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Nikunj Kothari
Personal blog · writing.nikunjk.comstartupsbusiness
Nikunj Kothari writes Balancing Act, a personal blog at writing.nikunjk.com about startups and business. Since 2024, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “Token Anxiety”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a thread on "token anxiety" and the slot-machine-like pull of AI tokens. The post is about work culture and late-capitalism anxiety over whether AI will reduce or intensify work.
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.
Candid thoughts about investing, operating and life.
Most-linked posts?
- Token Anxiety5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2026-02-15
- The Best Companies Are Dictatorships4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-08-02
- Do Hard Things2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-17
- Liar's Valuation2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-12-18
- Capital Isn't Destiny2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-08-14
What Hacker News says?
Funemployed right now joyously spending way way more time than 996, pulling the slot machine arm to get tokens, having a ball. But that's for personal pleasure. This post is receeding from the concerns about "token anxiety," about the addiction to tokens. This post is about work culture & late capitalism anxiety, about possible pressures & systems society might impose. I reflect a lot on AI doesn't reduce the work,…
Comment linking /p/token-anxiety
on “"token anxiety"; or, a slot machine by any other name”Submitted The Quiet Ones as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Entering the DOS Era of AI as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Companies Are Dictatorships as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Org Structure Is My Opportunity as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Companies Are Dictatorships as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop solving champagne problems as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Has Made Us Soft as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't Get One-Shotted as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The best companies are dictatorships as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do Hard Things as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10x Is the New Floor as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Companies Are Dictatorships as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Liar's Valuation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Capital Isn't Destiny as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10x Is the New Floor as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revealed Preferences as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Token Anxiety as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Token Anxiety as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Token Anxiety as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Token Anxiety as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Liar's Valuation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Main Character as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Capital Isn't Destiny as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Everything is sales as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted "Per-Seat" Margin Is My Opportunity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do Hard Things as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Latitude as a story · 1 points
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