The TechBeat: Swift init(), Once and for All (4/5/2025)

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Legally Compliant Cryptocurrency Exchange: A Case Study of NovaChange

By @novachange [ 3 Min read ] As cryptocurrency adoption grows worldwide, the demand for secure and reliable exchange platforms continues to rise. Read More.

Web Scraping in 2025: Staying on Track with New Rules

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What the Onboarding Process Looks Like at Social Discovery Group

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Every Truth (And Lie) Told in Netflix's 'Zero Day,' Ranked

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Liquidity Fragmentation in DeFi and How Layer 3 on Arbitrum Solves It

By @evedex [ 5 Min read ] Arbitrum's Layer 3 and EVEDEX offer a breakthrough to solve DeFi liquidity fragmentation with unified trading, smart routing, and cross-chain efficiency. Read More.

Is Web3 Advertising Finally Solving Its Targeting Problem? Addressable & Sevio Expand Web3 Ads Reach

By @ishanpandey [ 2 Min read ] A new partnership between Addressable and Sevio will enable programmatic display ads on major crypto platforms, making web3 target more efficient. Read More.

Wholeheartedly Embracing the Studio Ghibli AI Trend as Art Dies Today!

By @nilanganray [ 8 Min read ] If you love art, whether as a creator or a viewer, embrace the last hurrah because there will NEVER be another Studio Ghibli. Read More.

How World Chain Ensures Humans Stay in Control: The Blockchain Built for Verified Humans

By @ishanpandey [ 6 Min read ] Discover how World Chain is revolutionizing blockchain technology by prioritizing verified humans over AI bots. Read More.

How The Internet Will Pay You

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Bybit’s $1.5 Billion Hack Proves Crypto’s Biggest Flaw Isn’t the Blockchain

By @janinegrainger [ 3 Min read ] This past month, hackers stole a staggering $1.5 billion from the crypto exchange Bybit in what the market dubbed “The biggest digital heist ever” Read More.

Should You Learn Rust and Zig? Yes, Yes You Should

By @ace2489 [ 9 Min read ] The value of programming languages that don't hide the details. Read More.

Hallucinations by Design (Part 2): The Silent Flaws of Embeddings & Why Your AI Is Getting It Wrong

By @riteshmodi [ 9 Min read ] Embedding and LLM's needs to be tested and evaluated or hallucinations will happen. Experimentation and evaluation on custom data is a must - openai and genai Read More.

How to Master Distributed Cache in Nest.JS

By @axotion [ 4 Min read ] Caching can be a thorn in any developer’s side. I’ve spent too many hours wrestling with slow APIs and overburdened databases. Read More.

Building an AI Trading Agent Using Anthropic’s MCP - Part II

By @zbruceli [ 11 Min read ] Part II of the series: use MCP and Solana AgentKit to build an AI Agent that can trade USD and EUR stablecoins. Read More.

How Long Can AI Companies Maintain a $20 Monthly Subscription Fee?

By @neer-varshney [ 4 Min read ] Generative AI companies are grappling with the balance between high costs and sustainable revenue. Read More.

The AI Bible: Are We Asking For Trouble?

By @nebojsaneshatodorovic [ 3 Min read ] Is my grandkid going to discover the Bible on Instagram? The AI-generated version of it. Read More.

Ripple in Time: Is XRP About to Go Parabolic in 2025?

By @dmytrospilka [ 4 Min read ] While the wider cryptocurrency market is having to contend with high volatility and widespread uncertainty, XRP appears to be thriving. Read More.

From Code to Currents: Julia and GPU Magic Transform Ocean Modeling Efficiency

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Swift init(), Once and for All

By @kfamyn [ 19 Min read ] Learn everything about Swift initializers — convenience override, saving memberwise initializer, required init() use cases, parameterless UIView() and more! Read More.

The AI Industry’s Love Affair With Overengineering Needs an Intervention

By @jay-thakur [ 12 Min read ] Just because we can build multi-agent AI systems doesn’t mean we should. Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it. See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️