15:I[981,["658","static/chunks/658-a698693f56d0116a.js","183","static/chunks/183-6beeeb801c274aaa.js","474","static/chunks/app/%5Btype%5D/layout-631c4730b83c8223.js"],"Posts"] 16:T4c7,Hello HN,

I built Ambient Shield because I was tired of my second monitor blinding me whenever I tried to watch a movie and I didn't want to always turn off my second monitor.

What it does: Ambient Shield detects when you enter fullscreen mode (F11 or via a video player like YouTube/Netflix) and automatically opens a pitch-black window on your secondary monitors. When you exit fullscreen, it clears the windows instantly.

How it works: It uses the Chrome system.display API to map your monitor coordinates and the windows API to spawn and position popup windows precisely over your other screens.

Tech Stack:

Built with React, Vite, and Tailwind for the UI.

Uses Chrome Manifest V3.

Payments handled via ExtensionPay (Stripe).

There is a free tier that dims screens to grey, and a lifetime license for the customizable blackout mode.

I’d love to hear your feedback on the implementation or any edge cases I might have missed with window management!

Link: [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/iecfhnldblpkafnmbin...]17:T466,The industry is kind of in a bad spot, and I dont think its due to AI or Vibe Coding, because thats still niche. I am talking about the general sense of the market.

We are producing too much software on the web, yet nothing seems to work well. There is no creativity on the web as sites just look the same and even if we make a creative site, its not possible to get any traffic when google hogs it via AI summary or people dont even ask google about stuff in other cases.

Its now increasingly hard to make any money on the internet, we used to have blogs and individual sites making some money for the author, but now thats also

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