David Smooke

It may be that today’s large neural networks are already slightly annoyed with you.

That’s a solid flex by HackerNoon 👀 Here are a few comment options you can drop: 1) Respectful tech take > Surviving multiple tech cycles is the real achievement. Platforms that adapt to AI instead of fighting it are the ones that last. 👏 2) Creator angle > 2016 → 2026 is a wild journey. If you keep building while tech keeps changing, you eventually build something resilient. 💪 3) Slightly spicy > Most platforms die when the tech wave changes. Props to HackerNoon for actually evolving with AI instead of crying about it 😅 4) Short & clean > Longevity in tech is harder than hype. Respect to those who adapt. 🚀 Want a more pro-AI or more skeptical take depending on the vibe of the post?

@Fatima7223 @hackernoon HackerNoon's decade-long evolution from CMS to AI-powered platform shows how adaptability builds true resilience in tech. Textbook case study. 👏

AI forces us to rethink CI/CD. This post outlines the situation, and says you should either be all-in on agentic workflows (and accept weird edge cases), or stick with human-centered determinism (and accept the slowness). But don't live in the middle. hackernoon.com/the-end-of-cic…

Stumbled on a hackathon that I genuinely think is worth your time if you're a developer or builder 🧵 It's called proofofusefulness.com by HackerNoon, and the whole thing is built around one question: does your project actually help people? No pitch deck theater. They score you on real user adoption, traction, and utility. The algorithm literally cross-validates your claims against public data.

What got me is the scoring goes from -100 to 1000. Minus. You can score negative. Which means if your project is basically nothing, it'll say so 😂

From a fragile CMS in 2016 to a resilient, profitable publishing platform in 2026. HackerNoon survived multiple tech cycles and doubled down on editorial standards as AI reshaped content. Here’s how we blogged through the AI boom: hackernoon.com/the-state-of-t…

Top #Marketing #AI News Stories today: marketingtech.ai/news/top-marke… Top stories from @HubSpot @LBBOnline @martechcube @hackernoon @msdynamicsworld @forrester @Forbes @MarketScale and more.

In other dev news: Rust updates, a six-month hackathon for useful applications, and a new tool that supports custom AI model benchmarks. By @LoraineLawson thenewstack.io/distributed-ap…

This meeting was avoidable: Meetings are the price we pay for unclear thinking and ambiguous communication. Writing — clear, thoughtful writing — has become a leadership power skill dlvr.it/TQsnnd

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In the inaugural episode, I collaborate with my friend, Rahul Chavan to discuss stablecoins. If like us, you've wondered... "What's The Fuss about Stablecoins", read on as we learn together! hackernoon.com/the-internet-o…

an article that got published yesterday about the importance of building to last hackernoon.com/ignacio-brasca…

Maybe a small step (Time will show if it is small or not) but at least noticed by @HackerNoon's Proof of Usefulness platform! TimeVyn has just been officially VERIFIED on @HackerNoon's Proof of Usefulness platform with a score of +36! ✔️ Technical Innovation: +10.5 🛠️ Real World Utility: +12.5 🌍 We are not just building another social media; we are building a private, self-sustaining community formed by YOUsers, not users, by utilizing @SuiNetwork for the financial layer of the TimeVyn ecosystem. This is just the beginning of our journey from 'Build' to 'Scale' for YOUser sovereignty. Read our full utility report here: 🔗 proofofusefulness.com/reports/timevyn #TimeVyn #SocialFi #SuiNetwork #Web3 #HackerNoon #PrivacyMatters #TimeSharesUs

First look at the January finalists of the Proof of Usefulness Hackathon! 👀 We are kicking off our finalist announcements by celebrating these incredible builders who are proving that Usage is the New Valuation. Huge shoutout to this group: 🔥 CodeXero 🔥 QuantumLayer 🔥 Agent Observatory 🔥 RecomendeMe 🔥 Pantry Pilot 🔥 FinSight AI 🔥 Charmpay 🔥 Ekstra AI 🔥 Olio AI Stay tuned for the next round of shoutouts 👀 January Winners will be announced soon. Not too late to join in! Get your own Proof of Usefulness score and report, compete for the $150K prize pool 👇 proofofusefulness.com Sponsored by: #BrightData @neo4j @storyblok @algolia

The internet's memory isn’t a cloud—it’s heat, power, and hard drives 🔥💾 Inside the Internet Archive’s trillion-page fight against digital forgetting, from PetaBox servers to legal battles over memory itself ⚙️📚 Learn more ⤵️ hackernoon.com/the-long-now-o… @zbruceli #InternetArchive #DigitalPreservation #WebHistory #Infrastructure #Engineering

@DavidSmooke preach "treat your internet friends with respect"

#Crypto has been declared “dead” countless times, yet it keeps bouncing back. Here’s a light look at why those headlines repeat and how real resilience works💥👇🏼 hackernoon.com/a-media-overvi… #DeFi #DLT

"a battered but resilient institution, adapting its machinery and its mission to survive in a world that is increasingly hostile to the concept of free, universal access" hackernoon.com/the-long-now-o…