chrmod
Twenty years building for the open web. Browsers, extensions, search, ads. Currently tracking the trackers at Ghostery; previously building browsers at Cliqz. Here I write about what survives — and what should.
- 2026·05·21
A cookie banner can make a vision model read the wrong page
When a cookie banner is on screen at screenshot time, vision models often invent plausible headlines instead of failing loudly. 180 API calls across 9 news sites quantify it.
- 2016·05·29
hello world
First post. The accidental origin story of chrmod.net — Hugo, GitHub Pages, and a screenshot Reddit refused to take.