Why Local-First Time Tracking Protects Your Privacy
Time tracking data is behavior data, and behavior data deserves local-first defaults.
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AI engineering
What AI features look like when regular people use them in real life.
Chrome extensions
Practical guides for Manifest V3, browser tools, and extension distribution.
How to Publish a Chrome Extension to the Web Store in 2026 (Full Checklist)
The Web Store review is a product gate, privacy policy, assets, and MV3 compliance matter as much as your code.
How I Built ResistGate: A Chrome Extension That Makes You Earn Distractions
Real products need friction by design, ResistGate makes you type before distraction, not just block URLs.
I Built a Chrome Extension Using Claude Code in One Weekend, Here's What Happened
AI scaffolds MV3 fast; permissions, storage, and Web Store policy still need a human who has shipped before.
Building an AI-Powered Chrome Extension with Claude and TypeScript
Scrape in the content script, call Claude from the service worker, stream results to the popup, same pattern for most AI extensions.
Chrome Extension Permissions: How to Ask for Less and Ship Faster
Request the minimum permissions upfront, every extra scope costs user trust.
Building a Chrome Extension Popup with React and TypeScript in 2026
React earns its complexity only when your popup has real dynamic state.
How to Build a Chrome Extension in 2026
Chrome extensions are more relevant than ever, if you approach them with a real product mindset.
How to Persist State in a Chrome Extension (Without Losing It)
Service workers terminate; your global state disappears with them.
Chrome Extension Message Passing with TypeScript: The Complete Guide
Typed messages between popup, service worker, and content scripts are how MV3 extensions stay coherent instead of fragile.
How Chrome Extensions Actually Work in 2026 (Manifest V3 Explained)
MV3 is four moving parts, manifest, service worker, content scripts, and UI, not a single script tag anymore.
Build Your First Chrome Extension with TypeScript from Scratch
Vite, CRXJS, and TypeScript turn an empty folder into a working MV3 popup faster than copy-pasting manifest snippets.
Product decisions
Pricing, product choices, and what I've learned trying to make things people actually buy.
How I think
How I make decisions, stay focused, and keep moving without a team.
How I Handle Payments as a Solo Founder (ResistGate & Amethyst)
PayPal subscriptions, webhooks, and a Postgres entitlements table, the smallest stack that unlocks Pro in the extension.
The Payment Stack at Each Revenue Stage (ResistGate & Amethyst)
Freemius, Paddle, and custom PayPal each fit a different MRR band, pick the stage you're in, not the stack you wish you had.
I Watched a Senior Engineer Design a Payment System, Here's What Indie Founders Should Actually Take Away
Idempotency and webhooks matter at $1K MRR; distributed ledgers matter at $1M, know which lesson applies to you.