Author here! I wrote on something very similar earlier a few weeks ago, down to a reference to Japanese office culture (though not the exact same part of it).

Author here! I wrote on something very similar earlier a few weeks ago, down to a reference to Japanese office culture (though not the exact same part of it). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37806870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37806870