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IRL proof of work. Elegant solution. I recall seeing one where you had to send a specific payload to an https endpoint to apply (or it might have been an autom
by fc417fc802 8mo ago
IRL proof of work. Elegant solution.
I recall seeing one where you had to send a specific payload to an https endpoint to apply (or it might have been an automated screen immediately after the application was submitted). Forcing potential candidates to briefly open the curl manpage seemed like a similarly elegant solution to me. I doubt it works as well in the era of LLMs though.
- GuinansEyebrows 8mo agosimilarly, i remember at least one organization (pre-Songtradr Bandcamp, i think) who didn't publish some of its open technical roles anywhere except in HTML comments on their website. they only wanted to attract folks who liked to poke around and look under the hood.