The HackerNoon Newsletter: Porting Scientific Algorithms from MATLAB to JavaScript (12/3/2025)

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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, December 3, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The Times of India founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in 1838, The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opened in Montreal. in 1817, Chevrolet entered the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. in 1911, The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. On board was the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. in 1957, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Any and Some Keywords in Swift: A Guide to Understanding Both to Porting Scientific Algorithms from MATLAB to JavaScript, let’s dive right in.

Any and Some Keywords in Swift: A Guide to Understanding Both

By @nsvasilev [ 7 Min read ] Learn how the any and some keywords enable flexible type handling and protocol usage in Swift, enhancing type safety and performance in your applications. Read More.

Why The Best Bug Hunts Read Like Detective Fiction (And How to Write Them)

By @scynthiadunlop [ 19 Min read ] How to write the programming world’s equivalent of a detective story. Read More.

Symfony 7.4 LTS: The Attribute-First Upgrade That Finally Lets You Delete Your YAML

By @mattleads [ 7 Min read ] For senior developers and architects, Symfony 7.4 isn’t just about “new toys” — it’s about removing friction. Read More.

Porting Scientific Algorithms from MATLAB to JavaScript

By @teimurjan [ 21 Min read ] Port MATLAB to JavaScript the right way. Use Octave for ground-truth validation, match academic references, and ship accurate scientific algorithms. Read More.

Exploiting EIP-7702 Delegation in the Ethernaut Cashback Challenge — A Step-by-Step Writeup

By @hacker39947670 [ 18 Min read ] How to exploit EIP-7702 delegation flaws: A deep dive into the Ethernaut Cashback challenge with bytecode hacks and storage attacks Read More.

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