Q: Did you do market research before building your extension?#

A: No. My original goal was simply to solve my own problem. I constantly lost my browser tabs and needed a way to save them in one click as sessions and store them safely so they would not disappear. That is how Locker was born.

Q: How do you accept payments from different countries? Do you need to open a company?#

A: No. You do not necessarily need to open a company in the beginning. You can use services like Lemon Squeezy that handle payments, taxes, and payouts for you.

Q: I’m just learning programming. What tech stack should I use?#

A: My stack is pretty simple.

Frontend

• TypeScript
• React
• TailwindCSS
• Astro

Backend

• Deno Edge Functions
• Supabase for authentication, storage, and database
• Lemon Squeezy for payments

There are many ways to build Chrome extensions. This is simply the stack that works well for me.

Q: What motivates you to keep building extensions?#

A: Honestly, I just enjoy building products. Time is the hardest part. I work full time helping international companies enter the Central Asian market. It is consulting work, and it is exhausting. Even so, I try to spend about 90 minutes every day working on my own products. I do not wait for the perfect moment. I just do what I can.

Q: How do you promote a Chrome extension?#

A: If there is a formula, it probably looks like this.

Experiments + Time = Results

Keep trying different things, see what works, and double down on it.

Q: How do you find ideas for extensions?#

A: My personal rule is simple. Solve one of your own browser problems. It might sound naive, but there are more than 8 billion people on this planet. If something annoys you, there is a good chance thousands or even millions of other people experience the same problem.