The TechBeat: How Supercell Powers its Massive Social Network with ScyllaDB (12/31/2025)

How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Why Zack Shooter Believes AI Agents Will Expose a Structural Fault Line in Financial Infrastructure By @stevebeyatte [ 4 Min read ] AI is ready for autonomous finance. But today’s financial infrastructure wasn’t built for software that moves money on its own. Read More.

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Groq’s Deterministic Architecture is Rewriting the Physics of AI Inference

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The Seven Pillars of a Production-Grade Agent Architecture

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Tether Is No Longer Just a Stablecoin Company

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If you believe financial inclusion matters more than institutional turf, Tether has done more in a decade than the World Bank did in 80 years. Read More.

What the Heck is GizmoSQL?

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