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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 5, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Homebrew Computer Club Holds First Meeting in 1975, Yahoo! Officially Launches in 1955, and we present you with these top quality stories. From A Table as an API? Illusions and Reality to How to Import Icons From Figma in a Cool Way, let’s dive right in.


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tech-stories

🏆 Startups of the Year 2024: Less Than a Month Left to Vote for Your Favorite Startup

TL;DR HackerNoon’s annual Startups of The Year 2024 is coming to an end. You have until March 31st, 2025, to cast your final votes and support your favorite startups.

By @startups [ 5 Min read ]

HackerNoon’s annual Startups ✨ of The Year 2024 is coming to an end 🎉 🎊 ✨ With over 4.1M votes aggregated and 151.4k startups nominated across 2.9k cities and 98 industries, this edition has been our largest yet!

Vote for your favorite startup now!

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gaming

This Browser-based Editor Generates Stunning Isometric Tile Maps in Pixel Art Style

TL;DR Procedural generation with isometric Wave Function Collapse (WFC). Generate your own little microcosmos using a browser-based editor.

By @mlsprwr1337 [ 2 Min read ]

https://api.fenixfox-studios.com/assets/bbd723d3-37b2-4027-88a1-8e1ee095a84c.mp4

If you want to fully understand it, I recommend to check out my other article and have a look at Martin Donald - Superpositions, Sudoku, the Wave Function Collapse algorithm.

Click here to check out this simple example:

https://apps.fenixfox-studios.com/wave_function_collapse/

https://fenixfox-studios.com/content/wave_function_collapse/?embedable=true..

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📰Check out These Boosted Stories📰

Meet Spacecoin: HackerNoon Company of the Week

Meet Spacecoin, the first Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) project to harness blockchain and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communication satellites

By @companyoftheweek [ 2 Min read ]



machine-learning

AI Chatbots Are Getting Too Good at Making You Say ‘Yes’

TL;DR From pizza orders to smart home cameras, empathetic AI is now nudging our decisions in real time. Can we keep up?

By @hennygewichers [ 6 Min read ]

From pizza orders to smart home cameras, empathetic AI is now nudging our decisions in real time. Can we keep up?

Lead image credit: Adobe Stock | #364586649..

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tech-stories

A Table as an API? Illusions and Reality

TL;DR Discover why using a shared database table is an anti-pattern and how a ‘Contract First’ approach fosters clear ownership and smoother integration.

By @truewebber [ 9 Min read ]

A contract ensures openness (everyone knows what is received and sent), predictability (we can update the contract and maintain versions), and reliability (our system will not fail if we make well-managed changes)...

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programming

How to Import Icons From Figma in a Cool Way

TL;DR This guide shows how to easily import icons from Figma into a React/Vue project,

By @smileek [ 8 Min read ]

Say you have a set of icons in Figma and a project in React/Vue/whatever else. No surprise, you will need to use those icons. How can we import them?

Let’s stop being sad and be awesome instead. Here’s what we’ll need:

*no further ado provided*

Okay, here’s our plan:..

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On This Day

Homebrew Computer Club Holds First Meeting

The Homebrew Computer Club holds its first meeting. Many people who played an important part in the early years of personal computing attended meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club during its history. Perhaps no meeting was more important than the one that took place almost exactly one year after...

Poll Of the Week

Can Trump's Proposed U.S. Crypto Reserve Be Trusted?

Donald Trump has proposed a U.S. "Strategic Crypto Reserve" to boost the nation's role in digital assets, initially including XRP, Solana, and Cardano—later expanding to Bitcoin and Ethereum. He claims this initiative will counter past regulatory crackdowns and solidify the U.S. as a crypto leader. However, questions remain about the transparency, oversight, and potential conflicts of interest—especially given Trump’s personal involvement in crypto ventures.

Yes, it’s a smart move regardless of the messenger
No, it’s risky and untrustworthy
It’s just a political stunt
Not sure yet

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