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. ## Vibe Coding Has a Step Sister. And She's Coming For Your CI/CD! By @uldiskk [ 5 Min read ] Instead of generating pipelines directly, AI builds MDE transformation chains that create deterministic CI/CD pipelines across tools. Read More.Optimizing a Fast Feature Store for Costs: ShareChat's Lessons Learned By @scylladb [ 8 Min read ] After scaling its ML feature store to 1B features/sec, ShareChat cut costs 10× using ScyllaDB, cloud tuning, protobuf tricks, and profiling. Read More.Managing Multiple Social Media Accounts is a Mess. Here is What Fixes it By @multilogin_team [ 6 Min read ] How to Manage 10 Client Accounts From One Laptop. Read More.SpaceX Just Bought Cursor for $60 Billion. Here's Why the Deal Actually Matters. 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