i'm not able to answer your question, but the first thing i think of when i read "toxic" on hackernews* is this: Iseendai's "Sick systems: How to keep someone

i'm not able to answer your question, but the first thing i think of when i read "toxic" on hackernews* is this: Iseendai's "Sick systems: How to keep someone with you forever" post: https://issendai.livejournal.com/572510.html https://issendai.livejournal.com/572510.html which is about abusive and exploitative relationships / organisations / businesses / cults . probably a bit of a tangent, but perhaps a more useful one to read and think about. * probably as a result of mentally associating hackernews ~ software jobs ~ bad software jobs ~ abusive/exploitative workplaces ~ toxic relationships ~ "toxic"