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Efficiency Is Everything
Personal blog · efficiencyiseverything.com · on HN as robertAngstproductivityhealth
Efficiency Is Everything is a personal blog at efficiencyiseverything.com about productivity and health. Since 2017, 36 different Hacker News readers have linked it 75 times, most often “Calorie per Dollar List – Eat for 21 Dollars a Week”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-25, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- Calorie per Dollar List – Eat for 21 Dollars a Week7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2018-12-14
- /4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-05-04
- Efficiency Is Everything4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2018-07-04
- Calories per Dollar of Every Restaurant3 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2018-08-02
- /food/3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2018-07-17
- Industrial Engineering Studies to Save Time at Home3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-11-29
- Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-03-22
- /applying-protein-per-dollar/2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-02-07
- Show HN: Mathematically choosing your health insurance plan2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-12-11
- Show HN: Industrial Engineering Principles Applied to Life2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-10-03
What Hacker News says?
Have you seen Efficiency Is Everything's data on food? https://efficiencyiseverything.com/food/
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on “I found two identical packs of Skittles among 468 packs”Submitted Eat for $1.50 per Day – Layoffs, Coronavirus Quarantine, Food Shortages as a story · 299 points
HN discussionNot sure if https://efficiencyiseverything.com/ Counts because he hires data collectors, but it's one of the most life changing websites I've ever visited.
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on “Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?”Submitted Calorie per Dollar List – Eat for 21 Dollars a Week as a story · 200 points
HN discussionSay you use the tips here( https://efficiencyiseverything.com/time/ ) to save time, particularly the first example about shoes. You are going to have more time to do anything, relax, think, clean, whatever. Why would spending more time putting on shoes be better?
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on “Efficiency is dangerous and slowing down makes life better”Submitted The Efficiency Is Everything Cookbook [pdf] as a story · 162 points
HN discussionCounterpoint (kinda): https://efficiencyiseverything.com/
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on “Efficiency Is the Enemy”Submitted Show HN: Mathematically choosing your health insurance plan as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSince you posted the myth that health insurance is better when you pay more, I highly recommend reading this article explaining why the lowest cost plan is likely the best during the most expensive medical situations https://efficiencyiseverything.com/engineering-conclusions-o... Don't get me wrong, healthcare is the most corrupt industry in the United States (by lobbying dollars). But I give some blame to my peers…
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on “Microsoft is letting employees work from home permanently”Submitted Show HN: Industrial Engineering Principles Applied to Life as a story · 4 points
HN discussionhttp://efficiencyiseverything.com/
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on “Twitch streamers who spend years broadcasting to no one”Submitted Caffeine per Dollar List – Math's Cheapest Forms of Caffeine as a story · 3 points
HN discussionCheck this out http://efficiencyiseverything.com/food/
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on “Twitch streamers who spend years broadcasting to no one”Submitted Calories per Dollar of Every Restaurant as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttp://efficiencyiseverything.com/food/ Here is the general page, the nutrient per dollar page has the most details on how I eat.
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on “Launch HN: The Buttermilk Company (YC S18) – Homemade Indian Food in 5 Minutes”Submitted Efficiency Is Everything as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI get a page not found error for the download link: https://efficiencyiseverything.com/Efficiency-Is-Everything-...
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on “Get Your Book, Make It Free”Submitted Biphasic Sleep- Save 12 Hours a Week Sleeping +4 Tips on How to Fall Asleep Fast as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://efficiencyiseverything.com/efficiency-everything-coo... The cookbook was my best seller. Hope you enjoy!
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on “Get Your Book, Make It Free”Submitted Calculating entertainment per dollar as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCan someone give me feedback on what would make the presentation of this data better? https://efficiencyiseverything.com/food/ There are lots of Calories Per Dollar, Protein Per Dollar, etc... data for specific food items. The pages were recently updated so the tables are sort-able, but there might be too much data, and reducing the data is bad for the user. Any suggestions?
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on “A friendly guide to colours in data visualisation”Submitted Taco Bell Menu: Calories/Protein per Dollar as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIf your site is http://efficiencyiseverything.com I think it could be a hit with a graphic redesign and maybe converting some posts to YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, etc. It’s a neat idea but slow and a little hard on the eyes.
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on “Don't Post Evergreen Content on Medium”Submitted Save Time by Not Eating Food as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI shared this site below... but https://efficiencyiseverything.com/food/
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on “Engineer eats efficiently for $2.50 a day (2016)”Submitted Industrial Engineering Studies to Save Time at Home as a story · 1 points
HN discussionJust going to leave this here: https://efficiencyiseverything.com/food/ (No affiliation)
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on “Engineer eats efficiently for $2.50 a day (2016)”Submitted Show HN: Dates Compared by Price, Privacy, Creativity, and Classiness as a story · 1 points
HN discussion>Implying local is better I've found local/mom and pop is significantly more expensive, than our national counterparts. https://efficiencyiseverything.com/dog-food-per-dollar-store... I don't think lowest income Americans could live at their current standard of living off local mom and pop stores.
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on “Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon”Submitted Apply “The Secretary Problem” to Save Money on Gas WITHOUT Shopping as a story · 1 points
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