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Automating Safari Extension Publishing with GitHub Actions

rxliuli — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:08:58 +0000

Article URL: https://rxliuli.com/blog/automating-safari-extension-publishing-with-github-actions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979100

Points: 2

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rxliuli — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:24:33 +0000

This is the fourth post in the extension development series. I've just finished writing the seventh one, which will be published gradually after proofreading.

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rxliuli — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:57:12 +0000

This is the second post in the extension development series blog. I just finished it, so if you find any errors or have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment!

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rxliuli — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:28:17 +0000

I've been building browser extensions for about a year and created around 20 of them. Thought it might be useful to share what I've learned in a series of posts.

This first one covers the basic concepts - manifest files, content scripts, and how they work together.

If you have any questions or suggestions for future topics, feel free to comment!

New comment by rxliuli in "The Anatomy of a macOS App"

rxliuli — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:00:09 +0000

That's right, there's a similar comparison between the iOS App Store and Android Play Store. Although the annual $99 fee is indeed expensive, the Play Store requires every app to find 12 users for 14 days of internal testing before submission for review, which is utterly incomprehensible, not to mention the constant warnings about inactive accounts potentially being disabled.

New comment by rxliuli in "App Store web has exposed all its source code"

rxliuli — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:22:08 +0000

Haven't received it yet.

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rxliuli — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:03:27 +0000

It appears to have been an accident now - they fixed the issue two hours after I posted on Reddit.

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rxliuli — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 22:47:53 +0000

I guess you're promoting something, which could indeed get blocked.

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rxliuli — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:27:52 +0000

Got tired of dealing with unreadable fetch code when copying from browser DevTools - especially those with long query strings and minified JSON.

Built *Fetch Beautifier* to solve this. It formats fetch requests instantly with `Ctrl+Shift+V`.

*Before:* ```js fetch('https://api.example.com/data?userId=123&type=post&limit=10&o...', { headers: { accept: 'application/json', 'content-type': 'application/json', authorization: 'Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9', }, body: '{"title":"Hello World","content":"This is a test"}', method: 'POST', }) ```

*After:* ```js const url = new URL('https://api.example.com/data') url.search = new URLSearchParams([ ['userId', '123'], ['type', 'post'], ['limit', '10'], ['offset', '0'], ]).toString() fetch(url, { headers: { accept: 'application/json', 'content-type': 'application/json', authorization: 'Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9', }, body: JSON.stringify({ title: 'Hello World', content: 'This is a test', }), method: 'POST', }) ```

Free on VS Code marketplace. Feedback welcome!

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rxliuli....

Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SMLOwZwnU0

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rxliuli — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 06:48:00 +0000

I built a simple tool to clean them up instantly. It auto-parses URL params, nested JSON, and formats the body perfectly.

New comment by rxliuli in "Ask HN: Am I old?"

rxliuli — Wed, 28 May 2025 14:02:54 +0000

I want to be able to understand your point. For those who enjoy programming, writing code is indeed a pleasure. I spent the whole day today writing a JavaScript serialization package, and even though I know someone has already done it, I am still willing to write a new one for my specific scenario. On the other hand, I think that although AI seems friendly to newcomers (inexperienced developers), it is actually more friendly to experienced developers because you can have AI help you complete some tasks and then review them yourself. Inexperienced developers have difficulty accurately pinpointing problems when they encounter issues, causing AI to keep going in circles and hitting walls.

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rxliuli — Wed, 28 May 2025 13:56:23 +0000

Based on devalue, I wrote a new JS serialization library called devaluex, which supports asynchronous serialization and plugins. Through plugins, it supports types like Blob, Stream, Error, Request, Response, etc. It is still quite rudimentary at the moment and is mainly used for communication serialization between browser extension Content Script and Background, as JSON.stringify does not support many types. I previously tried seroval (the SolidJS base library) and devalue (the Svelte base library). The authors support more features and use eval (very cleverly) for deserialization. Unfortunately, eval cannot be used in some environments (such as browser extensions). Although the authors also support a JSON mode, its performance is not as good as devalue, so I ultimately chose to wrap devalue.

New comment by rxliuli in "Comparing Docusaurus and Starlight and why we made the switch"

rxliuli — Wed, 28 May 2025 13:51:30 +0000

I haven't used Starlight, but Docusaurus is very slow. The last time I used it, its performance on a large documentation site was terrible, even causing the GitHub Actions Runner to time out. In other words, a single build took over 30 minutes. I never considered using it again after that.

New comment by rxliuli in "A privilege escalation from Chrome extensions (2023)"

rxliuli — Wed, 28 May 2025 11:52:22 +0000

Your journey of discovery is really cool.

Intercepting Network Requests in JavaScript

rxliuli — Sat, 10 May 2025 01:49:59 +0000

Article URL: https://rxliuli.com/blog/intercepting-network-requests-in-chrome-extensions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43942631

Points: 2

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New comment by rxliuli in "tailwindcss-github-markdown – GitHub Markdown styling for TailwindCSS"

rxliuli — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:27:46 +0000

I was frustrated with the default styles of @tailwindcss/typography, so I created a plugin that ports GitHub's beautiful Markdown styling to Tailwind CSS.

The plugin (`tailwindcss-github-markdown`) lets you add GitHub's Markdown rendering to your projects with minimal effort - just import it and add the `prose` class to your container, exactly like you would with the official typography plugin. It fully supports both light and dark themes via the standard `prose-invert` class.

GitHub: https://github.com/rxliuli/tailwindcss-github-markdown

tailwindcss-github-markdown – GitHub Markdown styling for TailwindCSS

rxliuli — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:20:28 +0000

I was frustrated with the default styles of @tailwindcss/typography, so I created a plugin that ports GitHub's beautiful Markdown styling to Tailwind CSS.

GitHub: https://github.com/rxliuli/tailwindcss-github-markdown

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43917611

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

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rxliuli — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:17:56 +0000

As the title says, today I tried using deepwiki to generate links for one of my small tools. The architecture diagrams/flowcharts look particularly good, and the documentation also appears neat and well-organized. I wonder if placing this link on the GitHub repository homepage would be helpful for people using this project, or do you think that content generated by such LLMs cannot guarantee accuracy and only causes confusion?

New comment by rxliuli in "Journey to Optimize Cloudflare D1 Database Queries"

rxliuli — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 01:49:54 +0000

It looks interesting, I will see what effect it has.

New comment by rxliuli in "CORS Unblock – Make Web Apps Work Like Native Apps (No Back End Needed)"

rxliuli — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:07:36 +0000

Sorry for seeing the reply so late. This is an interesting idea, and my inspiration comes from Shizuku on Android, which allows granting permission only once using adb commands, and then other apps can use advanced Android APIs through this app without each app having to handle it via command line each time. https://shizuku.rikka.app/

So I think it's possible for Web Apps to have a similar experience. Currently, the Chrome WebStore version has been approved, and Firefox/Safari are under review. Hopefully, this extension can eventually be used in all major browsers (including mobile support for plugins like Kiwi/Edge/Safari).