The TechBeat: How Teodor Calin’s New Company, Vulture Labs, Is Making Every Camera Proactive (12/2/2025)

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. ## How Teodor Calin’s New Company, Vulture Labs, Is Making Every Camera Proactive By @stevebeyatte [ 4 Min read ] Romanian engineer and researcher Teodor Calin is the co-founder of Vulture Labs, a start-up that’s turning ordinary cameras into intelligent systems. Read More.

Stop Hacking SQL: How to Build a Scalable Query Automation System

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Why the Next Wave of AI Value Will Come from “Boring” Operations Work

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inDrive’s Approach to Measuring Engineering Performance

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Wave Browser: The Eco-Friendly Way to Surf the Web

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Why DataOps Is Becoming Everyone’s Job—and How to Excel at It

By @minio [ 4 Min read ] As DataOps becomes central to modern data work, learn what defines great DataOps engineering—and why fast, high-performance object storage is essential. Read More.

Bitrise Mobile Report: New Benchmarks & 28% Faster Build Times

By @bitrise [ 2 Min read ] Bitrise Mobile Insights 2025 analyzes 10M+ builds, setting benchmarks for app velocity, performance, and cross-platform trends, showing leaders ship 2x faster. Read More.

Why Pi Network and CiDi Games Might Finally Crack Web3 Gaming at Scale

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From Hypotheses to High-Value Calls: How Juan Solares Scales Customer Insights at Essential

By @stevebeyatte [ 4 Min read ] Solares's playbook suggests that systematic approaches to customer development function less as bureaucratic overhead and more as advantages for lean teams. Read More.

Sovereignty in the Cloud: Europe's Most Reliable Path Forward

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Building a Production-Ready Laravel Stack with Traefik and FrankenPHP

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New Licensing Options for Pixel Icon Library: Free, Starter & Pro Plans

By @product [ 4 Min read ] Pixel Icon Library launches paid plans. Free option stays - or upgrade to Starter/Pro for no-attribution use. 30K downloads. Lifetime access. Read More.

This Black Friday & Holiday Season, HackerNoon Has Your Tech Marketing Covered 🎁 💚

By @hackmarketing [ 6 Min read ] Get 10% off all HackerNoon services this Black Friday! Business blogging, ads, contests & more. Reach 4M+ tech readers. Limited time offer. Read More.

12 Best Web Scraping APIs in 2025

By @oxylabs [ 11 Min read ] Discover the 12 best web scraping APIs of 2025, comparing performance, pricing, features, & success rates to help teams scale reliable data extraction. Read More.

Bitcoin's November 2025 Bloodbath: Dissecting the Perfect Storm Behind the $42,000 Crash

By @sergey-baloyan [ 6 Min read ] Bitcoin has experienced one of its most dramatic corrections in recent history, plummeting over 33% from its October peak of $126,000. Read More.

Building a RAG System That Runs Completely Offline

By @teedon [ 30 Min read ] Build a private, offline RAG with Ollama + FAISS. Ingest docs, chunk, embed, and cite answers—no APIs, no cloud, full control over sensitive data. Read More.

The DIY 5G Router Hack That Turns a Raspberry Pi Into a Pocket-Sized Powerhouse

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Everyone's Using the Wrong Algebra in AI

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How Decentralized Finance and Gaming are Reshaping Digital Economies

By @bernardmutugi [ 5 Min read ] DeFi and gaming are converging through NFTs, zk-tech, autonomous agents, and cross-chain markets—creating transparent, user-owned digital economies. 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 ✌️