CHROME EXTENSION TEMPLATE

Notes from the factory

Short, useful posts about shipping extensions.

• 2026-06-15

  Ship an MV3 extension in a weekend

  What the Soft-factory browser extension template actually does for you, line by line.

• 2026-06-01

  Content scripts that listen to storage

  Why a tiny MutationObserver plus chrome.storage.onChanged is the right combination for outline tools.

• 2026-05-20

  Preact in a Chrome extension: 17kb gzipped

  A walk-through of the popup stack, the JSX setup, and the trade-offs versus React 18.