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Yew Jin Lim
Personal blog · yewjin.substack.comaiphilosophyproductivity
Yew Jin Lim writes What YJ Thinks, a personal blog at yewjin.substack.com about ai, philosophy and productivity. Since 2025, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Note to My Present Self”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
After nearly two decades building Google Search as a Eng Director, I now write about AI, crypto, trail running, and the slower practices that make life meaningful.
Most-linked posts?
- Note to My Present Self3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-10-04
- (3) The 80/20 rule for your whole life2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-28
What Hacker News says?
Submitted Treating people like pawns builds brittle empires as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Note to My Present Self as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Art of Not Being Dumb as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Note to My Present Self as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted (3) The 80/20 rule for your whole life as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The 80/20 rule for your whole life as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Note to My Younger Self as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Your Next Promotion Won't Make You Happy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Note to My Present Self as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We never get to what matters as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Note to my slightly older self as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
