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MatthewBF··on Extension Framework with Dev Mode, HMR, MV2/MV3, Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Safari
I've been building chrome extensions for 5+ years now and this framework makes the bad parts of developing extensions feel easy.
MatthewBF··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)
I'm working on re-writing Partizion to be faster, easier to use, simpler, and more beautiful (beautiful is good design — https://paulgraham.com/taste.html).

After the chrome MV3 migration which was an absolute rigmarole, I lost my taste for beauty. I want to get back to making beautiful software.

MatthewBF··on The Great Suspender once again contains malware
Happened in (2021)[https://github.com/greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender/issues/1...], and then a few others have forked the extension and tried to revive it, only to eventually sell to nefarious owners or sell user data themselves
MatthewBF··on How to top having too many tabs open
Practical guide with methodology explained
MatthewBF··on Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
https://www.partizion.io/ is a great bookmark manager / session manager. Privacy focused, auto-saved sessions, and can add new links with the chrome extension.
MatthewBF··on Any Suggestions for Bookmark Managers?
Checkout https://www.partizion.io/. Find it super useful because it auto-saves sessions (so I can close anything and not worry about losing it) and you can create permanent collections of tabs that you can restore in one click.
MatthewBF··on Ask HN: Is there a decent Chrome bookmark manager?
Checkout https://www.partizion.io/bookmark-manager. Not free, but a pretty good option for Chrome
MatthewBF··on You don't need a tab suspender; You need a tab manager
The great suspender was removed by google because it was sold to a nefarious buyer and then malicious scripts were implemented. We must be wary of "free" extensions and apps. Partizion is an alternative to The Great Suspender except it is a tab manager, not a tab suspender.
MatthewBF··on Overcoming Tab Overload
No zoom out, but has tile like views (grids, lists, kanban, etc.) https://www.partizion.io/
MatthewBF··on How the biggest SaaS startups got their first customers
It's interesting to see how all these companies got their starts. My personal favourite is Stripe
MatthewBF··on You have 14 tabs open, don't you
:O
MatthewBF··on You have 14 tabs open, don't you
You my friend, are a productivity specialist ;)

What do you do when you need to go back to that tab?

MatthewBF··on You have 14 tabs open, don't you
My Apologies, I will follow this convention in the future!

In regards to your browser history, this is not shared nor stored on our servers. You have to specifically opt in to allow access to the History permission, and this is only so you can search your history. Again, nothing stored on the servers.

The information that is stored, like you pointed out in our privacy policy, is mundane and harmless, except of course the URL if that is something you are worried about. Also clearly outlined in the privacy policy is that this information is encrypted, secure, and never shared or sold to third parties.

Furthermore, we are not storing this information just because. Partizion stores your collections of tabs so that you can access them from any device and any browser. This is something that cannot be achieve by using chrome's storage API or syncing.

Hope that clears things up. I didn't want to come off as "advertising". Just thought I'd share my motivations for building this project.

MatthewBF··on Don't just roll the dice – Software pricing guide (2012) [pdf]
A helpful guide by Neil Davidson on how to develop a revenue model for your software business.