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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/from-rxjs-to-signals-the-future-of-state-management-in-angular. Angular 19+ makes Signals the default for local state. This guide shows how to balance Signals, RxJS, and NgRx and refactor legacy patterns safely. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #angular, #angular-signals, #rxjs, #ngrx, #state-management, #web-development, #frontend-architecture, #angular-tutorial, and more. This story was written by: @jesspat103. Learn more about this writer by checking @jesspat103's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Angular Signals are not a replacement for RxJS or NgRx. Use Signals for local, synchronous UI state, RxJS for async and time-based workflows, and NgRx for shared, long-lived domain state. Migrate incrementally by moving component-level BehaviorSubject stores to Signals while keeping HTTP, debouncing, and side effects in RxJS.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting. A deep dive into the Internet Archive's custom tech stack. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #tech-stack, #futurism, #internet-archive, #wayback-machine, #ipfs, #dweb, #data-storage, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @zbruceli. Learn more about this writer by checking @zbruceli's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. A deep dive into the Internet Archive's custom tech stack.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/premium-vs-non-premium-domains-what-youre-really-paying-for. Premium vs non-premium domains explained. Learn what you’re actually paying for, from pricing models to long-term technical and product tradeoffs. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #domains, #startups, #web-development, #saas, #product-management, #entrepreneurship, #internet, #technology, and more. This story was written by: @alexcloudstar. Learn more about this writer by checking @alexcloudstar's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. A premium domain is not just a domain someone is reselling at a higher price. There are technical, economic, and product-level implications that matter more than most founders realize. A $1,000 domain with $12 renewals is often safer than a $50 domain.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/go-the-testingsynctest-package-explained. In Go 1.25, the testing/synctest package has graduated from experiment to general availability. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #go, #golang, #go-testing-package, #go-synctest, #asynchronous-function, #synctest-experiment, #go-tutorial, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @Go. Learn more about this writer by checking @Go's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Go 1.25 introduces the `testing/synctest` package. This package can significantly simplify writing tests for concurrent, asynchronous code. In Go 1.24, the package was an experimental package. Now it is general availability.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/rusts-wasi-targets-whats-changing. In this post we'll discuss the introduction of the new targets, the motivation behind it, and what that means for existing WASI targets. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #rust, #rustlang, #wasm, #wasm32, #wasip2, #wasi-targets, #rust-changes, #rust-update, and more. This story was written by: @Rust. Learn more about this writer by checking @Rust's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Rust 1.78 will introduce new `wasm32-wasip1` (tier 2) and `wasms32- wasip2' (tier 3) targets. Users of WASI 0.1 are encouraged to begin migrating to the new** 'wasm 32-wasi' target. The existing `wask32-unknown-unknown' and 'wassam32-emscripten' targets are unaffected by this post.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/redefining-a-in-vga-mode-03h. Change the appearance of an ASCII character - in this case 'A' - by redefining its pixel data. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #asm, #intel, #8080-microprocessor, #vga, #ascii, #x86, #gaming, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @mlsprwr1337. Learn more about this writer by checking @mlsprwr1337's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. In the 8086-era DOS environment, text display typically relied on the BIOS and the graphics adapter’s built-in character generator. The fonts were firmly tied to specific text modes implemented by adapters such as CGA, EGA, or VGA. One of the most common modes was text mode 03h, which presented an 80×25 text grid. This time, we’ll change the appearance of an ASCII character - in this case 'A' - by redefining its pixel data.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/go-builds-packages-not-files-heres-why-that-matters. Go's build system isn't something to fight or work around. It's an API in its own right - one that rewards understanding. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #golang, #tutorial, #go-build-system, #go's-build-system, #go-api, #go-build-api-system, #go-toolchain, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @hacker5295744. Learn more about this writer by checking @hacker5295744's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Go's build system isn't something to fight or work around. It's an API in its own right - one that rewards understanding.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/coding-in-public-with-filament-building-a-minimal-cms-on-the-tall-stack. Laravel is a powerful PHP framework for building web apps. Use it toreate a lightweight, cost-effective headless CMS—simple to set up, easy to scale Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #laravel-php-framework, #open-source-cms, #php-web-development, #integration-testing, #software-testing, #opensource, #building-in-public, #laravel, and more. This story was written by: @hacker8790755. Learn more about this writer by checking @hacker8790755's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Laravel is a PHP framework for building web applications. It can be used to create many things, including a 'headless CMS' with a fraction of the complexity and cost of other CMSs. It ha to be as been by far the most cost effective and personally rewarding technical decisions I have made over years.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/everythings-async-until-your-ram-explodes-the-javascript-backpressure-problem. Master backpressure in JavaScript: how streams, fetch, and async code control data flow. Prevent memory spikes, and crashes in Node.js and the browser. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #javascript, #typescript, #tutorial, #backpressure-mechanism, #async-code-control, #backpressure-in-javascript, #async-code, #crashes-in-node.js, and more. This story was written by: @hacker5295744. Learn more about this writer by checking @hacker5295744's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Master backpressure in JavaScript: how streams, fetch, and async code control data flow. Prevent memory spikes, and crashes in Node.js and the browser.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/css-is-only-hard-because-youre-doing-too-much. Start with markup, not styles. Write only the CSS you actually need. Design for mobile first, not as a fix later. Let layouts adapt before reaching for breakpoi Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #html, #css, #front-end-development, #web-accessibility, #design-systems, #css-architecture, #markup, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @dmtrmrv. Learn more about this writer by checking @dmtrmrv's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Start with markup, not styles. Write only the CSS you actually need. Design for mobile first, not as a fix later. Let layouts adapt before reaching for breakpoints. Use the cascade instead of fighting it. Keep specificity low so overrides stay cheap.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-run-local-llm-ai-in-android-studio. Running LLM for Android Studio locally is not only convenient, but also significantly expands your capabilities as a developer. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #android-studio, #run-your-own-local-llm, #mobile-app-development, #android-app-development, #android, #artificial-intelligence, #local-llm-in-phone, #llm-android-studio, and more. This story was written by: @artemasoyan. Learn more about this writer by checking @artemasoyan's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Running LLM for Android Studio locally is not only convenient, but also significantly expands your capabilities as a developer.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/comments-naming-and-abstractions-in-the-ai-era. AI hasn't killed "Clean Code," but it has changed the audience. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #clean-code, #software-engineering, #ai, #java, #developer-productivity, #future-of-coding, #ai-clean-code, #ai-for-qa, and more. This story was written by: @nikitakothari. Learn more about this writer by checking @nikitakothari's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. AI hasn't killed "Clean Code," but it has changed the audience. You are no longer just writing code for human maintainers; you are writing it for LLM Context Windows. Naming is now about semantic predictability, comments are now prompt engineering, and premature abstraction is more dangerous than ever. Here is how to adapt your coding style for the Cyborg Era.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-new-features-of-symfony-74-how-its-ushering-a-new-era-for-media-validation. In this article, we will explore the new features of Symfony 7.4, with a special focus on the Video constraint, improved console commands, and more. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #symfony, #php, #web-development, #video-processing, #productivity, #software-architecture, #media-validation, #symfony-7.4, and more. This story was written by: @mattleads. Learn more about this writer by checking @mattleads's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Symfony 7.4 brings a polished set of tools designed to streamline modern web development. This version introduces critical features that solve immediate problems for developers. In this article, we will explore the new features of Symfony 7.4, with a special focus on the**Video** constraint. We will provide practical, copy-pasteable code examples using PHP 8.4+ syntax.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-brain-the-body-and-the-blue-screen-why-im-quitting-hardware. I have a visual disability—20/400 vision in my right eye and zero peripheral vision. This makes hardware terrifying. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #engineering, #hardware, #picar, #robotics, #software-developer-journey, #robotics-project, #hackernoon-top-story, #robotics-journey, and more. This story was written by: @damianwgriggs. Learn more about this writer by checking @damianwgriggs's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. I became a blind robotics engineer in October. In that project, I built a "Brain in a Jar" that could navigate complex mazes, remember where it had been, and backtrack out of dead ends. The goal was simple: Take the "Brain" I had already perfected in software and upload it into a "Body" of plastic and metal. The only thing left was the interface between us: the MicroSD card.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/compose-drawing-mastery-part-1-the-drawscope-foundation. Stop nesting Boxes. Master the Jetpack Compose Drawing Pipeline to bypass layout overhead and render high-performance custom graphics like a Mobile Architect. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #programming, #android-development, #android, #compose-drawing, #drawscope, #canvas, #glitch-effect, #compose-drawing-pipeline, and more. This story was written by: @sergeyd. Learn more about this writer by checking @sergeyd's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Standard composables like Box carry a "performance tax" due to deep UI trees. By mastering DrawScope, you can "flatten" your UI and render directly to the canvas, bypassing unnecessary recomposition. This guide moves from declarative UI to the "Imperative Island," covering coordinate systems and density conversion. Learn to use drawWithCache to avoid GC jank and build a GPU-efficient precision grid using the Path API.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/code-smell-12-null-is-schizophrenic-and-does-not-exist-in-the-real-world. Programmers use Null as different flags. It can hint at an absence, an undefined value, en error etc. Multiple semantics lead to coupling and defects. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #programming, #technology, #software-development, #code-smells, #common-code-smells, #refactoring, #clean-code, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @mcsee. Learn more about this writer by checking @mcsee's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Programmers use Null as different flags. It can hint at an absence, an undefined value, en error etc. Multiple semantics lead to coupling and defects.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/google-calendars-secret-engineering-weapon-restraint. Google Calendar is a simple CRUD calendar app with a powerful REST API. The client is a masterpiece of restraint, with a simple frontend framework. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #google-calendar-and-node, #integrate-google-calendar, #software-architecture, #google-calendar-restraint, #restraint-google-calendar, #crud-calendar-app, #rest-api, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @tylerdane. Learn more about this writer by checking @tylerdane's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Google Calendar is a simple CRUD calendar app with a powerful REST API. The client is a masterpiece of restraint, with a simple frontend framework. The API is primitive, but the client can do whatever it needs to.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-to-think-like-a-data-systems-engineer-the-questions-that-save-you-later. Learn how engineers think about reliability, scalability, and maintainability—by asking the right questions early. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #system-design, #data, #learn, #big-data, #data-engineering, #data-systems-engineer, #data-intensive-applications, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @ayokunle. Learn more about this writer by checking @ayokunle's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Learn how engineers think about reliability, scalability, and maintainability—by asking the right questions early.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/write-symfony-commands-like-you-write-controllersfinally. Symfony 7.4 makes Console commands expressive and type-safe. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #symfony, #php, #php-development, #web-development, #software-architecture, #productivity, #programming, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @mattleads. Learn more about this writer by checking @mattleads's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Symfony 7.4 makes Console commands expressive and type-safe.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/brand-clarity-vs-consensus. In a polarized 2025 market, enterprise software companies can no longer win through broad consensus—only through brand clarity. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #salesforce, #palantir, #ibm, #brand-clarity, #brand-sorting-hat, #saas, #enterprise-tech-2025, #microsoft, and more. This story was written by: @erelcohen. Learn more about this writer by checking @erelcohen's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. In a polarized 2025 market, enterprise software companies can no longer win through broad consensus—only through brand clarity. As politics and procurement split along values‑driven vs. mission‑driven lines, vendors must signal exactly who they serve and why. Firms like Palantir thrive through unapologetic mission alignment; Salesforce risks misalignment as federal priorities shift; Microsoft succeeds by maintaining coherent dual alignment. In this environment, clarity becomes a strategic moat—shaping trust, renewals, talent, and long‑term resilience.