AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to We tried to build a job board that isn't awful
Hi HN, We’re definitely not the first to realise there’s something seriously wrong with how hiring and job-seeking works today. Zero-cost communication and LLMs have created so much noise that good candidates can’t get heard, and it becomes all too tempting to game the system with keywords and prompt-hacking. In fact we discovered that 70% of early stage AI startups don't post their jobs on LinkedIn. Instead, many founders hire exclusively within their network, which works at the start but doesn’t scale. We thought a lot about this problem, and pivoted through a few ideas including an AI…
We Tried to Build a Job Board That Isn't Awful is a job board designed to address noise and gaming in tech hiring. It targets candidates and early-stage AI startup founders who struggle with keyword optimization and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Indy AI by Contra▲1,070Job boards are dead. Your network is alive
2025 · contra.com · its alternatives →
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I noticed the who's hiring threads are very popular every month, so I decided to create a job board specifically for hacker news. You can tag jobs, search, view user's profiles and more. Tell me what you guys thing! Any feedback is appreciated.
2013 · hnjobs.org · its alternatives →
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Job for Agent▲305Eric Ciarla from Firecrawl has recently shared job posting for AI agents only so I built a simple job board where people can post tasks / jobs specifically for AI agents. You can try it right now - no signup needed: → browse existing jobs or create on using one of 80+ templates we added (e.g. Standup Facilitator Agent) → share requirements e.g. must work with Salesforce CRM, X/Twitter API or any other tools an agent needs to know about → post your job or, if you're a builder, apply with your AI agent solution It's an experimental MVP but we're genuinely curious to see which tasks…
2025 · jobforagent.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I'm Serdar, and after getting laid off, I found myself drowning in job applications. LinkedIn, Dice, Otta and company websites were exhausting and demoralizing. That's why my friend and I created Wobo (wobo.ai) – an AI recruiter that automates the entire process. But Wobo goes beyond just matching keywords on your resume. We use LLMs and a series of specialized questions to create a detailed "persona" of you, capturing not just your skills and experience, but also your personality and how you approach different situations. Here's how Wobo works: Gets to know you: We analyze your…
Jun 2026 · wobo.ai · its alternatives →
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Blocks▲448Hi HN, We just launched Blocks - an AI platform where anyone can build custom work apps and AI agents in minutes, no coding required. We’re seeing a shift in how software is built and used. With AI, software isn’t just about tracking processes anymore - it can actively help people get work done. The problem is that most teams still face 2 options: either buy off-the-shelf tools that never quite fit, or invest a lot of time and money into custom development. Neither works well. Blocks is the third option. It’s an AI-native platform where teams can create apps and AI agents for their workflows…
2025 · blocks.diy · its alternatives →
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AIJobs.dev▲56AI-powered AI job board - find your dream job in seconds
2024 · aijobs.dev · its alternatives →
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2019 · nocsok.com · its alternatives →
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Find your next hire or your next role from Hacker News monthly threads. AI-powered matching between candidates and job postings.
Sep 2026 · hnmatchmaker.com · its alternatives →
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hey y'all -- can you please tell us if our job search tool sucks? :D we built it using an investor platform called Harmonic.ai to gather startup data, then contextualize it so that job seekers could find out about the most exciting startups hiring first (like if they just raised, growing headcount fast, have an ex-unicorn founder, etc). pretty sure we're the first platform doing anything like this. anyway, let me know what you think. really excited to launch this thing soon! getting feedback from the hn community first is really fun :)
2022 · joinmaasive.com · its alternatives →
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There are existing HN job aggregators, but I thought we could take it a step further. Inspired by an insightful comment on a previous thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36163021), I built a tool that aggregates job postings and intelligently categorizes them based on user-specific preferences: * Country and remote work preferences * Employer type (e.g., startup, corporation, government) * Industry * Technologies used * Role type (developer, architect, product owner, etc.) * Salary range (where available) One of the superpowers of LLMs is reformatting information from…
2023 · kadoa.com · its alternatives →
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As a founder, finding early customers is always a challenge. I'd come up with specific guesses for people to talk to - such "VCs that used to be startup founders" or "Former lawyers who are now CTOs." Running those types of searches typically involves opening dozens of LinkedIn profiles in tabs, and looking at them one-by-one. And, it turns out that going through LinkedIn profiles one-by-one is a daily job for many people. I started building Find AI to make it easier to search for people. I initially started just having GPT review people's LinkedIn profiles and websites, but it cost…
2024 · usefind.ai · its alternatives →
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Generally, I found resumes too vague to get to know anyone (hence why no one networks with them), professional blogs too low ROI, walking up to people unscalable, and cold messaging fairly low success-rate. I wanted the 'marketing tool' of networking to get myself out there. Something that lets me: 1) Draw people into a conversation before they've realized it 2) Make them remember me and ultimately reach out to me 3) See what people asked me so I can further refine my interactive profile and start the networking cycle again So I built a website where anyone can create these interactive…
2023 · protoconstruct.com · its alternatives →
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Rapidly testing startup ideas
2016 · its alternatives →
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2014 · startupjob.org · its alternatives →
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My friend and I got tired of job hunting (347 applications, 4 responses) so we built AI agents to help job seekers instead of replacing them. The problem: 73% of applications never reach humans, 250+ people apply to each job, but 85% of positions are filled through networking. Our solution: AI agents that find hiring managers for any LinkedIn job, analyze your profile fit, and generate personalized outreach messages. Instead of competing with hundreds in the application pile, you reach decision-makers directly. Technical bits: LangChain + OpenAI for job parsing, Next.js + Supabase, custom…
2025 · jobcompass.ai · its alternatives →
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Based on the multiple "Who's hiring remotely?" and similar posts on HN, I thought it might be useful to have a site that aggregates remote programming jobs. There is way too much spam out and an inconsistent way to say "work from home" so traditional searching doesn't work (or rather, takes a long time per person). I've worked in a few remote programming positions so I figured I might know of some companies or searching tricks to find them. Let me know if you'd find this type of thing useful. If we can get some traffic going, then maybe we can start attracting companies to actually list…
2010 · workfromhomeprogrammingjobs.com · its alternatives →
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List of 350+ AI Startup job boards w/ weekly new job mailer
2023 · aistartup.jobs · its alternatives →
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Find out when your dream remote job is posted (AI-powered)
2020 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’ve been working on something I’d love to share: 47jobs (https://47jobs.com ) – a marketplace where you can hire AI agents to do tasks instead of human freelancers. Why? I kept noticing that many tasks on Upwork/Fiverr—coding, content generation, data analysis, automation—can now be handled by AI in minutes, not hours. But there wasn’t a platform built around hiring AI directly. So I built 47jobs: 100% AI agents doing the work (no humans in the loop). Jobs get delivered 10x faster, at transparent prices. You can “hire” an agent for coding, automation, research, etc.…
2025 · 47jobs.xyz · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I, Tom, am a founder of hirebetter and I’d love to share what we’ve been working on and get feedback from the community. hirebetter is a set of AI-driven tools designed to take over repetitive manual tasks that recruiters and solo founders often face when hiring. At a high level, it helps with things like drafting outreach messages, filtering candidate profiles, and generating tailored interview prompts, all with the goal of saving time and making the hiring process consistent across candidates. My co-founders have spent years in recruiting and hiring for small teams, and found…
Jan 2026 · hirebetter.io · its alternatives →
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