The HackerNoon Newsletter: Open Source Isnt Dead...Its Just Forked (3/4/2025)

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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, March 4, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, An Wang Sells Core Memory Patent to IBM in 1956, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Heres How to Learn Data Structures the Fun Way With Flutter to Open Source Isnt Dead...Its Just Forked, let’s dive right in.

Python - Django: You Should Never Put This Stuff in Transactions

By @mta [ 17 Min read ] Transactions are central to Django apps, but if you put the wrong code in transactions, you may cause an outage! Read More.

Heres How to Learn Data Structures the Fun Way With Flutter

By @dhruvam [ 23 Min read ] Inspired by Google’s Applied CS with Android, this adaptation for Flutter provides an interactive way to understand Arrays, HashSets, and HashMaps. Read More.

Unreasonable Goals Are Actually Easier to Achieve: Heres Why

By @scottdclary [ 13 Min read ] Be realistic is a common advice, but its often backward, says the author. Read More.

Open Source Isnt Dead...Its Just Forked

By @salkimmich [ 5 Min read ] Explore how relicensing and forks are reshaping open source. Dr.Dawn Fosters research unveils challenges, governance shifts, and the resilience of communities. Read More.

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