Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension

#1

Post by kaushikt » Mon, Feb 03, 2025, 5:54 PM UTC

On my new large screen, it was a little cumbersome to read PG's essays because they are sticking so far off to the left.

I center aligned it so it's a bit more readable.

Took 2 hours with chatgpt to ideate, build, and publish.

Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension
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Re: Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension

#2

Post by mtmail » Mon, Feb 03, 2025, 5:57 PM UTC

Somebody redesigned the whole website even https://www.paulgraham.blog/essays/why

I like your approach better.

Re: Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension

#3

Post by 5cott0 » Mon, Feb 03, 2025, 10:05 PM UTC

great work now please add margins to dan luu’s html table layout

Re: Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension

#4

Post by kaushikt » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 7:03 AM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #2

Somebody redesigned the whole website even https://www.paulgraham.blog/essays/why I like your approach better.

Thanks, I wanted something that can be installed once and forgotten forever.

Re: Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension

#5

Post by kaushikt » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 7:05 AM UTC

5cott0 wrote: post #3

great work now please add margins to dan luu’s html table layout

Yeah, that's another website I would like to center.

Re: Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension

#6

Post by marapuru » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 10:04 AM UTC

It's a nice hobby project, but why not just use a browsers built-in reader mode? It has all the same features, and works on (almost) any website.

Re: Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension

#7

Post by kaushikt » Sun, Feb 16, 2025, 4:26 PM UTC

marapuru wrote: post #6

It's a nice hobby project, but why not just use a browsers built-in reader mode? It has all the same features, and works on (almost) any website.

The extension is install once forget forever.

Reader mode is an additional step. Plus, I haven’t quite figured reader mode on chrome.