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Notes on building Aplyqk

Engineering decisions, product thinking, and what we learn from job seekers using the agent.

Why we built Aplyqk

Job hunting in 2026 is a numbers game stacked against you. Here's what's broken and what we're doing about it.

Most AI products glue together five different model APIs. We use one. Here's the engineering case for keeping it that way.

Seven layers of pure-code filtering — no LLM cost — that drop fake postings before they ever reach your dashboard.

Apply, wait, refresh email, panic, repeat. The reply loop is most of the job hunt — and it's where Aplyqk does its most interesting work.

Two-day free trial. No credit card. The trial gives you Standard-tier access — the same plan we'll charge for once billing is live.