The Problem With Most Browser Extensions Browser extensions have a reputation problem. Many popular extensions — weather apps, new tab replacements, productivity tools — quietly collect your browsing data, sell it to advertisers, or require accounts that tie activity to your identity. When I built the Weather & Clock Dashboard for Firefox, I made a different choice: zero data collection, no acco
Some time ago, I was building a chat application using AWS Websocket API gateway. Things were going smoothly. I created a WebSocket API Gateway, added $connect, $disconnect, and sendMessage/addGroup routes. From the frontend (React) side, everything was fire-and-forget. You send a message, and the onMessageHandler takes care of it 💪🏼 But then a new requirement of uploading files using S3 signed