The $1 application fee as a bullshit filter is actually a pretty clear mechanic. And manually rejecting jobs and profiles at this stage probably says more about the marketplace quality than a giant pile of listings would.
Feels like VibecodeJobs could be pulling in a lot more organic traffic than it is right now. With the product this early and only $1/mo coming in, that could make a big difference in getting the marketplace dense enough.
Are you seeing more demand from the people with broken 80% apps or from developers looking for that work?
There is always more demand from the hungrier side of a marketplace. And freelance software devs are always hungry. Especially when clients are increasingly replacing their labor with a monthly subscription to claude code.
The strongest part is the bottleneck you’ve identified after the AI-built 80%: the problem isn’t finding developers, it’s finding credible technical help without wading through a pile of noise.
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Vibecoded projects are everywhere now. Someone builds 80% of an app in a weekend with AI, then hits the wall: auth leaks, payments don't reconcile, the database freezes. You can't launch if you don't fix it.
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The $1 application fee as a bullshit filter is actually a pretty clear mechanic. And manually rejecting jobs and profiles at this stage probably says more about the marketplace quality than a giant pile of listings would.
Feels like VibecodeJobs could be pulling in a lot more organic traffic than it is right now. With the product this early and only $1/mo coming in, that could make a big difference in getting the marketplace dense enough.
Are you seeing more demand from the people with broken 80% apps or from developers looking for that work?
There is always more demand from the hungrier side of a marketplace. And freelance software devs are always hungry. Especially when clients are increasingly replacing their labor with a monthly subscription to claude code.
The strongest part is the bottleneck you’ve identified after the AI-built 80%: the problem isn’t finding developers, it’s finding credible technical help without wading through a pile of noise.