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Stories by aadivar

Platforms hide ads and manipulation in their DOM ā€“ FB was the toughest (github.com)
HN 5 pts 0 comments by aadivar Feb 19, 2026 Web Development thread
AI knows everything ā€“ what should learning look like for my kids(8-12Y) (searchsaga.vercel.app)
HN 3 pts 0 comments by aadivar Mar 4, 2026 AI / Machine Learning thread
Show HN: Brainrot messed up my kid's attention span, so I built a tool to fix it (agentkite.com)
HN 2 pts 5 comments by aadivar Feb 27, 2026 thread
Hi HN! I am Dan (aadivar), one of two people who have built Kite, a tool with a simple goal: get rid of brain rot and internet addiction.<p>Modern websites are built to keep you engaged using algorithmic feeds, infinite scroll, social proof counters, autoplay recommendations, urgency timers, etc. Ev...
Show HN: See how algorithms manipulate your social/media feeds in real-time (github.com)
HN 1 pts 3 comments by aadivar Feb 18, 2026 Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Hello HN, Iā€™m Dan (aadivar), one of the two people working on AttentionGuard.<p>I built it because I was tired of social media websites pushing algorithmic content at me, while preventing content I actually subscribed to from being shown.<p>e.g. My wife has an art channel on YouTube with over 200K f...