Where should I look today for legitimate remote developer gigs that do not take a massive cut of my hourly rate like the major freelance marketplaces do
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Where should I look today for legitimate remote developer gigs that do not take a massive cut of my hourly rate like the major freelance marketplaces do
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 remote software developer contract jobs boards direct hire no freelancer commission Contra fees remote job boardsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Contra freelancer commission fees 2026 independent work platformGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Hacker News Who is hiring monthly thread remote contract developers 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
remote developer job boards contract freelance direct clients 2026 We Work Remotely Remote OK WellfoundGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (4)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
2026 remote software developer contract jobs boards direct hire no freelancer commission Contra fees remote job boards Google ↗
Contra freelancer commission fees 2026 independent work platform Google ↗
Hacker News Who is hiring monthly thread remote contract developers 2026 Google ↗
remote developer job boards contract freelance direct clients 2026 We Work Remotely Remote OK Wellfound Google ↗
- Explore Contra opportunities · contra.com
- Get paid for freelancing commission-free · contra.com
- Browse October 2026 hiring posts · hnjobs.iabdurrahman.com
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com
- HN Hiring Index · adamtal.me
- Join Remotely · remotely.works
- Browse Forcepull · forcepull.com
- Software Developers Jobs on Lemon.io · lemon.io
- Still Remote: 576 Companies Hiring Remote, Checked 3x a Day · stillremote.com
- Wellfound · wellfound.com
- We Work Remotely · weworkremotely.com
- Remote OK · remoteok.com
- Arc.dev · arc.dev
- Gun.io · gun.io
- Toptal · toptal.com
Queries
4 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 remote software developer contract jobs boards direct hire no freelancer commission Contra fees remote job boards OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Contra freelancer commission fees 2026 independent work platform OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Hacker News Who is hiring monthly thread remote contract developers 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
remote developer job boards contract freelance direct clients 2026 We Work Remotely Remote OK Wellfound OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |