Refreshing the front page every ten minutes is the trap. You don't need to swear off Hacker News entirely — you need to kill the part that eats your time. Refocus blocks Hacker News (or just its feed) and keep the threads you're actually part of.
⏱ Block Hacker News — freenews.ycombinator.com to your blocklist — or the whole domain news.ycombinator.com for a hard stop.Every other blocker is all-or-nothing. Refocus does path-level blocking, so keep the threads you're actually part of. It's 100% local — no account, nothing leaves your browser — and free forever.
Add news.ycombinator.com (or just news.ycombinator.com) to Refocus, a free Chrome extension. Keep the threads you're actually part of.
Yes — set a nightly schedule and Hacker News simply stops opening during those hours.