hoba turns what a candidate observes into machine-readable records: hard facts, the structural barrier a process stopped at, the mechanisms compatible with it, and what the candidate can actually act on.
Silence or a form rejection says nothing about the mechanism behind it, so the applicant fills the gap with interpretation. hoba replaces that guessing with a forensic protocol: H — Hard facts, O — Obstacle, B — Behind the obstacle, A — Agency.
The canonical domain hoba.work names what the atlas maps: the systems, barriers, and evidence around technical work and hiring.