Two big ideas here

  • Idea#1: Use an LLM, to create something, anything
  • Idea#2: Do it for a 100 days
  • A third, meta idea, is to write about what I’ve done (aside: why is this a meta-idea, will write about it later)

Today’s vibe-coding idea: create a browser extension for a URL sanitizer.

It removes all tracking parameters from the link before rendering it in a new tab. Tool of choice: Gemini - got this idea from S Ananand’s talk

What struck me as amazing, was the ease of creating and how close the outcome was, to what I’d expected. And what was also equally amazing, was that it worked. I also got the LLM to create an icon and name it.

Some Caveats

  • I’m not sure, how effective the URL sanitization actually is.
  • Also, there are tons of similar addons, so what makes PureLink any better / different / good ?
  • Need to spend some more time validating the results, but I was happy with the initial outcomes and will eventually do a bit more study and analysis of the inner working of the code.

Additional Reading Required

  • CleanURLs has more on the subject, which I intend re-visiting, at some point in time.
  • PureLink Browser Addon Github repo here

Work to be done

  • Improve the code
  • Create a Readme, to remind myself what has been done, and what needs to be.
  • See URL Cleaner by Jibin