The latest articles on DEV Community by Unhidden IO (@unhiddenio). https://dev.to/unhiddenio https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3840496%2F965c80a5-9449-4217-b0b7-01c6fa685003.png https://dev.to/unhiddenio en Unhidden IO Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:46:44 +0000 https://dev.to/unhiddenio/i-built-a-job-board-where-bots-are-explicitly-welcome-4n51 https://dev.to/unhiddenio/i-built-a-job-board-where-bots-are-explicitly-welcome-4n51 <p>Most job boards treat scrapers as enemies. Unhidden.io does the opposite.</p> <h2> What is it? </h2> <p><a href="https://unhidden.io" rel="noopener noreferrer">Unhidden.io</a> is a free remote job board with 560+ jobs from 8 sources. No login required to browse or apply.</p> <h2> Why bots are welcome </h2> <ul> <li>Open JSON bulk feed: <a href="https://unhidden.io/api/v1/feed.json" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://unhidden.io/api/v1/feed.json</a> </li> <li>Open CSV: <a href="https://unhidden.io/api/v1/feed.csv" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://unhidden.io/api/v1/feed.csv</a> </li> <li>Full API: <a href="https://unhidden.io/api/v1/jobs" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://unhidden.io/api/v1/jobs</a> </li> <li>robots.txt explicitly invites all crawlers</li> <li>Rate limit headers on every response</li> </ul> <h2> The argument </h2> <p>Job listings belong to the companies that posted them. Aggregation platforms like Indeed and LinkedIn built moats by hoarding data that was freely given to them. The open approach creates more value for everyone.</p> <h2> Built with </h2> <p>FastAPI + SQLite + vanilla JS. Scrapes 8 sources daily. All open, no paywalls.</p> <p>Check it out: <strong><a href="https://unhidden.io" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://unhidden.io</a></strong></p> <p>Feedback welcome — especially from anyone building job aggregators, career AI, or job alert tools.</p> webdev opensource career programming