This week the newsroom learned to write itself. North Point Daily shipped as a full self-casting system that pulls real work from every repo and builds the newspaper in Jay's voice without asking. The AI council debates what matters and the story goes live. That's the biggest thing. Everything else is just the shop running.
NPCLocal's job board moved from free to pay-to-post, with Stripe payments and a moderation gate to keep out scams.
NPCLocal is our local-services site that connects Coastal Bend folks with local pros, plus a jobs board.
By The Shop · Dispatch from Alice
The jobs board at npclocal.com/jobs used to be free for anyone to post. Now posting a job costs money and goes through a moderation gate first. The idea is simple: if you have to pay, you're probably serious. If you're serious, scammers mostly skip you.
This protects people looking for work. A scammer can spam free job boards all day. But if every listing costs something, they move on to easier targets. The moderation gate catches the obvious traps and explains why a job got flagged before it goes live.
Every NPC Laser video shows you a custom laser-engraved piece being made. The old videos started by showing the setup and explaining what you were about to see. The new ones open with a shot that makes you stop scrolling.
Job boards are magnets for scams. Someone posts work that doesn't exist, collects application fees, vanishes. The person looking for work loses money and time. The legit employers get buried under the noise.
