𝟯 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝟯 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀

𝟯 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝟯 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀

I had zero extensions three months ago. Now three are live. Here is the truth about how I did it.

I signed a bad contract. It cost me money. I built PactLens to review contracts before you sign.

My tech choices:

• WXT framework for speed.
• Hono and Cloudflare Workers for the backend.
• DeepSeek AI for low cost.

I stopped guessing features. I looked for complaints on Reddit. This led to DocuVox for OCR and JobPilot for job apps.

The Chrome Web Store is tough. The store rejected me twice.

Rules for approval:

• No remote code or eval functions.
• Justify all host permissions.
• Keep descriptions short.
• Remove console logs.
• Add a privacy policy link.

I ignored Product Hunt. I answered people on Reddit. This brought users.

My stack:

• WXT and TypeScript.
• Hono and Cloudflare Workers.
• DeepSeek AI.
• Lemon Squeezy for payments.
• No servers. No databases. No DevOps.

Lessons learned:

• Submit on day one. Reviews take weeks.
• Do not optimize early. I wrote 500 lines of useless code.
• Talk to users before you write a line of code.

Ask me about solo dev or the Chrome Web Store below.

Source: https://dev.to/henry_redfox/how-i-shipped-3-chrome-extensions-as-a-solo-developer-in-3-months-4h49