The Two-Tab Tax: Why a Random Userscript Beat Every Browser Team
Every Hacker News user has been paying a hidden Two-Tab Tax — opening articles and comments in separate windows, endlessly switching between them. A single userscript just eliminated that friction, and the real story isn’t the code. It’s why a frustrated individual solved in a weekend what browser teams and platforms haven’t addressed in years. The best product ideas are hiding in the workarounds we’ve stopped complaining about.