Proof of Usefulness Report

Baraka (YC S21)

Analysis completed on 1/15/2026

+35
Proof of Usefulness Score
You're In Business

The submission contains severe data inconsistencies. While 'Baraka (YC S21)' is a legitimate, venture-backed fintech company in the Middle East with significant traction ($25M+ funding), the description provided is a job posting for a completely different company (ArborXR). Additionally, the traction claim 'most people have used my product' is unverifiable and exaggerated. The score reflects the failure of the submission to provide coherent proof, despite the underlying entity's actual market value.

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Score Breakdown

Real World Utility+9
Audience Reach Impact+5
Technical Innovation+3
Evidence Of Traction+10
Market Timing Relevance+3
Functional Completeness+0
Subtotal+31
Usefulness Multiplierx1.10
Final Score+35

Project Details

Project URL
Description
Hello,\n\nHow are you?\n\nI’m sure you’ve read hundreds of these job descriptions by now.\n\nI hope reading this one will be less painful.\n\n**In short: We are growing our product team and looking for a versatile DevOps \u0026 Platform Developer.**\n\nWe're looking for someone to join our current 2 DevOps developers and help us grow our platform and DevOps systems.\n\n**What might that look like?**\n\nYou'll be helping our application - and our team - scale. Initially you'd be taking over the general maintenance and scaling of our server infrastructure. You'd collaborate with the Backend team on improvements to performance. Help us scale our databases. Evaluate implementing a multi-region deployment. Improve our local development experience for our developers. Assist with our SOC2, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP compliance. Help develop our internal platform for our team to use. A little bit of everything. You get to pick your own tools and we're always open to trying new things. You'd be the foundational member of our DevOps team and help it grow.\n\n**What's our stack today?**\n\nWe use Google Cloud with their Kubernetes Engine for almost everything we do. Our backend applications are in a microservice architecture and are (almost) all PHP/Laravel applications. We utilized Google's hosted services for Postgres and Redis. All of the infrastructure itself is codified with Pulumi.\n\n**Does that sound interesting? Would you enjoy that role?**\n\nIf so, please apply. I’d love to talk.\n\n**A bit about us?**\n\nWe’re a team of ~30\n\nWe are fully remote.\n\nWe don’t micro manage.\n\nWe don’t do the startup grind thing (and we don’t work weekends).\n\nYou'd be working with a product team (not solo).\n\nWe’re building some cool stuff. Our product is growing like crazy right now.\n\nWant to read a bit about our team culture and story? See this: [**_https://arborxr.com/about-us/_**](https://arborxr.com/about-us/)\n\nIf that all sounds interesting and you'd like to apply.... please include in your cover letter your favorite flavor of ice cream. (Spam filter!)\n\n**Requirements**\n\n- 3+ Years Kubernetes Experience\n\n- Docker Experience\n\n**Nice to Haves**\n\n- PHP Application Deployment/Scaling\n\n- GraphQL\n\n- Multi Region Deployments\n\n- PostgresQL\n\n- Redis\n\n- Gitlab CI\n\n- Pulumi\n\n- SOC2 / ISO 27001 / FedRAMP Certification Experience\n\n- Google Cloud\n\n**Benefits**\n\n- Full-time Employee of US corporation\n\n- Remote, but based in the U.S.\n\n- U.S. Citizen\n\n- Salary between $114,400 USD and $145,600 USD\n\n- Full Healthcare benefits\n\n- Unlimited time off\n\n- Want to read a bit about our team culture and story? See this: [**_https://arborxr.com/about-us/_**](https://arborxr.com/about-us/)\n\n
Audience Reach
everyone
Target Users
everyone
Technologies
Devops, Software Development, Construction
Traction Evidence
most people have used my product

Algorithm Insights

Market Position
Growing utility with room for optimization
User Engagement
Documented reach suggests active user community
Technical Stack
Modern tech stack aligned with sponsor technologies

Recommendations to Increase Usefulness Score

Document User Growth

Provide specific metrics on user acquisition and retention rates

Showcase Revenue Model

Detail sustainable monetization strategy and current revenue streams

Expand Evidence Base

Include testimonials, case studies, and third-party validation

Technical Roadmap

Share development milestones and feature completion timeline