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Notes from building AI extensions.
Patterns, opinions, and the occasional rant. All grounded in what Anouk actually ships.
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Why AI features belong in the extension, not the backend
An argument for client-side AI calls in browser extensions: shorter latency, better privacy, zero operating cost, and a cleaner BYO-key story. With the caveats where the rule reverses.
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What ships in 5 minutes of scaffolding vs 5 days of hand-rolling
A line-by-line accounting of the AI plumbing you would build by hand for a browser extension — fetch, cache, queue, settings, manifest, CSP — and what anouk init gives you instead.
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Browser extensions as AI app distribution
The browser is where the user already is, the context is already loaded, and the surface area is huge. Why an extension is one of the best-shaped distribution channels for an AI feature — and what Anouk is built to do about it.
distributionbrowser-extensions