LinkedIn Pro: A extension to make LinkedIn distraction free

Spending too much time on LinkedIn? Not anymore. Customize your LinkedIn experience by hiding distracting elements like media and notification counts. Focus on what matters most to you.

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Inspiration

We’ve all been there: opening LinkedIn to check one notification and, 30 minutes later, finding ourselves deep in a rabbit hole of “CEO at 14” posts, engagement-bait polls, and motivational quotes. It’s like a black hole but with more hashtags. We thought, what if we could reclaim our time and sanity while still being 'professional'? Thus, LinkedIn Pro was born: the extension that says, “No more scrolling, Susan.”

What it does

LinkedIn Pro is your personal focus guardian. It hides all the distracting fluff—media, notifications, "People You May Know" (but don’t want to know), and even that pesky notification count that screams, CLICK ME. You decide what stays and what goes, turning LinkedIn from chaos into calm. Writer mode -> You can only write with out any distraction

How I built it

Armed with caffeine, a questionable playlist, and a browser extension framework, we dove into the LinkedIn DOM (which feels like a labyrinth designed by engineers who love nested divs). Using JavaScript, CSS, and a sprinkle of tears, we created a toggle-friendly, user-controlled solution to declutter your LinkedIn feed. Definitely with help of AI tools ChatGPT, Claude, tried multiple tools like Cursor, PearAI, etc.. Even used for writing this (Sorry guys)

Challenges I ran into

LinkedIn’s codebase is like a treasure map... but the treasure is buried under 47 layers of divs. Balancing the removal of distractions without accidentally hiding actual important stuff. Fu**ing performance is difficult to maintain (Even removed few feature because we ran out of time) Testing the extension without getting lost in LinkedIn ourselves—ironically proving why this extension is needed.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Made it work, First Hackathon UI

What I learned

LinkedIn is sneakily addictive—removing distractions should be considered a public service. Browser extension development is 50% coding, 50% figuring out what LinkedIn broke this week. Sometimes, the simplest solutions (like hiding a notification count) have the biggest impact.

What's next for LinkedIn Pro: A extension to make LinkedIn distraction free

Launching it in chrome web store (No budget 🥲) Add more features (Already noted in My notepad) & Started to work on it Advanced customization: Want to hide that one annoying connection’s posts? Done.

With LinkedIn Pro, I'm not just building an extension; I'm building a better way to professional-scroll without guilt. Let’s make LinkedIn great again—or at least tolerable.

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And this is my 2nd Hackathon Smart India Hackathon (Just submitted ), Actually first that I worked really worked for it.

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