuss what it takes to build an effective crypto product.

“In bear markets the good people go build products, and in the bull markets people speculate.” “Once you get to critical mass, theres a lot of friction that exists between the existing banking World, and the emerging crypto payments World.” “We’re all in, we believe that blockchain is the future. We believe that investing in the alternative asset class of crypto should be a part of people’s future portfolios. We need to get to a point as an industry where we can point to things and say, ‘hey this is a productized example where the blockchain is better’ and it is being used at scale. But, remember you’re building a community.” — Miles Paschini Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E11 - The Elusive Black Swan with David Kadavy

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:34:20 -0700

Episode 11: An interview with creative entrepreneur, best selling author, and podcaster David Kadavy

In this episode Trent Lapinski and David Kadavy discuss elusive black swam moments, which are moments that describe an event that comes as a surprise and have a major effect.

“I had an event where my e-mail list went from 5,000 to 30,000 within a couple weeks. All these events, they kind of happened, and I did things to make them happen, but I couldn’t have predicted that they were going to happen. So I wondered to myself, how can you make black swans happen?” “They suffer from interacting with an issue I call irrational rationality. Which is the treating of absence of evidence as evidence of absence.” “It always really turned me off, the whole A/B testing obsession that there was in Silicon Valley… Well yeah, if you can use machine learning to do that, that’s even more reasons for you to try and ignore those activities. Then look for the activities that are low investment, but uncertain in outcome. That uncertain outcome may be a very positive outcome.” — David Kadavy Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E10 - Health Hacks with Casey Fenton of UpStock and CouchSurfing

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:37:50 -0700

Episode 10: Part 2 of an interview with Casey Fenton, CEO and Founder of UpStock (http://upstock.io), and Co-Founder of CouchSurfing (http://couchsurfing.org). Listen to Episode 9 for part 1 of this interview on Ego Hacking.

In this episode Trent and Casey discuss health hacks, how to live longer, and how to improve your overall health with simple tips and tricks.

"If you can get someone in your life who loves you, to help you hack yourself… to get you to think 'I care about my health, I care about my health, I want to live a healthy way for a long time.' Get someone to help you get that kernel, that little nugget that is health hacking, and that will grow."

"You will start to see all little things in your environment, all over the place, that corroborate and bolster of this identity that 'I care about my health, and I love myself,' and all that good stuff."- Casey Fenton

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E09 - Hacking The Ego with Casey Fenton of UpStock and CouchSurfing

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:34:52 -0700

Episode 9: In this episode Trent Lapinski interviews Casey Fenton, CEO and Founder of UpStock (http://upstock.io), and Co-Founder of CouchSurfing (http://couchsurfing.org), who is working on a new book on ego hacking.

In this episode Trent and Casey discuss some of the techniques Casey has been researching and presenting that are going to be included in his new book which he's still working on.

"It is so important to think about how we become our identity. We have to be very careful with how we are programmed. What is in our identity? What does that cause? We automatically find more of it, whatever it is. A lot of the time the authentic self is intuitively what I feel in my heart and soul, but maybe that authentic self was programmed by society, maybe that was no programmed by you. Maybe that authentic self means self author."

"It is interesting, is the ego, is the identity, are the things inside me, are they self authored? Or are they authored by others? We want to rationalize who we are, we want to feel good. We want to say, 'oh well I made all that stuff,' but did we?" -Casey Fenton

Check out part two of this interview: Health Hacks with Casey Fenton

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E08 - Ending The Crypto Winter with Garry Tan and Brett Gibson of Initialized Capital

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:14:08 -0700

Episode 8: In this episode we sit down with Garry Tan and Brett Gibson of Initialized Capital and discuss emerging technologies such as cryptocurrency, blockchain, and what sets them apart from other venture capital firms.

"People are conditioned for 200 milliseconds at this point. Even waiting 5-seconds for a little spinner is not going to cut it."- Garry Tan

"Privacy is going to be a big deal for the blockchain and crypto technologies." - Brett Gibson

"It really is about those users, and what's their experience. We want to help other fellow hackers who are builders." - Garry Tan

Today's show would not be possible without DataDog, a modern monitoring and analytics solution for any stack, any app, at any scale, anywhere. Visit DataDog.com and get a free t-shirt now. http://bit.ly/2CTelt7

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E07 - Crypto Unchained with Ralph Liu

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:43:24 -0700

Episode 7: An interview with Ralph Liu, CEO and Founder of MuleChain.com. In this episode we discuss blockchain, supply chain management, logistics, and the delivery industry.

“We are going to disrupt the entire logistics industry…This concept is what I call convenience assistance services.“—Ralph Liu

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E06 - Technology and the Quantum Carrot with Natalie Fratto

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:36:22 -0700

Episode 6: An interview with Natalie Fratto, VP at Silicon Valley Bank. In this episode we discuss everything from quantum computing, artificial intelligence, to adaptability.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E05 - Health Insurance and Blockchain with Nick Soman

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:29:15 -0700

Episode 5: An interview with Nick Soman, CEO of Decent.com, on how to fix the healthcare industry using blockchain technology.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

SE01 - Product Iteration with Hacker Noon Interim CTO Dane Lyons

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:12:17 -0700

On this special edition episode, Hacker Noon Founder & CEO David Smooke guest hosts to discuss the process of making great products with newly hired interim CTO Dane Lyons. Dane is the founder of v1labs & Knowtify, and he is one of the best product minds around.

"To build a good product, you've got to embrace change," says Dane Lyons. "When you have a product and you change something about the product, there's really only three outcomes. It's going to get better, it's going to get worse, or it's going to stay the same. "

Read the full transcript on Hacker Noon. Listen to more Hacker Noon podcasts on iTunes and Youtube.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production

E04 - Decentralizing the Cloud with Greg Osuri

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:16:21 -0700

Episode 4: An interview with Greg Osuri founder of http://Akash.network and Overclock Labs. In this episode we discuss DevOps, and what it takes to scale and run a decentralized infrastructure network.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E03 - The Truth About Crypto PR with Kelley Weaver

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:14:45 -0700

Episode 3: An interview with Kelley Weaver, CEO of https://www.melrosepr.com/. In this episode we discuss cryptocurrency, blockchain, marketing, PR techniques, and life hacks.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E02 - The Maturing Crypto Market with Grace Rachmany

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:27:52 -0700

On the second episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, hosted by Trent Lapinski, Trent talked to Grace Rachmany, author of “So You’ve Got A DAO… Management for the 21st Century” and founder of IWriteICOWhitepapers.

In this episode Trent and Grace discuss the current state of the crypto market, the maturation of ICOs, decentralized autonomous organizations, and what it takes to be a leader in the 21st century.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E01 - Starting up with Hiten Shah of CrazyEgg and KISSmetrics

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 21:07:22 -0700

On the first episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, hosted by Trent Lapinski, Trent talked to Hiten Shah, a serial entrepreneur known for founding CrazyEgg, and KISSmetricswith Neil Patel. Hiten is currently working on Product Habits, as well as his latest startup FYI.

In this episode Trent and Hiten discuss starting startups, marketing, what it takes to run a business, and Hiten’s favorite life hack.

Production and music by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production Host: Trent Lapinski - https://trentlapinski.com

E00 - Welcome to the Hacker Noon Podcast!

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:58:08 -0700

Video of David Smooke, CEO and founder of Hacker Noon, introduces Trent Lapinski the new host for the Hacker Noon Podcast.

Music and Production by Derek Bernard - https://haberdasherband.com/production