How we decide what to build
A short note on the two questions every feature here has to answer, and the kind of thing we keep deciding not to build.
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Hiring remotely in the Philippines: how it works, what it costs, and how to do it well.
- For freelancersGetting your first client without biddingBidding platforms teach habits that make you cheaper. Here is what to build instead, in the order that pays off soonest.11 Aug 2026
- HiringHow to write a job post people answerMost posts fail in the first two lines. What to put in them, what to leave out, and why the pay belongs near the top.10 Aug 2026
- Remote workWorking across time zones with the PhilippinesGMT+8, no daylight saving, and a full working day of overlap with more of the world than most people expect. The arithmetic, once.9 Aug 2026
- HiringWhat hiring a Filipino freelancer actually costsThe rate is the smallest part of the question. Here is every line that shows up on the bill, including the ones platforms do not print.9 Aug 2026
- For freelancersInvoicing a client in another countryWhat goes on the document, why the numbering matters, and the one thing to settle before the first invoice rather than after it.8 Aug 2026
- Remote workPhilippine public holidays, and how to plan around themThere are two kinds, they mean different things in practice, and the calendar is not fully published a year ahead. What that means for a deadline.7 Aug 2026
- HiringReading a profile: what the stars and the score actually meanA profile here has three kinds of number on it and they come from three different places. Knowing which is which is most of learning to read one.6 Aug 2026
- For freelancersRecording a video intro that helps youSixty seconds, landscape, recorded in the browser. It is optional, and it is the one thing on a profile that is unmistakably you rather than a description of you.5 Aug 2026
- HiringWhy we charge a flat fee instead of a commissionA commission is a fee on success. It also quietly makes the platform a party to a negotiation it should have no part in. Here is the reasoning, including the part that costs us.4 Aug 2026
- For freelancersSetting your rate, and raising it laterOne number, in pesos, on a page clients read in dollars. How to pick it, what it is compared against, and the only reliable way to move it up.3 Aug 2026
- HiringHow to run a paid test task without wasting anybody's timeA small piece of real work tells you more than any interview. It also has to be paid, bounded, and useless to you if you do not hire them.2 Aug 2026