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I remember seeing FloydHub when I was still in School and thinking, this is so cool! It's like Heroku, but for AI!

Sad to see that FloydHub didn't work out, but you really did build an amazing platform.

Very interested in the new API to run dynamic scripts. I wonder if Chrome will release a privileged API to run RHS to allow userscripts to continue working.

kkevvon Blog Books: Read books using RSS

Oh thats a pretty cool idea! I would love something like this that could split audiobooks into bit size chunks that I can listen to.

kkevvon TSMC is considering a 3 nm foundry in Arizona

Intel, Microchip, NXP all have Fabs in AZ already. Would be exciting to see TSMC and more.

kkevvon Show HN: Create your own Chrome Extensions (with basic JavaScript skills)

Hi HN, we are excited to release our open beta. You can directly download our extension builder from the Chrome store today!

Creating and deploying Chrome Extensions is not as straightforward as deploying a webapp (even though CRXs are much simpler). We've been working on helping developers with basic JS skills create custom Chrome Extensions!

Come try building your own extension :)

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We've been working on a set of templates to show off what you can build as well.

Once you sign in, try out these ready to use templates

- [Stack Overflow Helper](https://hq.extension.dev/template/511)

- [LinkedIn Profile Clipper](https://hq.extension.dev/template/507)

- [Remove distracting websites](https://hq.extension.dev/template/526)

Or use these templates to add your own custom button to popular websites

- [add a custom button to Google Search to search only Reddit](https://hq.extension.dev/template/519)

- [add a button to Tweets to create a Tweet Labeler](https://hq.extension.dev/template/445)

kkevvon A unified theory of low/no code and middleware

Especially curious what the actual distribution of users for these low code internal tools are. Theres a lot of rhetoric about how business users/operations can quickly create tools, but it really seems like developers are the main customer.

kkevvon Show HN: Low-Code Internal Chrome Extension Builder (Developer Preview)

Thank you for the kind comment :)

kkevvon Show HN: Low-Code Internal Chrome Extension Builder (Developer Preview)

Oh I haven't heard of FlutterFlow! Just checked out their landing page - super cool. You can develop everything visually nowadays!

kkevvon Show HN: Low-Code Internal Chrome Extension Builder (Developer Preview)

Hi HN!

We posted a Show HN 73 days ago about extension.dev. In the 73 days since our last post, we interviewed 70 of you over Zoom. With your help, we designed, built, and shipped V1 of extension.dev. We are now ready to help everyone build and share their own custom extensions.

V1 of extension.dev focuses on helping engineers at companies build Chrome extensions to make their teammates more productive. We've seen early users create context-aware Sidebars to reduce context switching, add buttons to their internal dashboards, and even modify the DOM by removing intrusive elements.

We are excited to invite the HN community to join the developer preview before we make a public release!

Kevin, Will, James

kkevvon Use console.log() like a pro (2020)

Amazing, console.dir definitely beats console.log(JSON.stringify(...))

kkevvon Show HN: A Twitter crawler for app ideas

can someone make an app that’s actually fun to go on

Yeah, pretty much

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Woooo thank you for the kind words Flávio :) Excited to help you out really really soon!!

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

This is cool, extremely relevant now that Google removed payments for extensions!

We are free during the developer preview/beta and plan to have a really generous hobby tier. We are rolling our own Stripe integration down the road for enterprise users!

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Yeah! We drew a lot of inspiration from TamperMonkey. We think of what we are building almost as an "enterprise user script." We have a "shell" extension that hosts all the UI, automations, and JS that you write. And, when you are ready to share with your team, you can just install our shell extension, login, and everything you built is instantly available to those with access!

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Yeah! RPA is a really really powerful tool. We've seen companies hack RPA to add UI to existing tools as well.

Selenium is a bit tough because you end up with scripts that are hard for business users to execute. AutoIt and iMacros are solid web automation tools, but they lack the extensibility of a custom solution (to do things like add UI) and are also hard to share with non-technical users across a company.

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Ohh, We haven't tried WebSQL yet with our builder, but from a quick Google search it seems possible!

Another route is to use something like http://alasql.org/ to cache data in localstorage so you can query it instantly. Would a search UX be better, or a text box to directly write SQL over your data?

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Woah that's amazing! I thought the name SeekWell was familiar, I think we used your SQL -> GSheets integration before!

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Gotcha, thank you so much for the advice. Maintainability, especially with something uncommon like a Chrome Extension, must seem really sticky.

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Haha, thank you for sharing your insight!

How did you push through all the people-problems? Was the productivity gained from the extensions the angle you pushed?

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Woah, thank you so much for sharing!! This is really amazing to hear :0

If you are down would love to chat more! kevin@extension.dev

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Did you build the tools yourself/do you have access to the code?

One of our big use cases is to extend/customize internal tools with UI/data/logic. Could you share more details? If you're more comfortable offline kevin@extension.dev

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

We've also spent quite some time researching what extensions companies are already building! Would love to share what we learned: https://dev.to/realkevinyang/what-i-learned-from-studying-10...

Lmk if you have any questions! I'll be here :)

kkevvon Show HN: Create Chrome Extensions for internal use

Hey HN and the broader world!

We are incredibly excited to share what we have been cooking up . After building Chrome Extensions for recruiters and marketers, we got a glimpse of the power of browser extensions. However, we also got a taste of how hard extensions are to create. This led us down a path of exploring whether companies were interested in building custom internal extensions.

We studied hundreds of custom internal extensions that companies are using today. We've seen companies extend legacy internal tools to increase development speed, create context-aware tools that surface info employees need wherever they are. We've even seen extensions add missing features to purchased software. After synthesizing into a few modes, we set out to build an easier way to create internal extensions.

Come say hi! We are excited to meet you and hopefully help you build some extensions too!

Kevin, Will, James

kkevvon Ask HN: What would the internet look like if we could create it from scratch?

I loved this essay https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a... that gives a glimpse of what could have been if RSS won over NewsFeed!