Linh Dao Smooke

Mama-in-chief. Runs HackerNoon. Eats butter plain.

Moments.

Still dreaming about last Sunday October 5th where Norah’s dream came true and she got to attend a live recording (for episode 299 and 300!) of her absolute favorite podcast, @circleroundpodcast. She made a scrap book with all the autographs o
Annual “I’m never leaving this place”
And you’re 8 months Miss May Hazel 🫶 Miss chitter-chatter, you’re in such communicative mood this month. Your favorite move is to “smile-flirt”- going “ha ha ha ha” with your twinkly eyes and open mouth until peo
May or Norah 🤭
Happy birthday, Vietnam 🇻🇳 From America with love #quockhanhvietnam
Series “Mẹ già đi con lớn lên” continues. Cứ hơi tí là thêm đứa bé 😅 📸: @smookewalks
7 whole months of small but mighty May 🥰 You started solids! Baby led weaning (skipping mushy “baby” food straight to table food) to be exact, just like your siblings. And oh my…I have never seen a kid taken up so fast, so natura
3rd grade is basically the junior year of primary school 🥹 #firstdayofschool2025
First day of preschool 2nd year here we go 🥰 #firstdayofschool2025
6 months - half a year! Holy cow! This month marks SUCH a huge leap in your development and lots and lots of firsts. On your first plane trip ever at 5 and a half month, you went all the way across the world for almost 2 days! Norah’s first
@hackernoon in Saigon 🥰
Happy birthday, America 🇺🇸 From Vietnam 🇻🇳 with love 🫶
5 months of Miss May 🫶 You gained so much strength this month. You could grab onto mama’s hands and pull your whole body up, all the way from lying down to sitting and standing up. You can fully extend your neck and upper arms while on your b
My husband…he doesn’t wake up in the middle of the night to feed the baby, who needs me as she’s still breast fed. The smell and sight of the boy poop still makes him slightly gag 8 years in, as recent as today 😆. And he sometimes
Exactly 10 years ago to the day, @smookewalks and I literally bumped into each other on the street of San Francisco, during one of the last days of my business trip from Hanoi. If Thy hadn’t been sick that day, and if I had dined with @hanhn13
You turned 4 months already 😭 This month is so special because it’s your namesake month 🥰 The busiest and sweetest month of May with so many birthdays, end-of-year projects, dance recitals, graduations, and of course- the month we found out a
Mother’s Day 2025 🫶

Podcasting.

Listen to Norah & Mama Time! on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or Youtube. More podcast feature here.

Writings.

Video.

Featured. More videos here.

Discussing all the implications of AI with panelists David Smooke, Andrew Schwabb, Stephen Turban, and Vicky Giap

 

 

Press.

Featured. More press here.

Writing, Internet-ing, and Existing in the Age of AI| HackerNoon | July 21, 2025

Communal Upbringings, gossip, and their impact on marketing in Vietnam| You Don’t Know Vietnam | July 15, 2024

Gửi đến tất cả những bạn trẻ hay so sánh bản thân với người khác | Linh Đào Smooke, COO HackerNoon| EO Vietnam | May 4, 2024

Building a high growth publishing startup as a married couple.. 7 years in with David & Linh Dao Smooke| roiquant | Jan 17, 2024

HackerNoon COO Linh Dao Smooke to Meet Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Discuss Software and Semiconductor Workforce Planning | Newswire | Sept 21, 2023

Cần thay đổi suy nghĩ về sự giàu có - Linh Đào Smooke, Co-founder & COO HackerNoon | Vietcetera | August 19, 2023

Empowering Technologists: A Deep Dive with HackerNoon COO Linh Dao Smooke | Kingscrowd | June 22, 2023

Special: HackerNoon co-founders David & Linh on Parenthood Partnership, Decision Making, and Managing Kids' Screen Time | Parents.fm | April 24, 2022

How Hacker Noon Leans on Our Community - a #CUBoulder Talk by Linh Dao Smooke | HackerNoon | May 20, 2021

Interview with Linh Dao Smooke, COO of Hacker Noon, on Technology Education | IndraStra | Feb 26, 2020

Business Ops, Purposeful Education, Money Cultural Values with Linh Smooke | Era Media | Sep 4, 2019

How Hacker Noon became the Voice of Hackers with Linh Dao Smooke | Learn to Code | June 5, 2019

Linh Dao Smooke & David Smooke repping Hacker Noon at the Mozilla Fix the Internet Showcase | HackerNoon | November 18, 2020