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Ilya Sukhar
Personal blog · ilya.sukhar.com/blogstartupsproductivitycareer
Ilya Sukhar's personal blog at ilya.sukhar.com covers startups, productivity and career. Since 2017, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia (2017)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's insomnia posts, especially 'An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia', which describes a sleep-restriction approach from CBT-I. Commenters say it helped them.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Ilya Sukhar's personal homepage & blog.
Most-linked posts?
- An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia (2017)6 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2021-06-11
- Algorithmic Solution to My Insomnia5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2017-12-23
What Hacker News says?
CBT-i more or less fixed me too. It should be noted that sleep restriction (the practice you're describing here) is only part of CBT-i but it seems to be the most important. I also gave up coffee and I stop looking at screens 30-60 mins before my bed time. Before the therapy ~30% of my nights were sleepless. This article helped a lot: http://ilya.sukhar.com/blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insom...
Comment linking /blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insomnia.html
on “Dealing with Insomnia”Submitted Algorithmic Solution to My Insomnia as a story · 253 points
HN discussionInsomnia is something I've dealt with for most of my adult life. I followed everything you were supposed to do, got blackout curtains, no coffee, no alcohol, exercised, but still had issues. This article below helped me realize the insomnia is actually a form of performance anxiety. Sitting in bed tossing and turning, mind racing wishing you were asleep is the problem. You have to train yourself that you can sleep a…
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on “Why Can’t I Sleep?”Submitted An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia (2017) as a story · 109 points
HN discussionWheezy Waiter has a video on trying biphasic sleep, and his conclusion was: If you wake up at 3, get up and do something. When you get tired, go back to sleep. Second sleep is the best sleep. I tried that for a while and want to try it again, because it worked great for the week I tried it before falling out of the habit. https://ilya.sukhar.com/blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-inso...
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on “An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia (2017)”Submitted An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia as a story · 48 points
HN discussionI've been having success over the last month at dramatically improving my sleep, and I'll say that bi-phasic or letting go of the anxiety of being awake in the middle of the night, is my last go-to related to sleep, behind a bunch of other things. What has really worked for me, and YMMV, as measured by a good 10-15 points a night as measured by my fitbit (admittedly a crude tool, but backed up by just feeling less f…
Comment linking /blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insomnia.html
on “Can medieval sleeping habits fix America’s insomnia?”Submitted Angel Investing: Check Sizes as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHey HN! I'm a former insomniac that went through a behavioral therapy program to sleep better. I teamed up with some behavioral therapists to create Sleepedy, an iOS app that connects you with a sleep coach and follows an evidence based program to help you sleep better. Evidence-based treatment (EBT) refers to treatment that is backed by scientific evidence. That is, studies have been conducted and extensive researc…
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on “Show HN: Sleep Therapy to Beat Insomnia”Submitted An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia (2017) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI've taken a multi-pronged approach including better bedtime routine, exercise, and tricks to get back to sleep when I wake up. Over the last 9 months I've been focusing on health and losing weight. A large part of this is that I'm doing 5+K on the treadmill every week day. I prefer to do this in the morning, and if I'm not on the treadmill by 7 it is going to interfere with my work. Between getting ready and coolin…
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on “Ask HN: What did you do that got you to wake up earlier?”Submitted An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMaybe try this: An Algorithmic Solution to Insomnia: https://ilya.sukhar.com/blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-inso... The TLDR is: "sleep a lot less before you can sleep more" Recently discussed on HN: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/40539997
Comment linking /blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insomnia.html
on “Ask HN: How can I sleep more and deeper?”Hey HN! I'm a former insomniac that went through a behavioral therapy program to sleep better. I teamed up with some behavioral therapists to create Sleepedy, an iOS app that connects you with a sleep coach and follows an evidence based program to help you sleep better. Evidence-based treatment (EBT) refers to treatment that is backed by scientific evidence. That is, studies have been conducted and extensive researc…
Comment linking /blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insomnia.html
on “Show HN: Cognitive Behevarioal Therapy to treat insomnia”I did CBT-I after reading this post a year ago - http://ilya.sukhar.com/blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insom... Was very effective even though it sounds a little crazy.
Comment linking /blog/an-algorithmic-solution-to-insomnia.html
on “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a Treatment for Insomnia”
