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SHOW HN2013
149points
77comments
#131of 1,739 in 2013
Top 8%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 21 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Privacy: 3 for, 12 againstExecution: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good job shipping and slick, easy to use
From 3 comments
Good job on shipping!
stevenj on HNThis is neat! A few questions and comments: 1. It looks like you don't actually need peoples' HN password. Which people shouldn't be giving out. Update your website's copy! 2.…
memset on HNI really like it! One minor error though: you misspelled "Hadoop" as "Haddop" on the listing gleaned from our "Who Is Hiring" posting even though the original doesn't have the…
jboggan on HN
Location filtering requested and maker agrees to add it
From 1 comment
This is a great idea! I enforce location per job post so I can do this very thing. It's in the works.
monological on HN
Objections
Asking for HN password is a serious privacy and security risk
From 5 comments
It's pretty bad that I have to enter my HN password.
nilsjuenemann on HNYes, I do not feel comfortable giving this site my HN credentials.
jrubinovitz on HNYou asked for my HN password. I entered "no fucking way". The page is still loading, but if it's not gonna pass (I ticked the box 'use a different password') I won't be…
lucb1e on HNDude, ask for people password? What? If you want to check for an HN user, simply ask them to paste a token in their profile description. And they can remove the token after you…
csomar on HNNo you don't need to do that. Just stop asking for a user's password. This way you're doing the exact opposite of what you should be doing: this is filtering the smart people…
lucb1e on HN
Geographic search does not work well
From 2 comments
It doesn't do geographic searches well. "San Francisco" results in just 1 match, whereas there are 5 on the front page alone.
create_account on HNI see one posting in England, but damned if I can see how to add another! I'm assuming location has to match the auto-complete whitelist, and the only London(s) that show up are…
greghinch on HN
Login has no HTTPS session cookie security
From 2 comments
He's not using Strict Transport Security. The cookies that I can see don't have the secure flag set. I can't see a session cookie as I will not sign up to this service until he…
grepular on HNHttps should be default when handling logins. I won't use one of my strong passwords on non-https websites.
lucb1e on HN
Interface looks generic and is laid out poorly
From 1 comment
So, a generic bootstrap theme that looks broken in parts, is not laid out efficiently at all when you click a job, and requires me to put in my HN login information ? I'll pass.
TallboyOne on HN
Requests
Filter by location and remote jobs
From 2 comments
What I need as a job searcher: 1. the ability to filter by geographic area (including some way of grabbing "remote"/"telecommute" jobs).
danielweber on HNIs there any way to filter by remote, H1-B etc.?
kgodey on HN
Verify users with a token in HN profile instead of password
From 4 comments
I think a better approach would be to have the user enter a token into their "about" section, then when the have the site could scrape their profile and then the token could be…
kbojody on HNA better way to verify that I own the username is to make me put a token in the about of my profile.
loumf on HNWhen I was running usethesource.com (a job board that allowed only people with a certain HN karma to post) I worked around this authentication issue by having people place a…
jgrahamc on HNThe other option is simply not linking it with HN. Later on, I'm going to allow for filtering by karma if you're looking for potential employees. Another thought I had was…
monological on HN
Filter by H1-B status
From 1 comment
Is there any way to filter by remote, H1-B etc.?
kgodey on HN
Open source the project
From 1 comment
open source this! what are you using?
aioprisan on HN
Questions
Who is the maker and what is the motivation
From 1 comment
This is neat! A few questions and comments: 1. It looks like you don't actually need peoples' HN password. Which people shouldn't be giving out. Update your website's copy! 2.…
memset on HN
Will the site charge for postings
From 1 comment
This is neat! A few questions and comments: 1. It looks like you don't actually need peoples' HN password. Which people shouldn't be giving out. Update your website's copy! 2.…
memset on HN
Alternatives named
news.ycombinator.com/jobs
From 2 comments
What is the source of those listings and how is it different from https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs ?
jpaulchan on HNWhat's wrong with https://news.ycombinator.com/jobs
dangerboysteve on HN
hnhiring.me
From 2 comments
Btw, there's also http://hnhiring.me/ which is just another interface to the monthly jobs threads. (I didn't make it, see the About link)
mapleoin on HNhttp://hnhiring.me/, mentioned by another commenter, seems to be this.
roryokane on HN
Stack Overflow Careers
From 1 comment
This is neat! A few questions and comments: 1. It looks like you don't actually need peoples' HN password. Which people shouldn't be giving out. Update your website's copy! 2.…
memset on HN
usethesource.com
From 1 comment
When I was running usethesource.com (a job board that allowed only people with a certain HN karma to post) I worked around this authentication issue by having people place a…
jgrahamc on HN