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Hedgehog Librarian is a personal blog at hedgehoglibrarian.com about ai and career. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Executive Function Theft (2023)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-22, and you can follow it by feed.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2023

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Commenters link its posts on the 'executive function theft' concept and on leaving work unfinished to reach flow, citing them for workplace and team dynamics.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. Executive Function Theft (2023)
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-08-20

What Hacker News says?

  1. > people that "refuse low impact work" end up being terrible teammates a lot of the time. yes, but there's a high chance they'll climb the corporate ladder while not caring about being great teammates because this is not a requirement for advancement. Actually, dumping this on someone else's lap [0] should be on the list of things to do if you want to move up from loser to sociopath [1]. [0] https://hedgehoglibraria…

    Comment linking /2023/08/14/executive-function-theft/

    on “A simple programming productivity trick: leave work unfinished to reach flow”
  2. Submitted Executive Function Theft (2023) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. C.f. Executive Function Theft https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/2023/08/14/executive-function-...

    Comment linking /2023/08/14/executive-function-theft/

    on “She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money”
  4. Submitted The ACToRS in AI Framework as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted What Guidance Do We Give Junior Colleagues and Peers on Use of AI? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Executive Function Theft as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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