168 Blog Posts To Learn About Hackernoon Product

1 Jun 2026

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1. Elevate Your Tech Experience with the HackerNoon Mobile App

HackerNoon launched a mobile app designed to enhance your tech journey on the go. It allows you to explore original stories, read and listen on the go and more.

2. Why I Write on Hacker Noon

The three reasons I've kept publishing content on Hacker Noon over the last year: diversity, innovation, and support.

Welcome HackerNoon's subscriptions! Writers can now gain followers and grow their newsletters. You can engage with your readers and build a loyal following.

4. HackerNoon Profile Pages, Reimagined: A Walkthrough of the Latest Updates!

Hey Hackers, exciting news! We've spruced up our profile pages, and they're looking better than ever! Ready to take a stroll through the latest design tweaks?

5. AI Image Generation in the HackerNoon Editor (with Stable Diffusion)

Published writers can now generate images using Stable Diffusion!

6. Web3 Backups: All HackerNoon Stories Now Republish on Arweave

Web3 Backups for all HackerNoon stories. HackerNoon’s published over 1 billion words, and now all those words and stories are backed up on Arweave.

7. Reach More Readers! BOOST Your Story on HackerNoon

Boost your story on HackerNoon’s homepage and newsletter, reaching 350,000+ engaged readers. Increase visibility and showcase your expertise with Story Boost.

8. The Benefits of Having a Tech Company News Page on HackerNoon

Learn the benefits of creating a Tech Company News Page on HackerNoon!

9. Meet Chowa, Pronounced like Flowa, Collaborative Quill Text Editor Integrated with Editing Protocol

Discover Chowa: HackerNoon's new collaborative text editor, plus a revamped writer dashboard designed to simplify your writing and co-authoring workflow.

10. New Mobile App Update: Version 2.01 Just Landed ✈️

Less than two months after launching version 1.9 of HackerNoon’s mobile app, we're thrilled to unveil the much-anticipated 2.0 version!

11. Take Your Writing to The HackerNoon App

Writing has just been made possible on the HackerNoon Mobile App! Read on to find out how and don't forget to update your app!

12. HackerNoon Mobile App 2.03: Speech to Text Mode for Instant Documentation

HackerNoon mobile app release notes from 4 notable releases in 2024 with commentary from HackerNoon Creator/CEO David Smooke.

13. Unveiling Your Improved Profile and About Page Statistics

Hackers' profile stats page is improved! See all your data at the top: reading time, stories published, words written, total reads, and more. Learn here.

14. The HackerNoon Editing Protocol

The full editing protocol filled with our rules, tips, and guidelines that govern our editorial decisions.

15. HackerNoon "About You" Page Tutorial

For HN writers: The HackerNoon Dev Team has built an awesome feature that aggregates linkages around the web about you! Learn how to customize it in this story

16. How to Launch an App: Apple App Store Step-by-step Guide

Need help launching your first mobile app? Learn from our experience with the HackerNoon Mobile App as we share tips and lessons for beginners.

17. Your New HackerNoon Profile Shines Bright Like a Diamond

18. On Building HackerNoon's Pixel Icon Library

HackerNoon’s free-to-use Pixel Icon Library is an open-source collection of 120+ Pixelated Icons, inspired by HackerNoon’s retro design vibe.

19. Hacker Noon Product Update 2019-2020

Now that we're a few days into 2020, it's time to take a few steps back and reflect on some of our accomplishments from 2019. First of all, I'd like to thank the community and our team for not only surviving 2019, but continuing to build momentum into the new decade. Let's celebrate our accomplishments and keep the delivery train rolling! 🚂🎉

20. Just Paste Link and Hit Enter to Embed CodePen, CodeSandBox, Tweets or Youtube on Hacker Noon

Hey, the Hacker Noon editor now supports embeds from CodeSandbox and CodePen so software developers can better tell the story of their code. To use, simply paste the link and hit enter (GIF above). *Update: We now also support GitHub Gists.

21. Seasons Greetings from HackerNoon: Boost Stories with Translations, Speech-to-Text & More

HackerNoon's product update is here. Get ready for a brand-new mobile app version, more translation developments, a new AI Gallery, backend moves, and more! 🚀

22. New Licensing Options for Pixel Icon Library: Free, Starter & Pro Plans

Pixel Icon Library launches paid plans. Free option stays - or upgrade to Starter/Pro for no-attribution use. 30K downloads. Lifetime access.

23. How to Find, Claim, Edit, and Upgrade Your Evergreen Tech Company News Page

Meet the Evergreen Tech Company News Pages from HackerNoon. Here's how to create, find, edit and claim your company on HackerNoon.

24. HackerNoon's Pixelated Avatars Now Available For Everyone

Pixelated avatars have just landed on HackerNoon! Now everyone can create their own – even without an account. Read on to learn how to create your avatar.

25. Hacker Noon Product Update Q1 2020

Welcome to code, where the metrics are made up and the points don’t matter. I’m not #1. I just commit more often. 😛

26. Enhanced Story Data Now Available on HackerNoon Stats Pages

Our Story Stats Pages just got better! Enjoy enhanced graphs with more data, story mentions, audio downloads, and recent interactions. Check it out!

27. HackerNoon's a Multi-language Platform: All Top Stories Now Available in 13 Languages

HackerNoon uses machine learning and human editors to translate top stories from English to Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, Vietnamese, French, Portuguese & Japanese.

28. On this Day in Tech History

On this day: learn key historical tech events on this date in history, as well as, browse HackerNoon stories published on the same day over the years.

29. How to Launch an App: HackerNoon Release Notes

Need help launching your first mobile app? Learn from our experience with the HackerNoon Mobile App as we share tips and lessons for beginners.

30. HackerNoon Raises $250k at $50M Valuation From Forward Research

Arweave Forward Research purchased 5,728 shares of HackerNoon common stock shares at $42.55 per share, a $50M pre-money valuation.

HackerNoon now supports logging in with your web3 ethereum wallet!

32. Hack Your Next Hacker Noon Top Story with these Writing Prompts

Stuck on your next big tech story idea?

33. From Desk to HackerNoon: Your Ultimate Guide on How to Publish a Story

Learn how to publish a story on HackerNoon with this step-by-step guide.

34. HackerNoon's Enhanced Top Writers Ranking: Explore the New Page for Tech Categories' Leaders

HackerNoon now features Tech Categories' Top Writers rankings, shining a spotlight on the most prolific contributors. Discover the latest updates here.

35. In Our Innovation Era: Seamless Messaging, 77 Language Translations, Tag Search, and More

HackerNoon's product update is here. Get ready for a brand-new Cart System, a new way to discover tags, more translations, and a new mobile app update.

36. 15 New Reasons to Add 'Hacker Noon Writer' to Your Tinder Bio 💦

*Not least of which: Hacker Noon's new Open Trello Roadmap for Writers. This content was originally published in the form of a newsletter to Hacker Noon's global community of over 12k contributing writers. To join that list, get published on Hacker Noon.

37. HackerNoon Story Stats Update: Reads Powered By Cloudflare

We've switched our pageview stats to us Cloudflare instead of Google Analytics to work around clients blocking the latter.

38. For Your Next Blog Post: Start Writing via HackerNoon Blogging Templates

Explore HackerNoon’s new Blogging Templates page—improved layout, better filters, usage stats, and a faster way to start writing your next story.

39. From Collaboration to Decentralization: What’s New on HackerNoon

Collaborate with Chowa, explore new templates, enjoy a sleek new design, and publish stories on decentralized storage with HackerNoon’s latest update.

40. Seamless Story Imports: Bring Your Content to HackerNoon With Ease!

HackerNoon has added the ability to import your blog posts from other platforms. The tool is available on your profile page or Writer Dashboard.

41. Tech News Revamped 🗞️ Learn Everything About HackerNoon's New Emails and Newsletters

Discover HackerNoon's ultimate hub for all newsletters! Subscribe, and stay updated with top headlines, tech news, and more. Learn about each newsletter here.

42. Create Your Own Pixelated Avatar With HackerNoon

Introducing a brand new feature: Pixelated avatars have just landed on HackerNoon. Now you have the power to create your own! Learn more here.

43. Starting 2025 with New Features: Settings Dashboard, HackerNoon Decoded, Updated Search UI, and More

HackerNoon’s monthly product update is here! 🚀 Say hello to HackerNoon Decoded, revamped settings dashboard, a seamless ticketing app, and much more!

44. Paint us Red and Call us Santa! Our Devs Just Gifted You a Sleigh of New Features!

Hey there, Hackers. It’s time for our regular updates on the fun new features we’ve deployed in the past two months. As always: a big thank you to our devs team

45. Literally Everything the Hacker Noon Dev Team Did in 2019

Below is a list of every PR that was merged at Hacker Noon in 2019. In the coming weeks, expect to see regular product updates (with a bit more context 😉), but for now, please enjoy this dump of commit messages I put together in 15-20 minutes.

46. It's Gonna Be May... a New Mobile App Update, Pixelated Avatars, Revamped Story Pages and More

Get ready for the latest mobile app update, new pixelated avatars, a sleek new theme, revamped story pages, fresh top writers ranking page, and more!🚀

47. Learn How to Translate Your Published Story into 77 Languages

You can now translate your HackerNoon stories into 77 languages, reach a global audience, boost rankings, and grow your stats. Visit your story settings to add.

48. The HackerNoon Museum: AI Image Art Gallery

The HackerNoon AI Image Gallery is a space where AI and human creativity intersect. Keep reading to find out more about our recent AI improvements.

49. Holy 🎅 HackerNoon's Web 2.5 Documentary is Out! 😮

Web 2.5, HackerNoon’s original documentary, premieres TODAY! The documentary explains whether or not Web3 can help us fix the internet. Watch it now!

Get ready for bigger and better data landing on your stats pages, experience revamped story and profile pages, and more!🚀

51. HackerNoon in Your Own Mother Tongue 🆕 ‼️ 77 Language Homepages for Technology Blog Posts

We’re excited to add 64 language translations for HackerNoon blog posts, bring the total possible language translations per story to 77 languages per blog post.

52. The Identity Hexagon: How to Use an NFT as Your HackerNoon Profile Picture

The HackerNoon team launches a new feature. Users can use NFTs as their HackerNoon profile pictures/

53. The Second Human Rule

This is a term I invented to improve the quality of content published online.

54. Introducing the Terminal Reader App by HackerNoon

This is a web application with the intention of providing a different way of reading. Yes, you will be reading in a terminal-like application.

55. HackerNoon Product-ivity Updates: Improved Machine Curation for Better Human Experiences

Our talented developers put the 'product' into productivity! Let's look at the fun new features they've developed in the past two months.

56. HackerNoon App V1.9: Meet All The Updates

Meet our new features - meet the 1.9 version of HackerNoon’s mobile app.

57. How to Launch an App: Google Play Store Step-by-step Guide

Need help launching your first mobile app? Learn from our experience with the HackerNoon Mobile App as we share tips and lessons for beginners.

58. Codepen Embeds Now Supported in 3.0 Editor

Simply copy and paste a codepen link to embed your codepen in a hackernoon story.

59. Spring Into New Features: Smarter Notifications, More Writing Stats, Pixel Icon Library & More

HackerNoon’s monthly product update is here! 🚀 Explore your new reading recommendations, new mobile app inbox, words written stats, and more!

The One-Tap Google Signup and Login just made its way into HackerNoon. Learn how to use it!

61. Listen to Tech Brief Podcasts on Your Headphones: Stay Connected to HackerNoon Anywhere, Anytime

Introducing the HackerNoon Tech Brief Podcasts! Now you can listen to your favorite HackerNoon writers on the go. Let’s dive in!

62. How to Connect a MetaMask Wallet with HackerNoon

This guide contains step-by-step process on how to connect a MetaMask wallet with your HackerNoon profile.

63. HackerNoon's Emoji Credibility Indicators are Live on GitHub and Figma!

Emoji Credibility Indicators by HackerNoon are now live on GitHub and Figma!!! Read on to learn more.

64. 4 Facts You Should Know About Republishing Content on Hacker Noon

Common Question: Can I republish content on Hacker Noon if I've already published it elsewhere?

Every blockchain game listed on HackerNoon gets its own dedicated page that shows all the information a gamer needs to know about it.

66. The Latest from HackerNoon: New AI Detection, Hackathons, and Platform Updates

HackerNoon's Q1 2026 update: GPTZero AI detection, a $150k hackathon, a new blogging course, and more tools for writers and builders.

67. Synthetic Audio is Now Available for 70,000+ HackerNoon Stories

Synthetic Audio is available for nearly every story submitted to the website, allowing readers to become listeners.

68. Marching Forward: Major Mobile App Update, Evergreen Company Pages, Top Writers Ranking, and More!

It’s time for a new product update! Get ready for a fresh mobile app update, a anew work section on profile pages, revamped tech company news pages and more.

69. TOP 12 Latest, Hottest Product Features Deployed in Q1 2022: for HackerNoon Users With Love

From web3 sign-in, notification to audio ad read by AI, we added 203,627 lines of code and deleted 125,804 lines of codes this quarter!

70. How to Export Your HackerNoon Stories as a PDF or JSON

The HackerNoon team is back at it with a new feature! You can now export your stories to a PDF or a JSON file.

71. Falling Into Smarter Writing: Chowa Widgets, AI Feedback, and More Launches

HackerNoon is evolving with Chowa Widgets, mobile upgrades, AI tools, better insights, and a new Blogging Course—discover what’s new!

72. The HackerNoon Mobile: The Developer's Perspective and The World Wide Writer Release [Version 1.9]

The explanation of how the mobile app was created and some of the decisions making of the process.

73. Introducing the Brand New Stats Page on HackerNoon

In this blog, we’re going to take a quick look at all the stats we provide to writers on HackerNoon to help them supercharge their writing.

74. HackerNoon Mobile App Now Supports In-App Writing and 13 Total Languages to Read Tech Blogs

The Version 1.9 update retrofits the HackerNoon Text Editor for iOS and Android, giving users the ability to write and submit drafts on the go.

75. AI Headline Generation On HackerNoon

HackerNoon can now generate a headline for your story using the latest AI technology! How cool is that?

76. Ship Smaller Units of Software and Limit the Sizes of Your Local Host Branches

As I product manager, early on with most software developers I work with, I end up saying: ship smaller units of software and limit the size of your branch.

77. Seamless Sign-ups on the Move: Unlock Access as You Take Action!

HackerNoon sign-up flow has been extra simplified! Our new flow lets you sign up with 1 step and sends you right back to where you were before committing to us.

78. Tech Categories, The Tech Topics Pit Stop

There’s one place where all HackerNoon tags hang out, and that's our brand-new Tech Categories Page - the perfect place to look for your next tech story.

79. Keep Up With Tech - Meet The Tech Company News Pages

Tech Company News Pages have been around for a while. Now with a fresh design, these pages let you browse through companies' trending interest and stock prices.

HackerNoon's devs's new feature: Trending Stories and Trending Companies on the homepage! Now everyone can scroll through the hottest ranking on the web.

81. HACKERNOON POLLS ARE LIVE!

Run, don't walk, to vote on HackerNoon's weekly polls!

82. But First, Let Me Take A Quote

The quote maker is a useful tool for both readers and writers alike, and we can’t wait to see what amazing quotes the HackerNoon community posts!

83. Comment Like it is HOT, and Other HackerNoon Product Updates

A big thank you to our team of uber-talented developers who use their superBrain skills to make HackerNoon a better place.

84. Digital Discourse and The Future of HackerNoon with Creator and CEO David Smooke

The Web3 News interviewed HackerNoon Creator and CEO David Smooke to discussion the history and future of the internet

85. New Season, New Features: Spring is Here and so are Our Updates

Hey there, Hackers. It’s time for our regular updates on the fun new features deployed in the past two months. As always: a big thank you to our devs team!

86. How HackerNoon's New Dynamic Sitemap Improves Story Distribution

This is the story of how I added a new type of a dynamic sitemap to HackerNoon’s publishing platform to better index our hundreds of thousands of site pages.

87. HackerNoon is Upgrading Its AI Detector 🕵️

HackerNoon is upgrading its AI detector from Originality.ai to Pangram. Learn more about this tool here.

88. May the Features Be With You: 8 New Additions to Boost Your HackerNoon Game

Hey there, Hackers. It’s time for our regular updates on the fun new features deployed in the past two months. As always: a big thank you to our devs team!

“Proof” is one of those words that starts to seem funny if you look at it too long. Interestingly, our current understanding of the word only really took shape in the late 19th century, and its earliest etymology traces back to the Latin ‘probare’, meaning ‘to test’:

90. About Scaling a Startup and Growing a Dedicated Fully-Remote Software Team [SaaS Unbound Podcast]

HackerNoon Founder & CEO David Smooke joins the SaaS Unbound Podcast to discuss scaling HackerNoon with a dedicated fully remote software team.

HackerNoon story pages have received a fresh makeover! Learn more here.

92. The Tech Beat and 18 Other Mind-blowing Features: the Age of Writers and Readers

Hey there, Hackers. It’s time for our regular updates on the fun new features we’ve deployed in the past two months. As always: A big thank you to our devs team

93. Dive Into the World of HackerNoon's Free Writing Templates

HackerNoon's writing templates are here to make your creative process smoother, more enjoyable, and undoubtedly more productive. Try them now!

94. This Article Was Featured In…

What is the "This Article Was Featured In..." section found in HackerNoon's articles? How can readers and writers make use of this feature?

95. A Frighteningly Good Update: New Start Writing Experience, Tech Job Board, and More CMS Features

Read all about HackerNoon's new features including 11 languages translation, editor changes, mobile app updates, new search feature, a job portal and much more.

96. Hey, Someone Left You a Note! It’s an Annotation

The annotation feature is a note of explanation or a comment added to a portion i.e. a text or phrase in your article.

97. Synthetically Generated Audio Ads on HackerNoon Have Dropped!

NOT ONLY IS IT AUDIO ADS, THEY'RE SYNTHETICALLY GENERATED AUDIO ADS?

98. Factors that Can Give Brand Posts an Edge to be a Top Story — A HackerNoon Editor’s Perspective

Brands publish on HackerNoon via our Brand-as-author programs to provide our readers transparency and context

If you’re looking to sign up for HackerNoon, the process will be much easier. You can pick which type of account you want, Reader or Writer, and get the perks.

100. Embed NFTs into Your HackerNoon Stories by Simply Pasting the Contract Number and Token ID

You can embed a handy little NFT viewer into your Hacker Noon stories. This provides a preview to view, as well as some handy links.

101. Introducing the HackerNoon Inbox: Message with Tech Editors and Streamline Your Blogging Workflow!

Streamline collaboration with HackerNoon editors using new DM features. Message from drafts, manage inbox with filters, search, and mobile-friendly design!

102. New Year, New Exciting Features: Mint Your Name, Watch Web 2.5 and Meet The Top Startups of The Year

Since our last product update, we’ve been working hard on a way to mint your HackerNoon name, a new tech stack migration, and a whole documentary!

103. Dash to the New Writer Dashboard

HackerNoon is thrilled to share its new writer dashboard. It's now easier to check your drafts, stats, submissions, and comments.

104. Introducing the Revamped HackerNoon AI Image Gallery

Explore the revamped HackerNoon AI Image Gallery with more models, creations, and filters. Browse by date, AI model, or keyword to discover AI-driven art.

105. Tagception: Dive Deeper with HackerNoon's Enhanced Tag Search!

we've just rolled out an exciting new feature: the ability to search for tags within tag pages. Learn more here.

106. Get Your Noonies Winner’s Trophy — as an NFT

WINNERS OF THE NOONIES - learn about what exactly an NFT is, and how to claim your very own one, on us!

107. What is the TL;DR Feature at HackerNoon?

What is the TL;DR feature at HackerNoon and how can both readers and writers make full use of it?

108. There’s a Place With All the Answers and That’s HackerNoon Search Page

Searching was never this easy, or this fun. Our new search page has everything you could ever need: trending stories, companies, coins and topics.

109. The Hacker Noon Leaderboard: Version One

At Hacker Noon, we measure success by the number and quality of words published on our platform. Previously, we were singularly focused on carving out a space for our contributing authors to publish long-form tech stories. We've hacked 2 commenting systems to enable readers to contribute words in response to those stories...but those words live stashed away in cardboard boxes in story basements.