TrySignalHire
The main solo stream project right now. I am building it because hiring with AI is getting weird, noisy, and hard to trust.
About Me
I'm a software engineer and founder/operator based in Syracuse, NY. I have spent 8+ years shipping production software, and I like building things where the useful part is visible fast.
This website is where I keep the builder side: live streams, active projects, notes, and the messy parts of figuring things out.
I stream because it keeps the work honest. If I can explain what I am building while I am building it, the scope gets clearer and the product gets sharper.
If you came here looking for my personal website, visit jessepeplinski.com. If you came here for my business website, visit peptechstudios.com.
What This Channel Is For
- Build real products in public instead of talking around the work.
- Show the AI-assisted engineering loop with real constraints, testing, and cleanup.
- Ship one meaningful thing per stream even if the final answer is smaller than the first idea.
- Create a practical room for builders to compare workflows, ask concrete questions, and learn together.
Active Stream Projects
LaunchLoop
A duo stream project around building, launching, and talking through product ideas in public. Building this one with @thedevdad.
Stream Notes
May 26, 2026 (solo)
- TrySignalHire day. The goal was basically: make the candidate flow less janky and keep myself from turning it into a planning spiral.
- Looked at resume upload, danger-zone account cleanup, and the stream workout counters.
- Useful takeaway: one real product slice per stream is the right constraint.
May 23, 2026 (solo)
- Worked on the new landing page for trylaunchloop.com.
- Launched a new story page.
- Still rough, but the direction is better: less generic SaaS copy, more of what DevDad and I are actually trying to build.
Stream Ideas
- Keep a tiny public backlog of stream ideas so the next stream has a real starting point.
- Do short post-stream notes: what I tried, what shipped, what got punted.
- Let chat pick between a few small next steps once the stream has enough rhythm.
- Use duo streams for product/story work that benefits from another builder pushing back.
- Maybe merch eventually, but only if it is funny or useful enough to justify existing.
Merch
This is still a maybe. I am keeping the page simple for now: a place to collect a few stream-native ideas without pretending there is a store yet.
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