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# Loukas Tzekos

@lucagiftzek · Thessaloniki Greece · Joined October 2026

### [What 1.39 million employer job postings say about pay in Austria and Germany](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/what-1-39-million-employer-job-postings-say-about-pay-in-austria-and-germany?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Austrian job postings are about four times as likely as German ones to state pay. Open dataset and report from Job Opportunities API (JOA).

3 min read · [jobapi.hashnode.dev](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/what-1-39-million-employer-job-postings-say-about-pay-in-austria-and-germany?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-1-39-million-employer-job-postings-say-about-pay-in-austria-and-germany/6acc93962bc4dae3c2010bf0)

### [Comparing job APIs with real requests](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/comparing-job-apis-with-real-requests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

One request to seven job data sources, five measurements, and a script you can run yourself

11 min read · [jobapi.hashnode.dev](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/comparing-job-apis-with-real-requests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 3](https://hashnode.com/posts/comparing-job-apis-with-real-requests/6ac1881ba3be792b7e89987e)

### [Track which companies are hiring (and closing roles) with a jobs API](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/track-which-companies-are-hiring-and-closing-roles-with-a-jobs-api?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Disclosure: I build JOA, the jobs API used below. The code runs on its free plan and I tested it against the live API in early October 2026. Counting live job postings is easy. Knowing which companies

8 min read · [jobapi.hashnode.dev](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/track-which-companies-are-hiring-and-closing-roles-with-a-jobs-api?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 3](https://hashnode.com/posts/track-which-companies-are-hiring-and-closing-roles-with-a-jobs-api/6ac0d12ec1d499ff04d6d8e7)

### [Get European job postings from an API in Python in 5 minutes](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/get-european-job-postings-from-an-api-in-python-in-5-minutes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Disclosure: I build JOA, the jobs API used below. Everything here works on its free plan, and I ran every snippet against the live API in early October 2026 before writing this. If you have ever neede

7 min read · [jobapi.hashnode.dev](https://jobapi.hashnode.dev/get-european-job-postings-from-an-api-in-python-in-5-minutes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 3](https://hashnode.com/posts/get-european-job-postings-from-an-api-in-python-in-5-minutes/6ac0d0df7227b6e21dded9c9)