The TechBeat: The AI Industry’s Love Affair With Overengineering Needs an Intervention (4/9/2025)

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Legally Compliant Cryptocurrency Exchange: A Case Study of NovaChange

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Claude Desktop + MCP Quietly Transformed my Product Thinking

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Liquidity Fragmentation in DeFi and How Layer 3 on Arbitrum Solves It

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Is Web3 Advertising Finally Solving Its Targeting Problem? Addressable & Sevio Expand Web3 Ads Reach

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Should You Learn Rust and Zig? Yes, Yes You Should

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How to Master Distributed Cache in Nest.JS

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Every Truth (And Lie) Told in Netflix's 'Zero Day,' Ranked

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Hallucinations by Design (Part 2): The Silent Flaws of Embeddings & Why Your AI Is Getting It Wrong

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The AI Bible: Are We Asking For Trouble?

By @nebojsaneshatodorovic [ 3 Min read ] Is my grandkid going to discover the Bible on Instagram? The AI-generated version of it. Read More.

Gemini 2.5 Pro: Google's New AI King Takes the Crown?

By @proflead [ 5 Min read ] Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is designed for complex reasoning tasks and excels in understanding and generating content across various formats. Read More.

Wholeheartedly Embracing the Studio Ghibli AI Trend as Art Dies Today!

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How Long Can AI Companies Maintain a $20 Monthly Subscription Fee?

By @neer-varshney [ 4 Min read ] Generative AI companies are grappling with the balance between high costs and sustainable revenue. Read More.

Escape Prompt Hell With These 8 Must-have Open-source Tools

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Google Gemini Did Not Disappoint on These Blockchain x AI Use Cases

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How The Internet Will Pay You

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The AI Industry’s Love Affair With Overengineering Needs an Intervention

By @jay-thakur [ 12 Min read ] Just because we can build multi-agent AI systems doesn’t mean we should. Read More.

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Why Every Front-End Team Needs Storybook

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