How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## The Silent Revolution: AI-Driven Network Decisions in Real-Time By @darshanbmehta [ 5 Min read ] The telecommunications industry is experiencing an extraordinary shift: infrastructure that operates with independent judgment. Read More. How to Fix Profile Image Upload Headaches with Filestack Workflows By @filestack [ 6 Min read ] Stop babysitting profile pictures. Learn how Filestack Workflows turn image uploads into scalable, async, and lightning-fast experiences. Read More. The Illusion of Scale: Why LLMs Are Vulnerable to Data Poisoning, Regardless of Size By @hacker-Antho [ 4 Min read ] New research shatters AI security assumptions, showing that poisoning large models is easier than believed and requires a very small number of documents. Read More. 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Learn how Filestack Workflows turn image uploads into scalable, async, and lightning-fast experiences. Read More. The Illusion of Scale: Why LLMs Are Vulnerable to Data Poisoning, Regardless of Size By @hacker-Antho [ 4 Min read ] New research shatters AI security assumptions, showing that poisoning large models is easier than believed and requires a very small number of documents. Read More. Blast API Shutdown: The Best Alternatives for Developers By @nownodes [ 4 Min read ] Blast API ends operations in Oct 2025. Explore the best developer alternatives like NOWNodes and Alchemy for secure, scalable RPC migration. Read More. AWS Outage 2025: What Really Happened on October 20 and What It Teaches Us About the Cloud By @mayukhsuri [ 3 Min read ] AWS outage on Oct 20, 2025, disrupted major apps worldwide. Learn what caused it, how it spread, and key lessons to build stronger cloud systems. Read More. The Road to Hell is Paved with Good DRY Intentions By @melvin-manni [ 5 Min read ] Learn how good intentions can lead to spaghetti dry code, over abstraction and over engineered systems. Read More. React 19: New Tools To Work With Forms By @socialdiscoverygroup [ 6 Min read ] Discover how React 19's new hooks—useActionState, useFormStatus, and useOptimistic—simplify form handling with less boilerplate and cleaner code. Read More. The Future of Web3 Marketing: Education, Trust, and Sustainability By @hackmarketing [ 7 Min read ] Learn how Web3 projects can grow sustainably through education, trust, and human-centered marketing that builds real users and community. Read More. The Hidden Economics of Reliability: Balancing Uptime, Cost, and Innovation in DevOps By @oreoluwaomoike [ 9 Min read ] The tension between uptime, cost, and velocity has never been sharper. Read More. Who's Used One Trillion Plus OpenAI Tokens? Salesforce, Shopify, Canva, Hubspot, & 26 More Companies By @botbeat [ 8 Min read ] A deep dive into the 30 companies that burned over one trillion OpenAI tokens—featuring Duolingo, OpenRouter, and Indeed as top power users of GPT tech. Read More. The Physics of AI By @giovannicoletta [ 11 Min read ] An interrogation of how physics concepts like black holes, entropy, and quantum theory mirror the rise and limits of artificial intelligence. Read More. Why Traditional Testing Breaks Down with AI By @mend [ 4 Min read ] Traditional testing breaks with AI. Learn how red teaming and AI-powered fuzzing uncover hidden weaknesses in large language models. Read More. Context Engineering for Coding Agents By @ichebykin [ 5 Min read ] Context engineering for coding agents is the best way to improve the model performance for code generation. Read More. From Cloud to Desk: 3 Signs the AI Revolution is Going Local By @hacker-Antho [ 4 Min read ] when it comes to AI smaller is better Read More. Code Smell 07 - Avoid Boolean Variables By @mcsee [ 3 Min read ] Avoid Boolean variables, they lead to conditional logic and force you to write Ifs. Create polymorphic states instead Read More. Weekly AI Startup Funding: October 20-25, 2025 By @aifundingtracker [ 13 Min read ] AI startups raised over $3.6 billion this week across infrastructure, wearable AI, enterprise automation, and fintech innovation. Read More. Ransomware Goes Cloud-Native By @sanjaybarot [ 23 Min read ] Ransomware has gone cloud-native: no payloads, just API abuse. Learn the tactics—IAM takeovers, KMS locks, backup sabotage—and how to build resilience. Read More. How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers? By @edent [ 4 Min read ] Top tips for making it easier for maintainers to get paid. Read More. Beyond Brute Force: 4 Secrets to Smaller, Smarter, and Dramatically Cheaper AI By @hacker-Antho [ 5 Min read ] On-policy distillation is more than just another training technique; it's a foundational shift in how we create specialized, expert AI. Read More. Python Script to Read and Judge 1,500 Legal Cases By @knightbat2040 [ 5 Min read ] What started as a simple script evolved into a full-fledged data engineering and NLP pipeline that can process a decade's worth of legal decisions in minutes. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️