Words worth sitting with. Paul Graham — and the minds he reads.
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Version
1.0.0
updated 25 Mar 2026
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monthly, 7 months
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About Contrarian
Every new tab. One idea. That's it.
Contrarian replaces your Chrome new tab with a single quote from Paul Graham's essays — and the thinkers he reads (Feynman, Churchill, Knuth, Perlis). 125 quotes, each linked back to its source essay on paulgraham.com.
HOW IT WORKS
→ Open a new tab — see a quote
→ Space or → to see the next one
→ ← to go back
→ O to open the full essay
→ F to save to favourites
→ L to open your reading list
The order is seeded by date — same all day, different tomorrow. No randomness anxiety. Just a consistent drip of good thinking.
FEATURES
• 125 quotes from 98 PG essays + his curated quotes page
• Daily seeded shuffle — consistent per day, rotates at midnight
• Favourites sidebar — save quotes, jump back, export as markdown
• Keyboard-first — navigate, open essays, save, all without touching the mouse
• Swipe support on mobile
• First-time onboarding walkthrough
• Every quote links to its source essay
DESIGN
Dark background. Dot grid. One accent colour. The interface disappears. The quote stays.
PRIVACY
Zero tracking. Zero analytics. Zero network requests. The quotes are bundled with the extension. Your favourites stay in your browser via Chrome's local storage API. Nothing leaves your machine.
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