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HN Match Maker
A site that matches each month's Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts with 'Who wants to be hired?' posts, using an LLM to extract and score pairs.
hnmatchmaker.com/Active
Site on 2026-10-26 shows postings from the 'Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)' thread (posted 2026-10-01); a scheduled rebuild runs on the 3rd of each month (method page). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Job search tools
Where it stands apart
- Which part of the job search is it mainly for? finding or vetting listings (25% of 20 others)
- Where do its job listings mainly come from? Hacker News hiring threads (5% of 19 others)
- By default, where does the user's resume and profile data go? not applicable (it doesn't take a resume) (21% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (85% of 20 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (53% of 19 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (50% of 20 others)
- Who is it for? developers (50% of 20 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? none of these (its own format or interface) (68% of 19 others)
- Does it submit job applications on the user's behalf? no, it does not fill or submit applications (55% of 20 others)
- How does the maker present automated applying (which many employers dislike)? does not address it (55% of 20 others)
- Does it read or act on LinkedIn automatically (LinkedIn's terms forbid bots)? no (72% of 18 others)
- How do users pay? free (no paid option) (63% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- LearningTo 82% of 17 shared answers match
- SyntaxCue 65% of 17 shared answers match
- Filiz 59% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source No source repo found; built with abacus.ai per the Show HN post. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue Solo maker (HN user all2); no pricing or ads seen. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers Mostly software jobs and HN readers. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | none of these (its own format or interface) HN threads plus an LLM. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which part of the job search is it mainly for? | stands apart finding or vetting listings | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it submit job applications on the user's behalf? | no, it does not fill or submit applications | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does the maker present automated applying (which many employers dislike)? | does not address it | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do its job listings mainly come from? | stands apart Hacker News hiring threads | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it read or act on LinkedIn automatically (LinkedIn's terms forbid bots)? | no | source 2026-10-26 |
| By default, where does the user's resume and profile data go? | stands apart not applicable (it doesn't take a resume) Uses the public 'Who wants to be hired?' posts; no resume upload. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who runs and pays for the AI? | the maker (bundled into the product) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker promise the AI will not invent experience or answers? | not applicable (it doesn't write on the user's behalf) It writes no application material. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is it for tech jobs specifically? | tech or software roles only or mainly | source 2026-10-26 |
| How do users pay? | free (no paid option) | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Web page · hnmatchmaker.com/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · hnmatchmaker.com/method · collected 2026-10-26
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