I shipped an AI side panel in 2 weekends

I am going to talk about shipping speed, because that is what the last two months have been about for me.

The setup

I had an idea for a Chrome extension: highlight text, send it to ChatGPT, see the reply in a side panel. I had used three different tools that did parts of this and none of them worked the way I wanted.

I gave myself two weekends. Saturday and Sunday, week one, build the MVP. Saturday and Sunday, week two, polish. Monday, submit to the Chrome Web Store. That was the plan.

Weekend 1

I shipped an AI side panel in 2 weekends

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