Show HN: Blander – Makes NYT headlines boring on purpose

Category: devtools

Tags: browser-extension, ai-content, news-filtering, nlp, privacy-focused

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 4)

Blander is a Chrome extension that uses Claude AI to rewrite New York Times headlines into neutral, dry, and absurdly bureaucratic versions while preserving factual information. It's interesting because it combines AI-powered content transformation with thoughtful browser extension engineering, including shadow DOM traversal, mutation observers, and API cost tracking.

Target audience: frontend devs, news readers, privacy-conscious users

Repository: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/blander-news-headline-neu/jlledimlgefhiigmpciaobaihnpeefla · JavaScript

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