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Oliver Dunk
@oliverdunk.com
Developer Relations Engineer working on Chrome Extensions at Google. Editor in the W3C WebExtensions Community Group. Loves JavaScript, walking/climbing and travel.

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https://developer.chrome.com/authors/oliver-dunk
@danabra.mov Hey Dan! I’d like to make some videos on the Chrome for Developers channel about when React makes sense in Chrome Extensions and how to use it best. Would you be interested in being a guest or providing some input?
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Sam’s replies are well worth a read!
@oliverdunk.com asked me where I get my info to stay up to date on the AI industry and I figure the answers might be useful to others. It’s a little challenging to wade through the hype but the stuff I list here has been good.
- the Dwarkesh podcast www.dwarkesh.com
- everything Andrej Karpathy has ever produced (you can binge his entire YouTube channel in a couple of days)
- I recently discovered semianalysis.com which covers the more business/economical side
- everything sebastianraschka.com has made
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Curious as a potential video topic - what should developers be looking out for in the AI space in 2026?
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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2025 was a massive year for Chrome Extensions → goo.gle/4pY10Ey

From completing the Manifest V3 transition to launching new built-in AI APIs, @oliverdunk.com breaks down every major update you might have missed.
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
One last video for 2025! Here’s everything that happened with Chrome Extensions this year: youtu.be/nOfyMlIu4jc
Everything that happened with Chrome Extensions in 2025
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
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December 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you’re using server-side AI models, you usually need an API key to call them. A couple of weeks back I made a video looking at how to handle that in a Chrome extension: youtu.be/pl4pz4nWa3w
How can you keep API keys safe in a Chrome Extension?
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Debunking the myth that every browser has its own set of extension APIs: youtu.be/PW2u2IZWjtk?...
Can you make a cross-browser Chrome Extension?
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Debunking the myth that every browser has its own set of extension APIs: youtu.be/PW2u2IZWjtk?...
Can you make a cross-browser Chrome Extension?
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Were I still an EU citizen, I’d love this! Hope they can get some traction :)
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
✨ Introducing “It’s not you, it’s me”:

🕵️ Detect outages of CDNs like Cloudflare with a toolbar icon.

Just add the browser extension - no permissions required.

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/its-n...
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For the first time, the Web Extensions specification is linked on MDN! As we start building it out, I’m excited to see this more 🙂

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/M...
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We just published the first episode in a new series, "Developer Mode", on the Chrome for Developers YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkhl...

I'm really excited about this one. We're experimenting with the style and trying to focus more on developer questions.
Answering your questions about Chrome Web Store discoverability
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
GDE @henrylim96.bsky.social talks about web performance at #DevFest Birmingham 2025 - @tunetheweb.com would be proud!
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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It is @oliverdunk.com!🔥 Oliver is talking about how you can build web extension (Side Panel API, Built-in AI) at #DevFest Birmingham 2025.

@developer.chrome.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As part of #PasskeysWeek, I’ve been working with @agektmr.com and the rest of the team on some new videos addressing common misconceptions.

Here’s the first one: youtu.be/H2naJinRzDA
Are passkeys based on biometrics?
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
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November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Here’s my talk from #DevFestNantes!

I’ve given this one before, but I think this is the most polished recording 🙂

youtu.be/IlappZPeMUM
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by Oliver Dunk
Watching a great talk by @oliverdunk.com just starting some live demos with Built-in AI APIs. The demo gods are behaving so far! 🤞😀💯
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Do you think stale issues or those for bugs which are unlikely to be fixed should be closed? Why / why not?
October 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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If we started Chrome Dev Summit again, would you be interested in it?

(huh - apparently can't do polls here...), Please reply, Yes or No, or any other answer in between.
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I see a lot of confusion around if Chrome Extension APIs are cross-browser, and to what extent browsers agree on Manifest V3. What questions would it be most helpful for us to share answers to?
September 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Behind the scenes before my @squiggleconf.com talk 👀
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Got questions about building Chrome Extensions? We’re recording some new videos for the @developer.chrome.com channel in October, and I’d love suggestions for topics we should cover: www.reddit.com/r/chrome_ext...
From the chrome_extensions community on Reddit: Ask the Google Chrome team about building extensions!
Explore this post and more from the chrome_extensions community
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September 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We’re on Bluesky now!
We're kicking this Bluesky party up a notch 🎉 and here to give developers what they want (what they really, really want)!

What Chrome features and topics would you like to learn more about?
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’ll be speaking at DevFest Nantes! I’m doing a wizard themed talk, so I’m planning to learn a magic trick to perform at the start of my session - wish me luck!
🧙 Les oracles ont parlé…
📜 Le programme du DevFest Nantes 2025 est révélé !
Talks, ateliers, figures tech mythiques : tout est prêt pour ton épopée.
📅 RDV les 16 & 17 oct à Nantes
🔗 devfest2025.gdgnantes.com/schedule
July 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high.

jsdate.wtf
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
jsdate.wtf
July 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM