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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, December 3, 2024?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The Times of India founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in 1838, The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opened in Montreal. in 1817, Chevrolet entered the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. in 1911, The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. On board was the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. in 1957, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Code Smell 282 - Bad Defaults and How to Fix Them to Bad Prompts, Bad Results: Why Every LLM Failure Is Your Fault, let’s dive right in.

Bad Prompts, Bad Results: Why Every LLM Failure Is Your Fault

By @itsgeorgepi [ 3 Min read ] AI-generated code can feel revolutionary—until it fails you. Why does this happen? Often, the issue isnt with the AI itself, but with the inputs we provide. Read More.

Devcon 2024: The Historic Event for Ethereum Community and The Future of Web3

By @dariavolkova [ 9 Min read ] Devcon 2024 by Ethereum Foundation. Web3 product marketer shares impressions about the biggest blockchain and crypto event. AI agents, memecoins, ZK, and RWA. Read More.

Agile Is Rigor Mortis as Software’s State Religion

By @icyapril [ 9 Min read ] As research from organizations like Google begins to criticize Agile, 6 months on from the Agile failure rate study, psychological factors explain the situation Read More.

Code Smell 282 - Bad Defaults and How to Fix Them

By @mcsee [ 4 Min read ] Treat unknown responses as unauthorized, not as valid. Read More.

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