2 days ago, I shared my extension here when it had just reached 100 users.
Today, it’s already grown to 145 users 🚀
It may still be a small number, but seeing steady growth every day is really motivating.
If you're tired of the default download manager in Chrome, I think you should give my extension a try: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/download-manager/dohgcaflmannldfmlicmeddigjcofhmo
Hey, I’m the person building RaceToShip.
I started it because I felt like most product launch platforms are a bit too heavy. You spend a lot of time preparing for a “big launch”, but not enough just shipping, getting feedback, and iterating.
So I built something simpler.
RaceToShip is basically a lightweight place to list your product, get some early visibility, and see if anyone actually cares (visitors, clicks, etc). No complicated setup, no pressure to be perfect.
The idea is: ship fast, learn fast, repeat.
I’m still actively working on it and trying to figure out what’s actually useful vs what’s just noise. If you’ve built something, you can try listing it here: racetoship.com
Would love to hear any feedback — especially if you think this is missing something obvious.
Honestly, seeing real people use something I built is such a great feeling.
A few days ago it was just an idea, and now there are already 100+ users using it.
Still a lot to improve, but this definitely motivates me to keep building 🔥
My extension has grown to a pretty large user base, but honestly I still haven’t figured out the best way to make the most of it.
Does anyone here have experience monetizing or building around an extension audience? I’d really appreciate any ideas or insights you can share.
Two days ago, I launched ChatGPT Image Trends on the Chrome Web Store.
Today, it crossed 1,000+ discoveries.
Honestly, seeing people from different places finding and trying something I built is a crazy feeling.
The idea started from a simple problem:
AI-generated images are everywhere, but it’s hard to know what prompts, styles, and trends are actually working right now.
So I built a Chrome extension that helps people explore trending AI image ideas directly from ChatGPT workflows.
Still early.
Still improving every day.
But this is exactly why I love building in public.
Small launches can turn into real momentum faster than you expect.
If you want to check it out and share feedback, I’d love to hear what you think 👇
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chatgpt-image-trends/glncdchfofmpgjlflcgfnfhniiogjnlb
I published my Chrome extension yesterday, and today it already crossed 100+ discoveries on the Chrome Web Store 🚀
It may not sound huge, but seeing real people finding and trying something I built is an amazing feeling.
Still a lot to improve, but this is a really motivating start.
If you want to check it out and share feedback, here’s the link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/download-manager/dohgcaflmannldfmlicmeddigjcofhmo
Yesterday, my Chrome Extension “ChatGPT Image Trends” was officially published on the Chrome Web Store.
Today I checked the dashboard and was honestly surprised — it already has nearly 300 views, and now there are even some first users installing and trying it.
That feels really amazing 🚀
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After submitting quite a few extensions for review (and getting rejected more times than I’d like 😅), here are the key things your extension will likely be checked for before it gets approved:
These are some of the main things your extension may be reviewed on before being published. Keeping them in mind will help your extension pass the review process much more smoothly 🚀
Sometimes the best way to promote a product is not by dropping the link everywhere.
Instead of constantly saying
“Here’s my product, click here,”
I try to repeatedly plant small ideas into people’s minds.
Talk about the problem.
Share tiny workflows.
Show frustrations people relate to.
Post screenshots, thoughts, use cases, or improvements.
Over time, people naturally become curious.
And when they finally search for the product themselves, the intent is much stronger than a random click from a post.
A direct link gives instant access, but most people also leave instantly.
But when users actively search for your extension on the Chrome Web Store:
Less “forcing clicks.”
More “building familiarity.”
That mindset changed a lot for me.
Does anyone else feel like Chrome’s download page is just… bad?
To me, it’s almost useless beyond listing the files you’ve downloaded. That’s why I ended up rebuilding it myself just to make it actually usable.
No search that actually works.
No proper organization.
No easy way to manage large downloads.
And once your download list gets messy… good luck finding anything again.
I got tired of it, so I built a simple Download Manager extension for Chrome.
✔ Better download organization
✔ Faster access to recent files
✔ Cleaner UI
✔ Easier file management without the chaos
If you download files every day, this might save you a lot of frustration.
Would love to hear what features you wish Chrome had for downloads
When I first started creating AI images, I realized most of my time wasn’t actually spent generating ideas — it was spent searching for inspiration. I kept jumping between Pinterest, Midjourney galleries, Reddit, X, and random websites just to find interesting styles or prompts. Every time I found something good, I had to switch tabs again to come back to ChatGPT and continue working.
After a while, that workflow started to feel really fragmented. I wanted inspiration to exist naturally alongside the place where I was already writing prompts and experimenting with ideas.
So I started building a small side panel for myself inside ChatGPT. At first, it was just a simple way to browse trending AI images without opening more tabs. Then I slowly added features that I personally kept needing — viewing prompts directly, saving favorite images, sorting by newest or most liked, translating prompts, downloading images, and quickly copying ideas to experiment with them.
Over time, it became less like a “tool” and more like a live inspiration feed that sits quietly beside my workflow. Instead of actively searching for ideas, interesting styles and prompts just naturally appear while I’m already creating.
I opened Chrome’s download manager and realized it was even worse than I thought. The download information is surprisingly limited — I can’t even see the file size or quickly tell where the file was saved. If I want to check the location, I have to click “Show in folder,” when all I really need is a simple preview of the save path.
Over time, the Downloads folder slowly turns into complete chaos because everything gets dumped into the same place. Every time I want to find an image or a document, I feel like I have to swim through a pile of random files. On top of that, Chrome doesn’t even let me delete multiple files at once to clean things up more efficiently.
If I had to rate Chrome’s download manager, I’d probably give it a 3/10.
That’s exactly why I ended up building my own download manager from scratch. What do you think about it?
Does anyone else feel like Chrome’s download page is just… bad?
To me, it’s almost useless beyond listing the files you’ve downloaded. That’s why I ended up rebuilding it myself just to make it actually usable.
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