Hacker News: wc_nomad

Folklore, GitHub and Vibes

wc_nomad — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:55:47 +0000

Article URL: https://ianmcnaughton.net/blog/folklore-github-and-vibes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49632096

Points: 2

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New comment by wc_nomad in "Ask HN: What is the job market like?"

wc_nomad — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:04:07 +0000

Same, I'm at about a 40% ghost rate & 5% response for any applications I put out.

Most everyone I talk with is looking as well, but nobody has moved roles. It feels like were all stuck.

Do I Need to Learn the Domain? Do I Want To?

wc_nomad — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:16:44 +0000

Article URL: https://ianmcnaughton.net/blog/do-i-need-to-learn-the-domain/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417599

Points: 2

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New comment by wc_nomad in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)"

wc_nomad — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:29:48 +0000

I want to learn more about this.

As a job seeker, I see the chaos from my side of the table, I feel like its well known and discussed.

The other side of the table however, the recruiters and hiring managers, I want to understand this more. I feel like I could assume the struggles your having, but I would love to see more discussion around this.

Software Development in the AI Age

wc_nomad — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:25:27 +0000

Article URL: https://ianmcnaughton.net/blog/software-development-in-the-ai-age/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195479

Points: 1

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Show HN: AppTrack – A Local-Only Desktop App to Organize Your Job Search

wc_nomad — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:27:24 +0000

AppTrack is a desktop application designed to help you better organize your job search. It provides a simple UI and basic smart sorting to keep your applications tidy and easy to manage. There's no sign-up, no cloud, and no data reporting - just a dedicated tool to free you from the spreadsheet stronghold. Track the state of your applications, notes you want to document, or bookmark companies that look interesting - all without sharing your job search data with anyone else.

I started building AppTrack as a personal project to rejuvenate my love for coding. I had been using a plain text file to monitor my own job search. It sufficed, but I wanted something purpose-built for the task. Though I recognize there are other tools out there, everything I've seen have been web-based, required logins, or stored my data (God knows where). I didn’t want that. I'm okay with giving up some features to ensure that my job search is not aggregated with others and being discussed in a conference room somewhere.

Please feel free to download a copy and give it a try yourself! I am always open to feedback, in this thread, emailed to Support@getAppTrack.com, or in the github page (https://github.com/Caffeine-Driven-Development-LLC/AppTrack). Pull requests are also always appreciated. Please know that I don't currently have a Windows signing certificate, so you will get a warning if you attempt to install on Windows. I'll fix that as soon as I finish my job search and have an income again. :p

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44290513

Points: 1

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New comment by wc_nomad in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)"

wc_nomad — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 02:47:41 +0000

I had thought about it, but I found that in practice that the majority of applications I send out wind up in the 'Applied' state and don't get much further, leading to a large list in a narrow swim lane.

That and I am able to customize the flow of applications, and the number of swim lanes would be a bit messy. I have my app setup to track interviews, phone screens, take home assignments, and many more.

I found that a smart sorting algorithm is best for displaying the applications.

But its still early days of the app, possibly someday.

New comment by wc_nomad in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)"

wc_nomad — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:22:32 +0000

https://getapptrack.com/

I wanted a better way to keep track of applications I sent out, A spreadsheet just seemed like a poor way of tracking data. So overtime I built a desktop application to track my job search activity for me. Most alternatives are web-based, but I didn’t love the idea of broadcasting my job search to third parties. This is a native desktop app (Windows/macOS) that keeps everything local.

Still working on code signing (so no scary "unknown publisher" warnings), but otherwise, v1 is ready.

Would love feedback—especially from others who’ve struggled with job-search tracking!

New comment by wc_nomad in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)"

wc_nomad — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:37:46 +0000

The link you have listed (https://www.linkedin.com/hiring/jobs/4042889423/detail/) appears to link to an admin's view of the job ad. I am asked if I would like to be redirected to the candidate view, and if I select yes, I am sent to the LinkedIn careers home page.

New comment by wc_nomad in "Ask HN: Show me your half baked project"

wc_nomad — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 02:58:19 +0000

https://github.com/imcnaugh/InterviewNoteHelper

A small electron app that let me take notes while interviewing candidates and save the notes in a format. I used the rating system of chess moves (!!, !, !?, ?!, ?, ??) to mark down notable points of the interview and what i though of them. It even has a little keyboard i build with an ardunio to enter in the ratings subtly.

It was a fun project, I learned quite a bit about electron and software for embedded systems. But the hiring freezes hit and it took a bit of motivation from me as well.

Someday when things are better Ill boot it back up. and maybe even use it for interviews again.