Ian Nuttall tweets a demo of a Chrome extension he built and writes…
chrome extensions are just perfect for vibe coders to use ai to build utility apps (and saas too)
– cursor is very good at building them (gemini & claude)
– super easy to test them locally
– built in distribution via the chrome web store
– so many old manifest 2 extensions you can rebuild
– easy to find contact info to acquire competitorsi built this tool in one shot… thinking it could be part of a much larger helper tool to write posts, find content ideas, run better giveaways, create carousels etc
sometimes vibe coding to scratch your own itch can give you plenty of ideas for your next biz
Rohit Lakhotia chimes in…
Vibe coded a Chrome extension that converts all currency on a webpage to your local currency with real-time forex rate…
All done in less than an hour using Cursor.