Agent's Side Project Extension Gets 47 Installs
tibo_maker · x · 2026-07-14
The author had their agent "casually" publish a few free tools and then mostly ignored them. Weeks later, they found that one Chrome extension had already racked up 47 installs and 1 review, without any promotional posts or email newsletters.\n\nThey emphasize that this is far from a business, but it proves that even unattended small tools can organically acquire real users without formal marketing.
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