You've built a habit of checking HN. If you feel this is a bad habit (sounds like it) then you need to break it. I've been reading thru Atomic Habits and have

You've built a habit of checking HN. If you feel this is a bad habit (sounds like it) then you need to break it. I've been reading thru Atomic Habits and have found it helpful so my advice is to attack the root cause of the "addiction" (aka bad habit) to HN or any other consumable content. You don't need to buy the book, many of the things discussed there are referenced from lots of other works. There may even be notes or synopsis of the framework online. The core idea is to recognize the habit, then dissect it and make it invisible, unattractive, difficult and unsatisfying. Some good suggestions in this thread to block the site, etc. but some more steps are needed to really reduce HN consumption than just blocking it. HN, reddit and social media in general are kind of the equivalent of customized tabloids you see at the market. Same patterns of headlines, outrageous claims, filler content, ads, etc. and the bonus of being able to immediately argue (on HN politely) with others (or are they bots?) about things.