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  • How I Turned a OnePlus 3T into a postmarketOS Home Server

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-i-turned-a-oneplus-3t-into-a-postmarketos-home-server.


    How to turn your old phone to a personal server.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #linux, #server, #mobile, #diy, #postmarketos, #oneplus-3t, #postmarketos-home-server, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.


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    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    How to turn your old phone to a personal server.

    21 min
  • Linux Kernel's `io_uring` Interface Raises Concerns Over Complexity and Userspace Risks

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/linux-kernels-io_uring-interface-raises-concerns-over-complexity-and-userspace-risks.


    Learn how Linux io_uring improves I/O performance, the engineering risks it introduces, and practical strategies for safe production deployment.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #linux, #io_uring, #linux-kernel, #asynchronous-io, #sqpoll, #completion-queue, #submission-queue, #systems-programming, and more.


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    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    The article examines Linux's io_uring interface from a systems engineering perspective, explaining how shared ring buffers, SQPOLL, multishot operations, and linked requests deliver significant performance gains while introducing concurrency, memory, and maintenance risks. It pairs these mechanisms with mitigation strategies and real-world deployment scenarios to help engineers decide when io_uring is appropriate and how to use it safely.

    23 min
  • Building Fun Web Servers With PowerShell

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/building-fun-web-servers-with-powershell.


    How to build a simple fun functional server in PowerShell, where the function name is the url.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #powershell, #web-development, #server, #powershell-servers, #powershell-webdev, #fun-module, #powershell-routes, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.


    This story was written by: @mrpowershell. Learn more about this writer by checking @mrpowershell's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    A fun technique for building web applications with PowerShell.
    Functions in PowerShell can be named anything, including urls.
    See how simple it is to make your own fun server. Learn about a fun project.

    3 min
  • Designing Event-Driven Merchant Onboarding With Kafka

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/designing-event-driven-merchant-onboarding-with-kafka.


    Learn how Kafka, business events, and event-driven architecture help merchant onboarding platforms scale beyond centralized workflow orchestration.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #event-driven-architecture, #apache-kafka, #merchant-onboarding, #backend-for-frontend, #microservices, #micro-frontends, #event-sourcing, #distributed-systems, and more.


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    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    The article argues that merchant onboarding platforms become increasingly difficult to scale when built around centralized workflow orchestration. By modeling onboarding as a stream of business events powered by Kafka, organizations can distribute responsibility across services, improve team ownership, strengthen resilience, and support regional and product-specific complexity without continuously expanding a central orchestrator.

    14 min
  • SwiftUI’s @State Is Now a Macro - What It Means for You

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/swiftuis-state-is-now-a-macro-what-it-means-for-you.


    SwiftUI’s @State is now exposed as a macro. Learn what changed, how lazy initialization works, and how to use @State with @Observable models.
    Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming.
    You can also check exclusive content about #swift, #swiftui, #ios-app-development, #ios-development, #swift-programming, #apple, #swift-changes, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.


    This story was written by: @element. Learn more about this writer by checking @element's about page,
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    TL;DR: SwiftUI’s `@State` is now exposed as a macro, but everyday usage stays almost the same. The biggest practical change is lazy initialization: class instances stored in `@State`, such as `@Observable` view models, are created once for the lifetime of the view’s state storage instead of being re-created whenever the view struct is rebuilt.

    4 min
  • Building Event-Driven Systems That Can Recover With Confidence

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/building-event-driven-systems-that-can-recover-with-confidence.


    Learn why reliable event-driven systems also need replayability and how Recovery Contracts improve confidence in Kafka-based architectures.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #event-driven-architecture, #apache-kafka, #debezium, #kafka-streams, #change-data-capture, #replayability, #system-reliability, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.


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    This article argues that reliable event-driven systems should be designed for replayability as well as uptime. It introduces the concept of Recovery Contracts, a framework for defining authoritative history, replay boundaries, reconciliation checks, and recovery evidence so teams can rebuild state with confidence after failures.

    18 min
  • The 8 Best Contract Management Software Tools Worth Using in 2026

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-8-best-contract-management-software-tools-worth-using-in-2026.


    Discover the best contract management software for 2026. Learn how AI-powered tools help finance and procurement teams optimize spend and efficiency.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #software, #contract-management, #contract-management-system, #contract-management-solution, #ai-solutions, #tech-listicle, #contract-management-software, #good-company, and more.


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    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Modern contract management software has moved beyond simple digital storage, with AI-powered platforms now actively analyzing agreements to optimize spend and flag financial risks. The right choice depends on your team's specific needs, ranging from streamlined sales document automation to comprehensive tools that integrate vendor and contract data.

    11 min
  • Learn to Code Without Memorizing a Single Line - Build Your First Python AI Agent

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/learn-to-code-without-memorizing-a-single-line-build-your-first-python-ai-agent.


    Learn to code without memorizing anything. Discover how engineers really code and build your first Python AI agent today.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #python, #artificial-intelligence, #coding, #ai-agents, #python-ai-agent, #full-stack-engineers, #coding-tutorial, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.


    This story was written by: @cloudsavant. Learn more about this writer by checking @cloudsavant's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    The coding barrier was never about intelligence. It was about access, access to clear explanations, patient teachers, and practical examples. AI has collapsed that barrier completely.

    13 min
  • Why Static Analysis Just Became a Boardroom Conversation in Fintech

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-static-analysis-just-became-a-boardroom-conversation-in-fintech.


    Static analysis used to mean a linter nobody read. In banking, it now decides who gets to touch the mainframe next.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #static-analysis, #fintech, #cobol, #legacy-systems, #technical-debt, #sast, #mainframe, #software-intelligence, and more.


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    Static analysis used to mean a linter nobody read. In banking, it now decides who gets to touch the mainframe next.

    18 min
  • My $30 Budget Cap Just Cost Me $592 — Here's the API Mirage Nobody Warns You About

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/my-$30-budget-cap-just-cost-me-$592-heres-the-api-mirage-nobody-warns-you-about.


    Discover how a simple infinite loop bug bypassed an OpenAI $30 hard limit to rack up a $600 bill.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #api-integration, #api-security, #openai, #anthropic, #chatgpt-vs-claude-ai, #ai, #ai-bill, #openai-bill, and more.


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    Discover how a simple infinite loop bug bypassed an OpenAI $30 hard limit to rack up a $600 bill.

    5 min

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