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Hilary Gridley
Personal blog · hils.substack.comwritingcareerai
Hilary Gridley writes writerbuilder, a personal blog at hils.substack.com about writing, career and ai. Since 2025, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts about the author's experience with Claude Code, including one on compulsive use of AI coding tools. One commenter draws a comparison to addiction and links another post by the author.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
for writers who build and builders who write.
What Hacker News says?
> I’m chasing the midnight hour and not getting any sleep. I am saying this in all seriousness, what difference is this to addiction? This is something already talked about [1]. You are getting the sugar (results) and none of the nutrients (learning). [1] https://quasa.io/media/the-hidden-dangers-of-ai-coding-agent... https://hils.substack.com/p/help-my-husband-is-addicted-to-c...
Comment linking /p/help-my-husband-is-addicted-to-claude
on “I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has ignited a passion again”Submitted The AI skeptic's guide to AI collaboration as a story · 47 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Self-Promotion Horror Show as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Jobs don't have a fitting room as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You are not in the race against slop cannons as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to figure out what you want as a story · 1 points
HN discussion