The HackerNoon Newsletter: A Data Engineers Guide to PyIceberg (6/29/2025)

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29 Jun 2025

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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, June 29, 2025?


The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Apple Launched the First iPhone in 2007, IBM Released Its Fastest Computer in 2000, Brazil Won the FIFA Worldcup in 1958, and we present you with these top quality stories. From A Data Engineers Guide to PyIceberg to GEAR: The Mental Model That Separates Scalers from Strugglers, let’s dive right in.

Choosing the Right Side Hustle That Actually Works


By @dayologic [ 3 Min read ] A practical guide to choosing the right side hustle, focusing on performance-based income and smart steps to long-term freedom. Read More.

The GTM Singularity: Why Sales Will Never be the Same Again


By @Ted-Chalouhi [ 3 Min read ] Discover the FLIP GTM Singularity Framework, a bold new model for replacing traditional sales with AI-driven growth systems. Read More.

GEAR: The Mental Model That Separates Scalers from Strugglers


By @Ted-Chalouhi [ 3 Min read ] The GEAR Framework: Turning Revenue into a Precision Machine by Ted Chalouhi Read More.

What Conway, Ants, and Apache Kafka Can Teach Us About AI System Design


By @confluent [ 9 Min read ] Learn how ant colonies, Conway’s Game of Life, and Apache Kafka can inspire smarter, scalable AI through modular, multi-agent system design. Read More.

AI Tools Can Now Write Like You—Here’s How That Changes Everything


By @drewchapin [ 3 Min read ] New MCP tools enable programmatic SEO that’s actually useful, combining context and your knowledge base to create scalable, high-quality content. Read More.

The Data Delusion: Why Brands Trust Dashboards More Than People - And Why That’s a Mistake


By @AlinaShcherbyna [ 6 Min read ] Why data alone misleads—and how emotion, feedback, and AI create better brand decisions. Read More.

A Data Engineers Guide to PyIceberg


By @confluent [ 2 Min read ] Learn how PyIceberg simplifies working with Apache Iceberg using Python—no JVM clusters needed. Ideal for small to mid-sized data lakehouses. Read More.

Turn Your Android into a Hacking Machine: Hydra + Termux Explained


By @terminal [ 5 Min read ] Learn how to install and use Hydra in Termux for efficient password cracking and security testing on your Android device. Read More.


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