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I use firefox reader view for websites like this.

I liked it. It has character.

Had to zoom to 150% to make it bearable

It is targeted at tech literate people who obviously know about reader's mode, that they can load a custom css or not even load a css and set the font and size of their choice from their web client.

It’s still ugly as hell, the contrast ratios are godawful and it makes me question why I’d even do that to my eyes. Target or not, this is really hard to read.

Agreed, this is kind of the perfect use case for AI. I can see the prompt now "using css, make this website readable and use a proper color scheme"

Or... just hit the reader mode browser button that has been standard for years longer than LLMs have existed.

I had a coworker talking about how great some AI coding tool is because it can sort a bunch of strings alphabetically for him. This coworker is a programmer. Working with a language that has a builtin sort function.

Plus the dozens of other means of changing a website's styling from the user's side.

Does anything wrap up the AI craze more succinctly than boldly calling AI the perfect use case for an already-solved problem?