How are you, hacker?
🪐 What’s happening in tech today, July 31, 2026?
The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The First US Patent is Issued in 1790, Apollo 15 Reaches the Moon in 1971, Disney Acquired Capital Cities/ABC in 1995, and we present you with these top quality stories. From The AMPED Architecture: An Enduring Blueprint for Efficient Web Servers from 1999 to I Launched Two Similar Job Boards: Google Indexed One and Rejected the Other, let’s dive right in.
I Launched Two Similar Job Boards: Google Indexed One and Rejected the Other
By @awwsamu [ 7 Min read ] I launched two similar job boards, but Google indexed one and rejected the other. Here is what I think went wrong and what I would do differently. Read More.
The AMPED Architecture: An Enduring Blueprint for Efficient Web Servers from 1999
By @darshshah [ 4 Min read ] How a 1999 paper defined the AMPED web server architecture. See how separating control flow from I/O shapes modern caching, performance system design Read More.
Can a New iOS Developer Ship an App in Two Months?
By @radu14 [ 4 Min read ] Im a dad with a full-time job and zero mobile dev experience, and I just gave myself 60 days to ship an iOS app, and win a hackathon. Read More.
The Lazy Programmer’s Guide to AI-Assisted Development
By @zzzzz [ 17 Min read ] AI coding agents can accelerate development, but they may also generate bloated code and technical debt. Learn where they help and fail. Read More.
A Developer’s Guide to Sunrise and Sunset Calculations in PHP
By @leonadato [ 6 Min read ] A tutorial for developers on how to use the PHP Zmanim library, including working code samples to calculate religious observance times based on astronomy. 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 ✌️
