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Vasili’s Blog
Personal blog · vasilishynkarenka.comproductivitywriting
Vasili’s Blog is a personal blog at vasilishynkarenka.com about productivity and writing. Since 2019, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “How I remember what I learn”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-12-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on making hard decisions, typing faster with shortcuts, and learning and remembering what you read. One commenter credits the decisions post with prompting real change.
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.
Vasili’s Blog
Most-linked posts?
- How I remember what I learn2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-09-24
- Show HN: I made a list of 9 thought experiments for making hard decisions2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-12
- A tool that increased my typing speed2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-12
What Hacker News says?
Two articles: - https://vasilishynkarenka.com/how-to-make-hard-decisions/ That was just the trigger for me to finally take terrifying but necessary actions. - https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-17613/10-signs-fear-is-runni... I hit almost all the boxes and understood why I felt like a control freak.
Comment linking /how-to-make-hard-decisions/
on “Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?”Submitted How I remember what I learn as a story · 556 points
HN discussionRelated article about using shortcuts to type faster: https://vasilishynkarenka.com/how-to-type-3x-faster/
Comment linking /how-to-type-3x-faster/
on “You don't have to type faster to type faster”Submitted A tool that increased my typing speed as a story · 144 points
HN discussionI really like writing down summaries of key items I extract from the book in a short form that is easy to review. There are several articles I have seen on HN over the last few months that may be helpful https://vasilishynkarenka.com/learning/ I prefer to use 3 sheets of paper over an app in this case. But I think it would be useful to digitize your notes. https://superorganizers.substack.com/p/surgical-reading-how-…
Comment linking /learning/
on “Ask HN: Do you have a system for learning and remembering important stuff?”Submitted Show HN: I made a list of 9 thought experiments for making hard decisions as a story · 53 points
HN discussionSubmitted How I used GPT-3 to hit Hacker News front page 5 times in 3 weeks as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Art of Oatmeal as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted What I learned from studying Shaolin Kung Fu in China as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Psychology of Learning to Code as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to remember what you learn as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to turn $2M into $2T, by Charlie Munger as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted 8 questions for writing as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Immutable Reads on Choosing What to Work On as a story · 1 points
HN discussion