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plumshell
Personal blog · plumshell.com · on HN as NonUmemotoprogrammingcareergames
plumshell is a personal blog at plumshell.com about programming, career and games. Since 2013, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 24 times, most often “Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-08-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link plumshell posts on working only a few hours a day, on the enjoyment of having a game you're into, and on Nintendo's release strategy. One commenter notes the author's English has improved over older posts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I make simple apps.
Most-linked posts?
- Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2016-03-13
- Why Nintendo Doesn’t Release Mario on the App Store2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-01
- As a solo developer, I decided to offer phone support2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-11-30
What Hacker News says?
This comment got way too long * and I forgot to mention the important thing: most people's attitude will tend towards negative, or at most bland, without constant external "uplifting". Most people's environment isn't very uplifting, but you can create one artificially through inspirational audio. Have something inspirational on in the background every day, while driving, doing the dishes etc. * “Forgive me this long…
Comment linking /2016/03/10/work-for-only-3-hours-a-day-but-everyday/
on “The 'Batman Effect': How having an alter ego empowers you (2020)”Submitted As a solo developer, I decided to offer phone support as a story · 563 points
HN discussionGreat article. I totally agree. One of my favorite things to do on HN is to read much older article from the authors/posters to see their change over time. Major props to the author, as they appear to have significantly improved their English over the last 8 yrs: http://plumshell.com/2015/03/01/why-nintendo-doesnt-release-... Writing in another language is always a challenge. I learned Hungarian a decade ago, and I…
Comment linking /2015/03/01/why-nintendo-doesnt-release-mario-on-the-app-store/
on “Having a game I'm into makes every day enjoyable”Submitted Work for only 3 hours a day, but everyday as a story · 524 points
HN discussionJust read this and I think it matches quite well: http://plumshell.com/2016/03/10/work-for-only-3-hours-a-day-... We are running our business for ~3yrs now and just realized in the last few months that none of the all-nighters or skipped holidays actually made a difference in the end. So just from my personal experience I'd say you should actively plan and maintain a private life from the get-go - If you don't you a…
Comment linking /2016/03/10/work-for-only-3-hours-a-day-but-everyday/
on “Ask HN: Must you have no life, at least early on, to run a successful startup?”Submitted As a solo developer, I decided to offer phone support (2017) as a story · 395 points
HN discussionI only work for the first 1-3 hours of the day. Inspired by this guy http://plumshell.com/2016/03/10/work-for-only-3-hours-a-day-... After the first hour, I can keep going if I'm on a roll, or I can take the rest of the day off.
Comment linking /2016/03/10/work-for-only-3-hours-a-day-but-everyday/
on “Just make it hard to fail”Submitted Having a game I'm into makes every day enjoyable as a story · 154 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to learn programming without getting stuck as a story · 81 points
HN discussionSubmitted My competitor made my app promo video for free as a story · 48 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: A Better Text to Speech App for Pocket and Evernote Users as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Future of Overwork in the Age of AI as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Is Changing Work–and Indie Devs Feel It First as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Work only 3 hours a day, but everyday (2016) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Top Most Useful Tools for iPhone/iPad Business and Development as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Easy Way to Improve User Interface Designs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We use tech-terms without notice in our apps as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Start from the riskiest part as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making a video tutorial is one of the most cost-effective ways as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Nintendo Doesn’t Release Mario on the App Store as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How do you say No to users without annoying them? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Speeds Up Dev, Cloning Comes Easy Too as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Meeting with Parse Advocate Eric in Japan as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: I released the simplest app I’ve ever made on the App Store as a story · 1 points
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