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Alexander B. Joy
Personal blog · alexanderbjoy.comwritinggames
Alexander B. Joy writes De minimis non curat Lex, a personal blog at alexanderbjoy.com about writing and games. Since 2025, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Allow me to introduce the two-sentence journal”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Alexander B. Joy's posts on two-sentence journal entries and journaling with a personal AI assistant. One commenter also pointed to a companion game the posts mention.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The website of Alexander B. Joy (a.k.a. Lex Joy), writer and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature.
Most-linked posts?
- Allow me to introduce the two-sentence journal4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2025-08-12
- Approaches to writing two-sentence journal entries2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-02-17
What Hacker News says?
I really enjoyed reading both posts. Thanks for sharing! I, like many others, have written my own "claw" implementation, but it's stagnated a bit. I use it through Slack, but the idea of journaling with it is compelling. Especially when combined with the recent "two sentence" journaling article[1] that floated through HN not too long ago. [1] https://alexanderbjoy.com/two-sentence-journal-approaches/
Comment linking /two-sentence-journal-approaches/
on “Claude Code Remote Control”Submitted Allow me to introduce the two-sentence journal as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe game, https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/ , mentioned by the companion piece, https://alexanderbjoy.com/two-sentence-journal/ , looks quite cool.
Comment linking /two-sentence-journal/
on “Approaches to writing two-sentence journal entries”Submitted A selection of my favorite game instruction manuals as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Allow me to introduce the two-sentence journal as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Two Sentence Journal as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Approaches to writing two-sentence journal entries as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Prompts for your two-sentence journal as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Allow me to introduce the two-sentence journal as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My new obsession: A horse-racing board game of pure luck as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Zero-Player Games as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted No Time to Back Down: A Game of Resolve as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Leaf-and-Branch Resolutions as a story · 1 points
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