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Ask HN: What size is your journal book and why?

Hacker News users discuss the sizes of their journal notebooks, sharing preferences for formats like A5, B6, or pocket notebooks and explaining their choices based on portability, writing habits, and usability.

Background

Hacker News (HN) is a social news and discussion site run by the startup accelerator Y Combinator, where users — mostly software developers, founders, and tech workers — post and comment on links. "Ask HN" threads are community-driven Q&As where anyone can pose a question directly to this audience. This particular thread asks about journal/notebook sizes, a topic that has become a minor perennial on HN because many in tech are avid note-takers, bullet journalists, or productivity enthusiasts who obsess over tools (paper size, pen type, binder style) the way others obsess over code editors. The question "what size and why" implicitly asks for the reasoning behind the choice—portability vs. page real estate, binding durability, pocket fit, etc.—mirroring the rational, trade-off-obsessed culture of the site.

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