• Go's New Experimental Packages: What to Know
    Dec 21 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/gos-new-experimental-packages-what-to-know.
    This blog post is about Go 1.25’s new experimental encoding/json/v2 and encoding/json/jsontext packages, which bring long-awaited improvements and fixes.
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    This story was written by: @Go. Learn more about this writer by checking @Go's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    Go 1.25 introduces new experimental packages for encoding and unmarshaling of Go types. The new packages are not visible by default and may undergo future API changes. This blog post argues for a new major API version and explains how you can make use of it.

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    17 mins
  • How I Mastered JavaScript Event Loop and Concurrent Model
    Dec 19 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-mastered-javascript-event-loop-and-concurrent-model.
    Discover practical tips for building responsive web applications without freezing the UI.
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    This story was written by: @danielochinasa. Learn more about this writer by checking @danielochinasa's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    JavaScript is single-threaded but handles multiple tasks concurrently using the event loop, call stack, callback queue, and microtask queue. Getting to know this, lets you write non-blocking code, manage async operations, and build responsive web apps.

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    2 mins
  • I Got 15K People to Practice SQL by Turning Them Into Detectives
    Dec 19 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/i-got-15k-people-to-practice-sql-by-turning-them-into-detectives.
    See how SQL Case Files became a top choice for anyone searching for free SQL games or challenging SQL puzzles.
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    This story was written by: @hackstarky. Learn more about this writer by checking @hackstarky's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    SQL practice is boring because you're querying meaningless data in a vacuum. I built SQL Case Files - a detective game where you solve crimes by writing real SQL queries. Your phone vibrates when you close a case. No badges, no streaks, just investigations that feel physical. 15K monthly users in 4 weeks. This is how I made it work technically: SQLite WASM for local execution, result-set validation instead of SQL text matching, mobile-first UX with sticky schemas and bottom-sheet drawers, and a rate-limited AI assistant (20 calls/day because I'm paying for it). The constraint accidentally made people better at SQL. Free to play, no signup, runs entirely in your browser.

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    11 mins
  • How Astro Made My Portfolio 82% Faster to Build
    Dec 18 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-astro-made-my-portfolio-82percent-faster-to-build.
    I moved my portfolio website from Next.js to Astro after three years. Faster builds, less JavaScript, better SEO, and a simpler setup that just works.
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    This story was written by: @alexcloudstar. Learn more about this writer by checking @alexcloudstar's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    Next.js was too much for what I needed. Astro renders pages to static HTML and only sends JavaScript to the browser when you explicitly ask for it. Astro’s biggest win is how little JavaScript it ships by default.

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    7 mins
  • What We Know (and Don’t) About Modern Code Reviews
    Dec 18 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/what-we-know-and-dont-about-modern-code-reviews.
    A deep review of modern code review research, its evolution, key themes, and the growing gap between academic findings and practitioner needs.
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    This story was written by: @codereview. Learn more about this writer by checking @codereview's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    This article traces the evolution of modern code review from formal inspections to tool-driven workflows, maps key research themes, and highlights a critical gap: how practitioners actually perceive and use MCR research. By pairing a systematic literature review with a practitioner survey, it surfaces where academic focus aligns—or clashes—with real-world software development practice.

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    15 mins
  • What I Learned from Giving People a Choice in Ride Types
    Dec 16 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/what-i-learned-from-giving-people-a-choice-in-ride-types.
    How I redesigned a ride-hailing order form for 360M users inside a 7-year-old monolith. Lessons on legacy code, user habits, and breaking production.
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    This story was written by: @nualimov. Learn more about this writer by checking @nualimov's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    How I redesigned a ride-hailing order form for 360M users inside a 7-year-old monolith. Lessons on legacy code, user habits, and breaking production.

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    15 mins
  • The "API First" Illusion: Why Your "Simple" Endpoints Turn Into Technical Debt (And How to Fix It)
    Dec 16 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-api-first-illusion-why-your-simple-endpoints-turn-into-technical-debt-and-how-to-fix-it.
    Stop treating API design like a plumbing task. Use this system prompt to enforce Richardson Maturity Model Level 3 and build endpoints that actually scale.
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    This story was written by: @huizhudev. Learn more about this writer by checking @huizhudev's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    In a microservices world, your API *is* the product. Bad API design isn't just ugly code; it's architectural entropy. The "Contract-First" Enforcer forces Large Language Models to stop being "code generators" and start being "specification designers"

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    4 mins
  • Here's How You Can Build a FinTech Approval System With Symfony 7.4
    Dec 15 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/heres-how-you-can-build-a-fintech-approval-system-with-symfony-74.
    In this article, we will build a robust Multi-Signature Approval System for a FinTech application.
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    This story was written by: @mattleads. Learn more about this writer by checking @mattleads's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

    The symfony/workflow component has long been one of the framework’s most powerful, yet underutilized, gems. It allows developers to decouple business process logic from entity state, transforming complex “spaghetti code” status checks into clean, visualizable directed graphs. In this article, we will build a robust Multi-Signature Approval System for a FinTech application. We will explore how to configure weighted transitions, implement the entity logic, and verify the flow with rigorous testing.

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    10 mins