I Just Shipped My First Chrome Extension (And It Was Harder Than the Code)
What building and publishing XPilot taught me about Manifest V3, OAuth, and the gap between “it works on my machine” and “it works in the Chrome Web Store.”
I just shipped my first Chrome extension.
Not a tutorial toy. Not a “hello world” that never left chrome://extensions. A real Manifest V3 product with Sign in with X, local XP tracking, cloud sync, a privacy policy, and a listing live on the Chrome Web Store.
The product is called XPilot. It turns your activity on X into a game: XP for posts, replies, likes, and reposts. Levels. Streaks. A popup that shows your progress in one click.
And yes: it is free. Add it from the Chrome Web Store, sign in with X, and start earning XP on the stuff you already do. No waitlist. No credit card.
This post is the story of what I expected, what actually broke,...
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