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Freemium or Not? How Subscription Startups Should Decide

Should your startup offer a free tier? A practical framework for founders to evaluate freemium, trials, conversion math, and acqui...

The Data Stack’s Next Form Factor: Multi-Agent Systems

Traditional data platforms rely on centralized monoliths and complex engineering pipelines that often create bottlenecks for busin...

The HackerNoon Newsletter: A Guide on How to Rewire Self-Doubt (2/19/2026)

I Spent Two Weeks Testing 8 Databases With the Same Question - Here's What Actua...

An analytics dashboard at a company was taking 4 minutes to load. The company was spending $8,000 a month on a database that was b...

No More Slow Search: LaraPlugins Just Went Sub-Second

I spent my weekend deep in the LaraPlugins.io code base, tackling performance bottlenecks and laying the groundwork for the next p...

Does MariaDB Depend on MySQL?

Thoughts on how MariaDB is incorrectly perceived merely as a fork of MySQL and how MariaDB is independent from MySQL yet highly co...

Database Evolution: From Traditional RDBMS to AI-Native and Quantum-Ready System...

The database landscape is going through the biggest shift since the NoSQL movement of the 2010s. Two forces are reshaping everythi...

The Hidden Architecture Powering AI Search: Vector Databases Under the Hood

An in-depth look at Vector Databases, their architecture, use cases, and how they differ from traditional databases.

How RAG Improves Database Management

RAG transforms database management by combining intelligent retrieval with LLMs to deliver accurate, real-time, natural-language i...

Navigating MySQL Data Types: Strings

This article covers string types, how they function, what may go wrong, and how to make safe choices. Strings are all over databas...

Choosing Between SQL and NoSQL—Before the Wrong One Chooses You

Choosing the right database is one of the most important decisions you’ll make when designing a data-driven application. Both have...