How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note)

This content originally appeared on Stefan Judis Web Development and was authored by Stefan Judis

I love it when developers take things into their own hands to fix products and websites. Let me share today's edition of "Developers fix things": scribe.rip.

Scribe improves Medium's reading experience. But what's wrong with Medium?

The main thing bugging me is that Medium will block and paywall articles at the end of each month because I reached my free allowance (you can work around it by opening the post in an incognito window, but yeah... 🤷‍♂️).

Also, Medium websites are heavy! Reading 700 words can easily cost you three hefty Megabytes worth of fonts and JavaScript. And of course, Medium watches and tracks your entire journey. It's not great!

If these points are bugging you, replace medium.com in a Medium blog post URL with scribe.rip and enjoy a lightweight reading experience. It's beautiful.

Comparison of Medium and scribe.rip showing that scripe.rip loads a tenth of what medium loads.

And the best thing, if you want to avoid opening Medium at all, Scribe also offers documentation on how to enable automatic browser redirects.

Sergej Brazdeikis pointed out that Scribe's service is probably illegal, and Medium will shut it down once they notice it. That could be, but I'll avoid Medium and will only consume the juicy content until then. 🤷‍♂️

Reply to Stefan

This content originally appeared on Stefan Judis Web Development and was authored by Stefan Judis

Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

APA

Stefan Judis | Sciencx (2021-10-27T22:00:00+00:00) How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note). Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/10/27/how-to-load-medium-posts-without-all-the-medium-stuff-note/

MLA

" » How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note)." Stefan Judis | Sciencx - Wednesday October 27, 2021, https://www.scien.cx/2021/10/27/how-to-load-medium-posts-without-all-the-medium-stuff-note/

HARVARD

Stefan Judis | Sciencx Wednesday October 27, 2021 » How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note)., viewed ,<https://www.scien.cx/2021/10/27/how-to-load-medium-posts-without-all-the-medium-stuff-note/>

VANCOUVER

Stefan Judis | Sciencx - » How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note). [Internet]. [Accessed ]. Available from: https://www.scien.cx/2021/10/27/how-to-load-medium-posts-without-all-the-medium-stuff-note/

CHICAGO

" » How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note)." Stefan Judis | Sciencx - Accessed . https://www.scien.cx/2021/10/27/how-to-load-medium-posts-without-all-the-medium-stuff-note/

IEEE

" » How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note)." Stefan Judis | Sciencx [Online]. Available: https://www.scien.cx/2021/10/27/how-to-load-medium-posts-without-all-the-medium-stuff-note/. [Accessed: ]

rf:citation

» How to load Medium posts without all the "Medium stuff" (#note) | Stefan Judis | Sciencx | https://www.scien.cx/2021/10/27/how-to-load-medium-posts-without-all-the-medium-stuff-note/ |

Please log in to upload a file.

There are no updates yet.
Click the Upload button above to add an update.

You must be logged in to translate posts. Please log in or register.

Related Posts