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Meet the Writer: Gayathri Bolineni on Automation, Reliability, and Life Beyond the Happy Path

Welcome to HackerNoon’s Meet the Writer Interview series, where we learn a bit more about the contributors that have written some of our favorite stories.

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Hi, I'm Gayathri. I'm a Software Quality Engineer who spends an unreasonable amount of time thinking about automation, testing, and why software behaves perfectly during demos but somehow doesn’t work in production.

I enjoy solving tricky problems, exploring open-source projects, judging hackathons, and writing about things that make engineers stop and say, "Wait... I've seen that happen before."Outside of tech, I love spending time with my daughter, exploring new places, and trying different foods. More often than not, my daughter comes up with a much better weekend plan than I do. When I do get a quiet moment, you'll usually find me reading, hunting for a good restaurant recommendation, or collecting ideas that eventually turn...

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11 Smart Devices I’m Still Using at Home Even After My Testing Is Done

Most of my reviews end with me returning or packing up smart home gadgets — after all, I only have so much space in my house. But on rare occasions, some testing goes so well that the devices are the best fit for my home, so I get versions of my

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Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do

The four companies announced the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades on Tuesday. The pitch is a labour shortage. The subtext is harder to miss. The number behind it Employers cannot find enough electricians, technicians, and builders. The alliance puts the gap at 2.1 million unfilled skilled-trade jobs by

https://media.thenextweb.com/2026/07/Meta-el-paso-data-center.avif

BlackRock is raising $12bn to build Meta a data centre it will own, lend to, and rent out

On Monday, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley began pitching investors on a bond sale of at least $12 billion, as The Wall Street Journal reported. The money will build a Meta data centre in El Paso, Texas. The structure is the story. Who owns what BlackRock and its infrastructure and private-credit

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Brace yourself for more RAM misery: DDR5 is now getting pricier — and there's a rumor that CPUs will be more…

* RAM pricing in Germany has suddenly gotten a lot steeper * The price of DDR5 memory is now 448% more costly than a year ago * On top of that, TSMC is reportedly set to increase its chip production prices by up to 10% next year, which will mean more expensive CPUs

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11 Smart Devices I’m Still Using at Home Even After My Testing Is Done

Google and Ford are funding a push into the trades, the jobs their AI can’t do

BlackRock is raising $12bn to build Meta a data centre it will own, lend to, and rent out

Brace yourself for more RAM misery: DDR5 is now getting pricier &mdash; and there's a rumor that CPUs will be more…

Brace yourself for more RAM misery: DDR5 is now getting pricier — and there's a rumor that CPUs will be more…