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Oliver Dunk
@oliverdunk.com
Developer Relations Engineer working on Chrome Extensions at Google. Editor in the W3C WebExtensions Community Group. Loves JavaScript, walking/climbing and travel. https://oliverdunk.com https://developer.chrome.com/authors/oliver-dunk
@remysharp.com Hey Remy! Could we DM about something I’m working on? Or happy to drop you an email if you’d prefer :)
Don't mind @oliverdunk.com, he's just practicing for #GoogleIO 🗣️ Catch all the latest announcements, including exciting Chrome Web Store and Chrome Extensions updates. Register today → goo.gle/io2026reg-6
I’ve been playing around with using Antigravity to build Chrome Extensions. Here’s a video with a look at how I set things up, including things I add to the agent’s context: youtu.be/i1OCGChwO_I?...
Building an extension in Antigravity in 6 minutes
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@geofftech.bsky.social Anything planned for the Cutty Sark DLR station re-opening? It’s my local and I’ve been waiting for so long 😅
Are folks mostly interacting with agents in the foreground when coding with LLMs, or has running agents in the background taken over?
We’re keeping you here in spirit!
Missing out on all the lovely #SotB people and content as I'm too sick, but I'll watch the tag to really 10× the FoMO 🥹 Say hi to my teammates @bram.us, @tunetheweb.com, @nmarkoborodova.bsky.social, @oliverdunk.com, Nour, Tara, and Milica!
Curious about how to monetize a Chrome Extension? We just published a video with a lot of really interesting stats on typical conversion rates / best plan structure etc. youtu.be/7i2N7Hqyqyg?...
Building a profitable Chrome extension | Lessons from Pretty Prompt
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Can you use React to build a Chrome Extension? What about Angular and Svelte? (Spoiler: Yes, you can!) This video from a couple of weeks ago has the answer, along with some general advice: youtu.be/XfsXCfv7wKM?...
Can you use frameworks to build a Chrome Extension?
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I’m surrounded by upcoming ad-breaks (UK based folk would understand: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
@danabra.mov Hey Dan! I’d like to make some videos on the Chrome for Developers channel about when React makes sense in Chrome Extensions and how to use it best. Would you be interested in being a guest or providing some input?
Curious as a potential video topic - what should developers be looking out for in the AI space in 2026?
2025 was a massive year for Chrome Extensions → goo.gle/4pY10Ey From completing the Manifest V3 transition to launching new built-in AI APIs, @oliverdunk.com breaks down every major update you might have missed.
One last video for 2025! Here’s everything that happened with Chrome Extensions this year: youtu.be/nOfyMlIu4jc
Everything that happened with Chrome Extensions in 2025
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If you’re using server-side AI models, you usually need an API key to call them. A couple of weeks back I made a video looking at how to handle that in a Chrome extension: youtu.be/pl4pz4nWa3w
How can you keep API keys safe in a Chrome Extension?
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Debunking the myth that every browser has its own set of extension APIs: youtu.be/PW2u2IZWjtk?...
Can you make a cross-browser Chrome Extension?
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Debunking the myth that every browser has its own set of extension APIs: youtu.be/PW2u2IZWjtk?...
Can you make a cross-browser Chrome Extension?
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Were I still an EU citizen, I’d love this! Hope they can get some traction :)
This is cool — a proposal for an (opt-in) single EU passport design star-pass.eu
✨ Introducing “It’s not you, it’s me”: 🕵️ Detect outages of CDNs like Cloudflare with a toolbar icon. Just add the browser extension - no permissions required. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/its-n...
For the first time, the Web Extensions specification is linked on MDN! As we start building it out, I’m excited to see this more 🙂 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/M...
We just published the first episode in a new series, "Developer Mode", on the Chrome for Developers YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkhl... I'm really excited about this one. We're experimenting with the style and trying to focus more on developer questions.
Answering your questions about Chrome Web Store discoverability
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GDE @henrylim96.bsky.social talks about web performance at #DevFest Birmingham 2025 - @tunetheweb.com would be proud!
It is @oliverdunk.com!🔥 Oliver is talking about how you can build web extension (Side Panel API, Built-in AI) at #DevFest Birmingham 2025. @developer.chrome.com
As part of #PasskeysWeek, I’ve been working with @agektmr.com and the rest of the team on some new videos addressing common misconceptions. Here’s the first one: youtu.be/H2naJinRzDA
Are passkeys based on biometrics?
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Here’s my talk from #DevFestNantes! I’ve given this one before, but I think this is the most polished recording 🙂 youtu.be/IlappZPeMUM
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Watching a great talk by @oliverdunk.com just starting some live demos with Built-in AI APIs. The demo gods are behaving so far! 🤞😀💯
Do you think stale issues or those for bugs which are unlikely to be fixed should be closed? Why / why not?
If we started Chrome Dev Summit again, would you be interested in it? (huh - apparently can't do polls here...), Please reply, Yes or No, or any other answer in between.