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I’m Abdullah, a web developer from Pakistan. I’ve been reading Dev.to for quite some time, and I finally decided to stop just reading and start sharing too.

My Chrome Extensions Can Read the Page — So I Designed Them Not to Send It Anywhere

Some of my Chrome extensions need access to the page you are looking at. That sounds uncomfortable. And it should. If an extension can inspect a page before you submit a form, check a link before you…

  • Extensions can read pages without sending data to servers
  • Local processing eliminates unnecessary data movement
  • Privacy policy should state data stays in browser

Wrapping a Monolith in Docker Isn't Containerization

TL;DR: docker build on a monolith and calling it "containerized" gets you a portable monolith, which still scales and fails as one block, and gains almost none of what containers actually offer.

  • Dockerizing a monolith doesn't provide containerization benefits
  • Benefits include portability, independent scaling, self-healing
  • Containerizing after splitting into services yields 41% server cost reduction

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