Open-Source Searchable Job Board for HN's Hiring Threads
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For a long time I've had a small process that pulled the monthly hiring threads and parsed them for my own use. HackerTube and HackerBooks inspired me to give it a proper UI and open source itIt's a static Astro site on GitHub Pages, MIT licensed.I wrote about the process here: https://www.flaviaouyang.com/blog/hackerjobs-building
HN · launched Nov 3, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 66%) · 0 views
Niche: online job boards · 248 launches, 28 in the last 7 days ▼ -3% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- HR & recruiting
- Search & retrieval
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 248 launches in online job boards →
Could you build this?
Yes A static, searchable job board that parses public HN hiring threads and displays them with filters is a standard static-site project.
Discussion
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Competitors mentioned: HNHIRING
Competitors
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Attention rank: #106 of 169 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 362 days after the earliest competitor.
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