u/UnitedYak6161

I built a Chrome extension for my parents — now sharing it here

Been lurking here for a while and finally shipped something worth posting about.

My parents kept complaining about websites — text too small, backgrounds too bright, ads everywhere, hard to tell what's a link and what isn't. I kept walking them through browser zoom and system settings but it never stuck. So I built something they could actually use.

BrowseEasy is a Chrome extension that lets you adjust any website's readability on the fly. Click the icon, toggle what you need, done.

What it does:

  • Font size control
  • High contrast mode
  • Link highlighting
  • Dyslexia-friendly font
  • Larger cursor
  • Night mode — reduces eye strain on bright sites
  • Senior mode — bumps up text size and spacing across the board
  • Hide ads — removes ad clutter so you can actually read the page

Settings are saved per-site using local storage. No account. No data sent anywhere. Everything stays on your machine.

Turned out a few of my colleagues started using it too, so I cleaned it up and put it on the store.

Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/browseeasy/lecopgoidgfnpenehnlkeechhmmpojak

Honest feedback welcome — especially from anyone who uses accessibility tools regularly. What would actually make this useful for you?

https://preview.redd.it/95muvpbu5w0h1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=803b7bcb9f20cca84ec213a7ba659dbd69e57e9c

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u/UnitedYak6161 — 10 days ago
▲ 1 r/npm

Hey everyone! I just published my 2nd npm package and wanted to share it with you all.

zcurl is a curl alternative that makes HTTP requests look amazing in your terminal.

Features

  • ✨ Beautiful box-style borders with proper closing lines
  • 🎨 JSON syntax highlighting
  • ⏱️ Timing stats (DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB)
  • 📜 Request history with replay
  • 🚀 Performance testing (concurrent requests)

Install

npm install -g @12britz/zcurl

Links

Would love to get feedback from the community! 🎉

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u/UnitedYak6161 — 29 days ago
▲ 20 r/Observability+1 crossposts

https://reddit.com/link/1suj7yl/video/kzz5w5roq5xg1/player

I've been working on this for a while and finally got it published. It's a curl alternative with stunning box-style output that makes API testing actually enjoyable.

Why zcurl?

As developers, we spend hours testing APIs. The standard curl output is... not pretty. I wanted something that makes you actually want to look at your API responses.

Just add a "Z" to curl and see magic !

Features:

  • Box borders - Clean, proper-closing rectangles for every section
  • JSON highlighting - Syntax colored output that actually pops
  • Timing breakdown - See DNS, TCP, TLS, TTFB individually
  • History & Replay - Save requests and replay them anytime
  • Load testing - Built-in concurrent request support

Install:

npm install -g u/12britz/zcurl

Links:

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@12britz/zcurl

- GitHub: https://github.com/12britz/zcurl

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u/UnitedYak6161 — 28 days ago
▲ 1 r/Markdown+1 crossposts

https://reddit.com/link/1stnn00/video/86mz7npmuywg1/player

I created Markdown Toolset, a Chrome extension that does everything locally. No servers, no accounts, no cloud — your data never leaves your device.

Key features:

- Offline Markdown viewer/editor with live preview in split-pane view

- Folder browsing — open entire folders (including subfolders) and browse all .md files in the sidebar

- Export to multiple formats: PDF, HTML (standalone with GitHub-style CSS), and DOCX (fully formatted Word doc)

- Bulk export — export an entire folder as a ZIP archive of HTML or DOCX files

- Auto-save to localStorage so you never lose work

- Dark/light theme toggle

- Zero network requests — enforced by strict CSP, no analytics or telemetry

It's essentially a full-featured Markdown workbench that runs entirely in your browser. Great for anyone who wants privacy and doesn't want to upload their docs to the cloud.

Link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/markdown-toolset/omkendmnamimhfnjhepgdojbamboipio

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u/UnitedYak6161 — 29 days ago