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Re:Ask HN: Hiring in the age of AI-assisted coding: what works? on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @05:37PM (#47771837)
instead of doing remote interview how about irl , I think that will fix many issues
Re:Best AI coding interview assistant in 2026 on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @05:35PM (#47771819)
blind.codes is the cheapest option and did the job for me. It has no subscription plan (which makes sense unless you plan to spend your life doing coding interviews), offers free credits, and doesn’t require a credit card.
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @07:33PM (#47483504)
nice, thank you for the information, Quebec we should be inspired by that.
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @04:04PM (#47481554)
I guess it's a victimless crime
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @01:46PM (#47480087)
thanks for the comment begging for job I hate doing that, but I think it s not a choice anymore
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @12:39PM (#47479305)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziedhosni/
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @12:39PM (#47479303)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziedhosni/
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @12:13PM (#47479004)
thank you for the reply

team lead / full stack / frontend , reactjs , nodejs , reactnative

Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @11:12AM (#47478364)
I think it s a crime, playing with people lives
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @11:11AM (#47478347)
To be honest, I think ghost offers should be criminalized; they are just playing with people’s lives.
Re:I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is on Sunday March 22, 2026 @11:09AM (#47478323)
That’s a great pivot and thank you for your comment at least it s open other point of view

I’m mostly focused on software full-stack, backend, automation, and building products.

The problem in my case is that I’m too passionate about it. I was so committed to web and software development that I don’t really have easily transferable skills outside of it.

I’m currently training for some certifications, but I still feel like it’s not the best use of my time.

I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is

Posted by nirvanist on Sunday March 22, 2026 @10:43AM
from the self-post dept.

In February, I got laid off from a small startup due to budget cuts.I’m a senior developer with 20 years of experience, and until now I had never really struggled to find a job. Recruiters used to reach out regularly, and opportunities were always there.This time was different.After more than 100 applications, I started noticing patterns that didn’t make sense. The same companies reposting the...

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026) on Monday January 12, 2026 @12:04AM (#46584298)
Extract Structured Data from Any Web Page https://page-replica.com/structured/live-demo
Re:Show HN: Clean HTML for Semantic Extraction on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:26AM (#46554172)
thank you for comment, probably not in this module but defiantly I m thinking about how to implement this
Re:Show HN: Clean HTML for Semantic Extraction on Friday January 09, 2026 @08:00AM (#46553382)
Modern web pages are cluttered with tracking scripts, analytics, styling, ads, and interactive elements that waste tokens and dilute semantic meaning when processing content for AI systems. This library strips away the noise to give you clean, meaningful HTML that:

- Reduces token count by 60-90% (fewer API costs) - Improves embedding quality (less noise = better semantic search) - Speeds up processing (smaller payloads = faster inference) - Preserves structure (headings, paragraphs, links stay intact) - Zero dependencies (pure JavaScript, no bloat)

Re:Show HN: POC to scrape and structure HTML into JSON for RAG on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @07:26PM (#43839279)
At the moment, I use it in client projects to build agents for their chat systems by adding RAG to models
Re:Show HN: POC to scrape and structure HTML into JSON for RAG on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @07:25PM (#43839269)
Basically, I use a headless Chromium with Puppeteer to render the page. Then, some logic extracts and cleans the HTML content. Finally, I use Gemini with a specific schema to return a JSON response.

Show HN: POC to scrape and structure HTML into JSON for RAG

Posted by nirvanist on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @12:29AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://structured.pages.dev/

Hey all,I built a quick PoC that scrapes a webpage, sends the content to Gemini Flash, and outputs a clean, structured JSON — ready for RAG workflows.In my case, I’ll use this structured data to enhance models by integrating external knowledge sources during the generation process.Curious if you think this has potential or if there are any use cases I might have missed. Happy to share more...

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Re:Show HN: Letmecheckyour.site – AI tool to audit your content and pr... on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:31PM (#42312325)
So yeah, it needs to use a headful browser, and I’m not able to do that for now. It’s too much work for a POC, but really good case at least I learned something :) thank you again

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