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by demondragong 1249 days ago
tl;dr: a browser extension that simply closes all your tabs (minus the ones you want to save) in 1 click

A few months ago I created an extremely simple browser extension. My goal was just to have fun discovering the process of creating and publishing an extension (main lesson learned: getting an extension approved can take a lot more time than developing it).

I wrote an aggressive description but ended up not sharing it because I felt like it might be too silly or only useful to me.

However last week I read the very long discussion that followed Andrei Surugiu’s post "My bad habit of hoarding information" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34272834) and realized that many others could actually also benefit from this extension.

It will be useful to you if:

- you tend to hoard tabs and think it’s a problem for whatever reason (cognitive burden, slower computer, etc)

- you’re not interested in saving/organizing/curating tabs that you will never read anyway

- your willingness to close all tabs is fragile and you must act quickly before you change your mind

Code: https://github.com/demondragong/snapThoseTabs