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The Bard's Quill

Created by: mrsiuuuu_x1
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Equipping the Bard’s Quill: Building my first browser extension with zero XP.
The Bard’s Quill is a Chrome browser extension that transforms boring, modern emails into dramatic Shakespearean soliloquies. With a single click of a floating “Scroll” button, “Hello boss” becomes “Hark, my liege!” and standard text is rewritten into Old English.

Tech Stack: JavaScript, CSS, HTML, Manifest V3. Highlight: Built with the help of AI (Gemini) to learn how browser extensions manipulate the DOM.

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mrsiuuuu_x1
mrsiuuuu_x1 shipped The Bard's Quill
about 2 months ago

Shipped this project!

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Why send a normal email when you can sound like a 17th-century poet? I built an extension that translates “please fix this” into “I beseech thee to mend this foul error.” I learned a ton about JavaScript and CSS along the way—mostly by breaking things until they worked. The “focus stealing” bug almost defeated me, but we got there in the end!

mrsiuuuu_x1
mrsiuuuu_x1 worked on The Bard's Quill
about 2 months ago
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I cooked up The Bard’s Quill, a Chrome extension that turns boring emails into dramatic Shakespearean soliloquies! Starting with zero JavaScript knowledge, I used AI as my co-pilot to learn how to manipulate the DOM and build a browser extension from scratch. The hardest part was figuring out why my button kept stealing focus from the text box, though I used AI to fix this issue. Now, “Hello” becomes “Hark!”, and I’ve officially shipped my first project!

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mrsiuuuu_x1
mrsiuuuu_x1 worked on The Bard's Quill
about 2 months ago

I’m working on my first project! This is so exciting. I can’t wait to share more updates as I build.

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