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Niklas Göke
Personal blog · nik.artwritingproductivity
Niklas Göke's personal blog at nik.art covers writing and productivity. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 50 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for essays on reading books in full, such as a post arguing that only reading every word surfaces insights an AI summary would miss. One commenter challenges the post's consistency.
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.
Niklas Göke is a self-taught writer with 10 years of experience. Millions have read his work. Nik has published a daily blog for over 1,000 days. Read now.
What Hacker News says?
I feel like part of this post is a bit of hypocrisy. > This is why reading actual books in full might now be more valuable than it ever has been: Only if you’ve seen every word will you discover insights and links an AI would never include in its average-driven summary. Is summarizing by a human much different? Let's check if the author has a consistent stance on reading every word. https://nik.art/books/ > The 4 Mi…
Comment linking /books/
on “The Suck Is Why We're Here”Submitted A teacher who made mistakes on purpose as a story · 92 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Dream of Running a Shop as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Suck Is Why We're Here as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Thought Germany Had Too Little Housing as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Pot, the Kettle, and the Elephant as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is It Easy or Just Easy to Try? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bored Games as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Genius Lies in Interpreting the Rules as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Special Is Optional as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Skip the Punishment as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Business Is the Business as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't Force the Money Too Early as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Painting Only Lives When a Person Looks at It as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Dream of Running a Shop as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making Peace with Your Unlived Dreams as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted No Bookmarks as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Kind of Joke No One Makes Anymore as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Cooking Tells Us About AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Uber Trader as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Have vs. I Am as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Last 5% as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Durable If Maintained as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rhubarb as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Relevant Notifications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Billion-Dollar Bullshit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons from 10 Years of Writing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Turning a Business into a Hobby as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Eternity Mindset as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Are the Riverbed as a story · 1 points
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