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sidwynon Chrome DevTools MCP (2025)

I do something similar [1] but it leverages WebMCP (see Amazon example [2]). Could probably turn it into a strongly typed API.

[1] https://github.com/sidwyn/webmcp-tool-library

[2] https://github.com/sidwyn/webmcp-tool-library/blob/main/cont...

sidwynon Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software (2019)

> Compatibility: Because extensions hook into websites in unsupported ways, updates to websites often result in extensions temporarily breaking, and extension authors scrambling to fix them.

Has anyone who's built a browser extension solved this?

sidwynon Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software (2019)

The "read and change all your data" permission is a huge hurdle for our shopping extension, especially since we only need to identify shopping pages. What I've tried to build trust is to open source our tracking analytics (e.g. https://github.com/Score-Extension/score-extension-analytics...).

Hopefully transparency is one way to overcome this trust barrier.

sidwynon Stop using Honey to shop online

Thanks for catching that!

sidwynon Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

Built a Chrome extension to save myself money last Christmas: https://getscore.app/chrome?ref=hn.

Ended up saving thousands of dollars for myself so far (I shop a lot online), and friends & family really love the product. We also applied to YC – so let's see how that goes!

sidwynon Ask HN: What are you working on this year?

My Christmas project that did pretty well on Reddit: Helping shoppers find good deals through visual lookalikes. https://getscore.app

https://www.reddit.com/r/frugalmalefashion/comments/zydup3/i...

sidwynon Ask HN: Show me your half baked project

https://apps.shopify.com/easy-theme-editor

Visual editor for Shopify apps. Click, modify, save! Would love any feedback.

sidwynon Wavve: making $76k a month turning podcasts into videos

Baird is an amazing person. I've had the chance of talking to him and seeking advice while building out my own podcasting platform (https://kyrie.fm), and he's given invaluable feedback to younger, budding entrepreneurs. Great job Baird and team! Hope to see the platform grow even larger.

sidwynon Ask HN: What did you build in 2019?

Kyrie.fm (https://kyrie.fm) – We help podcasters build communities around their podcast.

sidwynon Ask HN: How do you create a successful community from zero?

> 2. make it clear what the community is about [positioning/marketing]

Could you give some examples on communities with successful positioning/marketing?

sidwynon Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

http://definitionapp.com - One page dictionary for iOS.

sidwynon Malaysia Airlines Says It Lost Contact With Plane Carrying Over 200

Looks like they just located it, and are sending emergency teams now: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=vi&tl=en&js=n&prev=...

sidwynon Interactive Resume

Anyone saved a cached version of this?

sidwynon The Bay Bridge is gradually disappearing from Google Maps

Bay Bridge is undergoing repair works till Sept 3rd, 5am.

http://baybridgeinfo.org

sidwynon Show HN: April Fool's Pranks

Google Nose

http://www.google.com/nose

sidwynon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2012)

Seeking Internship - anywhere / remote

Looking for an internship in iOS before I start studies. Developed Dive Into iOS (http://diveintoios.com) and started a teaching company in Singapore (http://pragmaticlab.com) Primarily good in iOS, but willing to learn and pick up new languages/skills.

http://sidwyn.com/Resume.pdf

sidwynon Lockitron Sells Over 9000 Units in First Week, Opens Up Orders for Batch 2

Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

sidwynon Show HN: See Kickstarter successes and failures

Right now the 'Successful' word is glaring at me for each project [0]. I'd like to see the project title instead of whether it was successful or not. Try swapping the word 'Successful' with the project title?

[0]http://www.thekickbackmachine.com/browse/successful/

sidwynon This teenager is hot property in Silicon Valley

Photoshop to Wordpress.

sidwynon "Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in iOS 6"

It's not how much you offer, but how well you pull it off.

sidwynon Barack Obama Directs All Federal Agencies to Have an API

The first thing that caught my eye was the misspelling of Barack in the address :)

sidwynon The Removal of AirFloat and AirFoil [from the iOS App Store]

Cached version from Google:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6tI7UJT...

sidwynon Save Time On Hacker News: Mark All Read

Works great, but how do I undo?

sidwynon A Millionaire At 15 - Dominic McVey. How Did He Do It?

That's true. I started during high school (Dive Into iOS http://diveintoios.com and Pragmatic Lab http://pragmaticlab.com), but ain't sure if I should continue that through university.

sidwynon Free beautiful UI elements for developers

Why isn't there a download all button?

sidwynon Airbnb Tech Talk: Instagram's Mike Krieger on scalability, android launch

Any ways you could stream this for non-US guys like me?

sidwynon The Apps are Too Damn Big

As an app developer myself, I've (recently) just began using ImageAlpha + ImageOptim (http://pngmini.com/) to compress all my PNG images. These really do the job better than PNGCrush (Xcode's default) and cut them down to 50% of the original size without losing much quality.

From one app developer to another, if you're adding retina assets for the new iPad like me, remember to use ImageAlpha first!

P.S. If you're unsure of its advantages, check out this case study of ImageAlpha + ImageOptim used on Tweetbot: http://imageoptim.com/tweetbot.html

sidwynon Wind Map

Looks a lot like a chunk of hair. Very neat implementation!

sidwynon Sparrow for iPhone

I meant they should remove the gradual swipe, and do a full swipe once the touch moves say 30px, instead of the cell moving along with my thumb.

sidwynon Sparrow for iPhone

I hate the swipe function on each cell. They should do it like how Tweetie used to.