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Show HN: Miito- Added TikTok like videos to Google Meet to fix my attention span

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1•miemex•2h ago
OP here. I built this because "Zoom Fatigue" for me is actually "Understimulation Fatigue".

I noticed the trend of "sludge content" (split screen videos with gameplay) actually helped me focus on audiobooks, so I ported the concept to Google Meet.

It's a Chrome Extension that injects a draggable, resizable `<iframe>` container over the meeting grid.

- Caption Sync: It uses a `MutationObserver` to scrape the live caption node from Google Meet's DOM and renders it into the overlay, so you can watch the loop and read the meeting simultaneously.

- State Management: Handles the fragility of Meet's DOM updates (which break observers constantly) by re-attaching listeners dynamically.

- Privacy: 100% client-side. No meeting audio/video is recorded or sent to a server.

It's a weird solution to a modern problem, but it works for my ADHD brain.

Happy to answer Qs about the implementation!