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Oliver Dunk
@oliverdunk.com
Developer Relations Engineer working on Chrome Extensions at Google. Editor in the W3C WebExtensions Community Group. Loves JavaScript, walking/climbing and travel.

https://oliverdunk.com
https://developer.chrome.com/authors/oliver-dunk
Here’s my talk from #DevFestNantes!

I’ve given this one before, but I think this is the most polished recording 🙂

youtu.be/IlappZPeMUM
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Watching a great talk by @oliverdunk.com just starting some live demos with Built-in AI APIs. The demo gods are behaving so far! 🤞😀💯
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Do you think stale issues or those for bugs which are unlikely to be fixed should be closed? Why / why not?
October 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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If we started Chrome Dev Summit again, would you be interested in it?

(huh - apparently can't do polls here...), Please reply, Yes or No, or any other answer in between.
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I see a lot of confusion around if Chrome Extension APIs are cross-browser, and to what extent browsers agree on Manifest V3. What questions would it be most helpful for us to share answers to?
September 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Behind the scenes before my @squiggleconf.com talk 👀
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Got questions about building Chrome Extensions? We’re recording some new videos for the @developer.chrome.com channel in October, and I’d love suggestions for topics we should cover: www.reddit.com/r/chrome_ext...
From the chrome_extensions community on Reddit: Ask the Google Chrome team about building extensions!
Explore this post and more from the chrome_extensions community
www.reddit.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We’re on Bluesky now!
We're kicking this Bluesky party up a notch 🎉 and here to give developers what they want (what they really, really want)!

What Chrome features and topics would you like to learn more about?
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I’ll be speaking at DevFest Nantes! I’m doing a wizard themed talk, so I’m planning to learn a magic trick to perform at the start of my session - wish me luck!
🧙 Les oracles ont parlé…
📜 Le programme du DevFest Nantes 2025 est révélé !
Talks, ateliers, figures tech mythiques : tout est prêt pour ton épopée.
📅 RDV les 16 & 17 oct à Nantes
🔗 devfest2025.gdgnantes.com/schedule
July 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Reposted by Oliver Dunk
I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high.

jsdate.wtf
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
jsdate.wtf
July 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Can’t wait! I think this is going to be a great event and I would love to see people there 🙂
🌟 Speaker Spotlight: Oliver Dunk

@oliverdunk.com will be speaking on: Cross-Browser DevTools with WebExtensions

Did you know the W3C WebExtensions Community Group specifies browser extension APIs & more? Let's explore what that looks like & how to use them.

Schedule & more on: squiggleconf.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
That’s me! Super excited about this event - I’ve heard great things from friends and colleagues.
📣 We're proud to announce today the speakers for SquiggleConf 2025!

This amazing list of people are going to give talks on the latest and greatest in web dev tooling. SquiggleConf 2025 is going to be a wonderful time. We hope to see you there! 💙

squiggleconf.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Had a great evening at @tldraw.com’s “good content for developers but how” event.

Great talks from @todepond.com, @neoeno.bsky.social and @mattpocock.com.
June 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Just read “Everything is Tuberculosis” by John Green - A fascinating perspective on how our biases affect medical treatment in the 21st century.
June 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Had a lovely surprise yesterday: @oliverdunk.com reached out to let me know that my talk at #SvelteLondon about building cross-browser extensions was featured on the Chrome Developer blog 🥳

#Svelte #WXT
What's happening in Chrome Extensions, June 2025  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers
An overview of the recent changes in Chrome Extensions, plus exciting upcoming extensions features developers can look forward to.
developer.chrome.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I bought some Sonos speakers and I’m quickly becoming the person that complains when something isn’t Dolby Atmos 😂
May 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@oliverturner.cloud @scottspence.dev I sent you both a message on Mastodon, I’m not sure if you saw it yet 🙂
May 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You can now enable additional signing requirements for uploads to the Chrome Web Store: developer.chrome.com/blog/verifie...
Verified uploads in the Chrome Web Store  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers
You can now opt-in to requiring future uploads to the Chrome Web Store to be signed with a trusted private key.
developer.chrome.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Puppeteer 24.8.0 is out, with improved support for loading extensions using WebDriver BiDi 🎉

Release notes: github.com/puppeteer/pu...

Learn more: pptr.dev/next/guides/...
Release puppeteer-core: v24.8.0 · puppeteer/puppeteer
24.8.0 (2025-05-02) Features Add enableExtensions launch option (#13824) (fd948cf) Add Browser.installExtension and Browser.uninstallExtension (#13810) (7b9c72c) roll to Chrome 136.0.7103.49 (#138...
github.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I did it. I blogged again! This time, I wrote about what Developer Advocacy looks like in 2025.
Ashley Willis – ashley.dev
Developer advocate, open source champion, and maker of things.
ashley.dev
April 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So long Las Vegas! Was fun visiting for Google Cloud Next.

(with @cldfire.bsky.social + @pudgeball)
April 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New video! In this one I show you how to build a whack-a-mole extension, featuring a cameo from @samdutton.bsky.social among others!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHN...
April 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I feel like Bluesky has reached a turning point! Much more activity now and it feels like home.

Been a good week. Spent most of it in Berlin with the W3C WebExtensions Community Group (we made a lot of progress), and wrapped it up with the State of the Browser conference yesterday.
March 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is quite the photo! And everyone was amazing 😄
Had an incredible time at #SotB2025 yesterday: the immaculate vibe, inspiration and learning is why it’s hands-down my favourite conference

Loved catching up with old friends and new, including this amazing assembly of five(!) fabulous fellow Olivers 🥰
March 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@niya-d.bsky.social Amazing talk! 👏
March 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM