ND Launch HN: Modern Labor (YC W19) – Paying People to Learn to Code
229 points by asd33313131 2577 days ago | 261 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Modern Labor pays people to learn coding, offering $2000/month for 5 months, with a 15% income share for 2 years.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 6 evals
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Audit Trail 21 entries
2026-03-05 18:52 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.120 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.12 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 18:49 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.617 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:49 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.62 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-05 18:45 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.617 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:45 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.62 (Strong positive)
2026-02-28 12:33 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.30 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-02-28 12:33 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-02-28 12:33 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
reasoning
Promoting coding education
2026-02-28 12:33 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:29 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-02-28 12:29 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:29 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.30 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-02-28 12:29 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Promoting coding education
2026-02-28 12:22 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 12:22 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
ED, neutral rights stance
2026-02-26 06:07 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Launch HN: Modern Labor (YC W19) – Paying People to Learn to Code - -
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2026-02-26 05:27 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: Launch HN: Modern Labor (YC W19) – Paying People to Learn to Code - -
2026-02-26 05:18 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 242s - -