Eight Years of Software Job Posts Charted, Showing AI Trends
A developer used an AI coding tool, Codex, to analyse eight years of Who's Hiring posts from Hacker News. The charts cover the period from before COVID to October 2026 and show hiring booms, busts and AI-related trends in software jobs.
Quick glossaryHacker News, Codex, semantic analysis
- Hacker News
- A tech discussion site run by Y Combinator where developers share links and vote on the most interesting posts.
- Codex
- An AI coding tool that can read, write and analyse large amounts of code and text for a user.
- semantic analysis
- Studying the meaning of text rather than just matching words, so related ideas are grouped together.
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