How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 9, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The Death Penalty was Abolished in France in 1981, President Barrack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, North Korea Conducted Its First Nuclear Test in 2006, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Companies Will Soon Be Forced to Rehire Real Human Programmers and Stop Burning Cash on AI to Embracing the Uncertainty of Chaos-Driven Testing: Integration Tests That Can Destroy and Rebuild, let’s dive right in. Whos Used One Trillion Plus OpenAI Tokens? Salesforce, Shopify, Canva, Hubspot, 26 More Companies By @botbeat [ 8 Min read ] A deep dive into the 30 companies that burned over one trillion OpenAI tokens—featuring Duolingo, OpenRouter, and Indeed as top power users of GPT tech. Read More. Embracing the Uncertainty of Chaos-Driven Testing: Integration Tests That Can Destroy and Rebuild By @hacker5295744 [ 10 Min read ] Learn how to use chaos-driven testing in full stack apps with integration tests that simulate network failures and latency. Read More. The Machines That Make Music: Inside the Global Boom of AI-Generated Songs By @sharkroman [ 8 Min read ] 12M people use AI to make music—some mute, some viral, some sued. Suno Sora show how AI blurs lines between creator, consumer, and copyright. Read More. Companies Will Soon Be Forced to Rehire Real Human Programmers and Stop Burning Cash on AI By @josecrespophd [ 9 Min read ] AI code assistants are flooding production with bugs and tangled logic. Read More. As AI Hype Peaks, One Nonprofit Asks: “What For?” By @linked_do [ 10 Min read ] What does it mean to be pragmatic about AI adoption, while staying true to the values and mission driving people and organizations? Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it.See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️ How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 9, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The Death Penalty was Abolished in France in 1981, President Barrack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, North Korea Conducted Its First Nuclear Test in 2006, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Companies Will Soon Be Forced to Rehire Real Human Programmers and Stop Burning Cash on AI to Embracing the Uncertainty of Chaos-Driven Testing: Integration Tests That Can Destroy and Rebuild, let’s dive right in. Whos Used One Trillion Plus OpenAI Tokens? Salesforce, Shopify, Canva, Hubspot, 26 More Companies By @botbeat [ 8 Min read ] A deep dive into the 30 companies that burned over one trillion OpenAI tokens—featuring Duolingo, OpenRouter, and Indeed as top power users of GPT tech. Read More. Embracing the Uncertainty of Chaos-Driven Testing: Integration Tests That Can Destroy and Rebuild By @hacker5295744 [ 10 Min read ] Learn how to use chaos-driven testing in full stack apps with integration tests that simulate network failures and latency. Read More. The Machines That Make Music: Inside the Global Boom of AI-Generated Songs By @sharkroman [ 8 Min read ] 12M people use AI to make music—some mute, some viral, some sued. Suno Sora show how AI blurs lines between creator, consumer, and copyright. Read More. Companies Will Soon Be Forced to Rehire Real Human Programmers and Stop Burning Cash on AI By @josecrespophd [ 9 Min read ] AI code assistants are flooding production with bugs and tangled logic. Read More. As AI Hype Peaks, One Nonprofit Asks: “What For?” By @linked_do [ 10 Min read ] What does it mean to be pragmatic about AI adoption, while staying true to the values and mission driving people and organizations? Read More. 🧑‍💻 What happened in your world this week? It's been said that writing can help consolidate technical knowledge, establish credibility, and contribute to emerging community standards. Feeling stuck? We got you covered ⬇️⬇️⬇️ ANSWER THESE GREATEST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME We hope you enjoy this worth of free reading material. Feel free to forward this email to a nerdy friend who'll love you for it.See you on Planet Internet! With love, The HackerNoon Team ✌️