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Jaakko Joutsenmeri
Personal blog · jaakkoj.com/blogwritingphilosophy
Jaakko Joutsenmeri writes Jaakko Järviniemi, a personal blog at jaakkoj.com about writing and philosophy. Since 2021, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Doorman Fallacy”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-09-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this site's "doorman fallacy" concept page when arguing that managers mistake visible output, such as lines of code, for real engineering value, and that AI-era work has similar problems.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I write blog posts that make you say "Wow, I haven't thought about it that way"
Most-linked posts?
- Doorman Fallacy4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-02-22
- Paul Graham 1012 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-11-13
What Hacker News says?
‘Doing the work of a human’ is something that is very hard to define or quantify in many cases. You sound very confident, but you don’t address this at all; you simply assume it’s a given. Relevant: https://www.jaakkoj.com/concepts/doorman-fallacy
Comment linking /concepts/doorman-fallacy
on “Neural Network Diffusion”Submitted Paul Graham 101 as a story · 12 points
HN discussionGaming is one thing, fundamentally not understanding how engineering works will lead to shittier outcomes and cost the company in ways the management will never understand. Management in the age of AI is falling for the doorman fallacy wrt engineering. If lines of code were the most valuable aspect of software engineering, my front end JavaScript intern would’ve been the most valuable person in the company. https://…
Comment linking /concepts/doorman-fallacy
on “Uber Torches 2026 AI Budget on Claude Code in Four Months”Submitted The essence of Paul Graham's essays as a story · 5 points
HN discussionthe argument reminds me of the uncanny sense of being managed. i think there was a belief that having the skills that AI synthesizes was some kind of intellectual equity, when this was more of a convention and a promise than any kind of social contract that preserves the value and meaning of ones past contributions. imo we've been living out a decade or more of the Doorman Fallacy ( https://www.jaakkoj.com/concepts/…
Comment linking /concepts/doorman-fallacy
on “To have a moral stance on AI is to be an outcast, and it sucks”Submitted Doorman Fallacy as a story · 1 points
HN discussion