I published the first in a series of blog posts on web extensions, in particular Manifest V3. https://mclintock.dev/2025/04/23/how-to-persist-data-across-service-worker-lifetimes-using-the-chrome-storage-api/
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Steven McLintock
@samclintock
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Senior software developer primarily using TypeScript at 1Password. Former .NET C# developer. Scotsman living in Canada 🏴🇨🇦
Rollercoaster Tycoon Classic is now available on Apple Arcade?! Woohoo 🎉
I’ve begun to get the itch to write again, so over the last week or two I resurrected my old website and wrote a post about it: https://mclintock.dev/2025/03/25/the-second-coming-of-my-personal-website/
The Second Coming (Of My Personal Website!)
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic I blogged surprisingly often. In early 2019 I created a personal website for myself using the domain name kiltandcode.com and wrote a few blog posts to get started. When the lockdowns began and I found I had plenty of free time on my hands (with no toddler watching Ms Rachel in the background), I wrote …a lot.
So far in my Apple Intelligence adventures, I’ve gotten it to succeed at “dog in a kilt” but fail miserably (and disappointingly) at “loch ness monster popcorn bucket” 🤷♂️
Background ContextSimeon and Oliver chat about what happened in the February 13, 2025 meeting of the WebExtensions Community Group. That may sound boring, but it was actually quite nice and fun, thankyouverymuch.
https://backgroundcontext.com/episode/2025-02-13-wecg-meeting
https://backgroundcontext.com/episode/2025-02-13-wecg-meeting
I injected more life into another GitHub project over the weekend. This time a quiz I built in React years ago to learn the HTTP status codes: https://github.com/samclintock/http-status-guru-react-quiz
I’m making improvements to my GitHub repositories and started off with https://github.com/samclintock/mv3-storage-benchmarking, a web extension to benchmark chrome.storage.local & IndexedDB in a service worker
GitHub - samclintock/mv3-storage-benchmarking: A Manifest V3 web extension for the purpose of benchmarking the chrome.storage.local and IndexedDB storage mechanisms within a service worker.
A Manifest V3 web extension for the purpose of benchmarking the chrome.storage.local and IndexedDB storage mechanisms within a service worker. - samclintock/mv3-storage-benchmarking
Chappell Roan for album of the year tonight 🤞🤞🤞
Thoughts on switching from Spotify to Apple Music…
The UI is way, wayyy better. Dolby Atmos is AMAZING (with good headphones). I should’ve done this sooner.
I feel like social media is beyond me now… I’m barely hanging on to Mastodon, never mind joining BlueSky, Threads or whatever the new trend is these days 🤔 #oldskool