The TechBeat: Coding Rust With Claude Code and Codex (12/28/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## The Hidden Cost of AI: Why It’s Making Workers Smarter, but Organisations Dumber By @yuliiaharkusha [ 8 Min read ] AI boosts individual performance but weakens organisational thinking. Why smarter workers and faster tools can leave companies less intelligent than before. Read More.

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Should You Trust Your VPN Location?

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How to Build an n8n Automation to Read Kibana Logs and Analyze Them With an LLM

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Secury Wallet Unveils Next-Generation Multichain Crypto Wallet With Chat to Pay, Opens $SEC Presale

By @btcwire [ 2 Min read ] The project has opened the $SEC token presale, including early staking opportunities offering up to 100% APY during the presale phase. Chat to Pay is an instant Read More.

Debunking the "99.8% Accurate IP Data" Claim

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Tech's Attempt To Conquer Hollywood

By @3techpolls [ 5 Min read ] AI has been a major force in seemingly every career field. Now, it seems to have set its eyes somewhere else: Hollywood. Read More.

The Architecture of Collaboration: A Practical Framework for Human-AI Interaction

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Can ChatGPT Outperform the Market? Week 18

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Can ChatGPT Outperform the Market? Week 20

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Why Good Products Feel Broken

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How DataHaven's Camp Haven XP System Plans to Build a Decentralized Storage Network

By @ishanpandey [ 5 Min read ] DataHaven has launched Camp Haven, an activation campaign that doubles as a large-scale stress test for its AI-focused decentralized storage platform. Read More.

What I Learned From Crossing Marc Andreessen's Radar

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Grok Just Got a Voice (And It’s Cheaper Than Your OpenAI Bill)

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SpaceX Goes Public: The Hidden Question Every Tesla Investor Should Ask

By @hunterthomas [ 4 Min read ] SpaceX is going public in 2026 at a potential $1.5 trillion valuation. Read More.

Best AI Automation Platforms for Building Smarter Workflows in 2026

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2 Billion Requests, 100ms Deadlines, $10k a Month: Engineering a Lean Global RTB System

By @shashanksingla [ 8 Min read ] Inside a lean RTB system processing 350M daily requests with sub-100ms latency, built by a 3-person team on a $10k cloud budget. Read More.

Coding Rust With Claude Code and Codex

By @tigranbs [ 10 Min read ] How Rust's strict compiler transforms AI coding tools into reliable pair programmers and why the language is uniquely positioned for the age of agentic coding Read More.

Java’s Growing Graveyard: The Old APIs Being Buried—and What Replaced Them

By @akiradoko [ 9 Min read ] The Java “tomb” is filling up. Here’s what’s being buried—and what you should use instead. Read More.

Web3 jobs in 2025: why the market is not coming back, but growing up

By @benoitk14 [ 3 Min read ] Web3 jobs in 2025 are growing again, but the market has matured. Less hype, more regulation, senior talent, and new community-driven hiring models. 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 ✌️