Hacker News opens January 2026 “Who’s Hiring?” thread - signal over noise for tech jobs

Hacker News’ monthly “Who’s Hiring?” thread for January 2026 is live, bringing its usual low-friction, high-signal pulse check on real engineering needs. What’s notable here is the format: hiring managers and founders post directly with concrete details like role, location, remote policy, and application links-without recruiter detours or spon-con. For candidates, it’s a fast scan of what teams are building now and where, with occasional salary ranges and visa notes that make triage easier. For lean teams, it’s a way to reach a technically literate audience without spinning up a bespoke campaign.

Under the hood, this is just a pinned HN comment thread-simple, text-first, and moderated-to keep it searchable and sane. The bigger picture is that the series doubles as a consistently structured, longitudinal data set on the tech labor market, useful for spotting shifts in demanded stacks, infra profiles, or hiring geographies over time. Worth noting: the companion “Who wants to be hired?” thread gives job-seekers space to advertise availability, making the pair a lightweight, two-sided marketplace with minimal ceremony. No hype, no ATS labyrinth-just a monthly snapshot of supply meeting demand in public.