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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 28, 2025?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From How I Met My Cofounder (Spoiler: It Took 4 Attempts) to For the Ideal VR Experience, Would You Rather See Yourself in First- or Third-Person?, let’s dive right in.

No One Is Coming. Everyone’s Busy.

TL;DR When everyone’s responsible, no one is. A developer’s story of burnout, chaos, and the hard truth about working without process or ownership.

By @truewebber [ 5 Min read ]

What you're about to read is not a manual.

It’s not a how-to guide, not a manifesto, not even a rant.

I’m not writing because I know the way.I’m writing because I’ve been lost too — and maybe this will help someone find clarity before the chaos catches up...

The Spacecoin Writing Contest by Spacecoin and HackerNoon: Round 1 Results 🎉

TL;DR Winners of the Spacecoin Writing Contest Round 1 are here! See who won big for their bold ideas on decentralizing the internet, space tech, and blockchain.

By @hackernooncontests [ 5 Min read ]

Greetings from Space!

Welcome to the winners’ announcement for round 1 of the Spacecoin Writing Contest, presented by Spacecoin and HackerNoon!

Up for Grabs in the Spacecoin Writing Contest

General Prizes (3000 USDT awarded after each round)

Sponsor prizes (6000 USDT awarded after the final round)

Let’s meet our finalists!..

Meet The Open Hardware Startup Backed by $50 Million from Vitalik Buterin

TL;DR OpenWater’s revolutionary open hardware tech, backed by Vitalik Buterin’s $50M support, could transform healthcare and brain-computer interfaces.

By @thebojda [ 6 Min read ]

From what I’ve described so far, it’s already clear that it is a revolutionary technology—one that could fundamentally transform our world. However, OpenWater made a move that was even more groundbreaking than the technology itself.

https://youtu.be/hNFQtpNHufk?si=lTPDXLpfE4yb5U-h&t=711&embedable=true

OpenWater: A Revolutionary Open-source Wearable MRI and BCI Device..

How I Met My Cofounder (Spoiler: It Took 4 Attempts)

TL;DR What it takes to find a cofounder to build a startup with – and how to know they are the one

By @janefisher [ 6 Min read ]

By most estimates, around 65% of startups that could've been great end up crashing because the founders fall out.

Which leads us to a logical conclusion: picking "whoever says yes" as your co-founder ain’t really a winning strategy. At least statistically.

Has the same interests as you sector wise..

For the Ideal VR Experience, Would You Rather See Yourself in First- or Third-Person?

TL;DR Explore how avatar perspective (first-person vs third-person) and realism impact VR presence and spatial awareness in immersive environments.

By @netizenship [ 4 Min read ]

Authors:

(1) Rafael Kuffner dos Anjos;

(2) Joao Madeiras Pereira.

Abstract and 1 Introduction

2 Related Work and 2.1 Virtual avatars

2.2 Point cloud visualization

3 Test Design and 3.1 Setup

3.2 User Representations

3.3 Methodology

3.6 Questionnaires and 3.7 Participants..

Additional Stories of your interest:

-Honey Bees Are a Surprisingly Great Analogy to Becoming an Alpha Engineer

-Bitcoin Isn’t a Financial Asset Anymore

-A Guide on How to Build an AI-Powered Automated Product Enrichment Pipeline for Shopify

-How Hard Is It to Deplatform Online Hate Communities?

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