> I think it's a lost cause trying to impose a machine-readable format on text fields, as many have been suggesting

I agree and personally I think HN hiring posts should avoid machine friendly formats anyways. I like to think this group is niche enough to allow the hiring individual to write a post and have it read by interested candidates. meaning no middle men/machines required. I', just a single user, but I don't find threads too large that a ctrl-f doesn't suffice for my needs.

dang, thank you for all you've done thus far.