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My indie app was named too close to competitors and I burnt my fingers

I am an indie developer building a chrome extension for Gmail.I was a heavy user of Superhuman (the email app) for a few years and found it too expensive. So, I built a chrome extension to replicate its behaviour within Gmail. I named it Simplehuman, because a simpler version of the same experience.It was all good for a few years until last month Superhuman reached out over a potential...

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this is now making me hungry
HN might be interested in the nature of the hack. It was a MITM attack by listening to background message handlers and impersonating the server.

The extension is not high value enough to build in high security certificate pinning (like some of the twitter replies recommended). I wonder if there is an easier way to avoid this.

Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:30AM (#44440281)
simpl.fyi is the other
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:30AM (#44440278)
bang on. It is quite straightforward to replicate the Superhuman experience with a plugin - www.simplehuman.email is one
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:23AM (#44440239)
Is there a reason you prefer desktop apps over using email in the browser?
Re:Grammarly acquires Superhuman on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @12:22AM (#44440235)
Simplehuman for Gmail is what I use. It's a light weight browser extension that makes Gmail work like Superhuman with the same keyboard shortcuts and natural language snooze. https://simplehuman.email
Re:Show HN: I hacked up a simple Superhuman alternative on Friday November 05, 2021 @04:57AM (#29116889)
Command center and improved keyboard shortcuts for Gmail, with nudges to help you pick up new shortcuts as you use Gmail.

HN - what do you think?

Re:I hacked up a simple Superhuman alternative on Friday November 05, 2021 @04:56AM (#29116876)
not yet, still in the process of proving success to at least 100 users before going to Product Hunt.
Re:I hacked up a simple Superhuman alternative on Friday November 05, 2021 @03:44AM (#29116407)
Command center and improved keyboard shortcuts for Gmail, with nudges to help you pick up new shortcuts as you use Gmail.

HN - what do you think?

This is quite cool.
Re:100 Days of GitHub Contributions on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @10:44AM (#7704749)
also what if your pull request doesn't get merged?
Re:Amazon S3 Pricing Changes Effective April 1, 2014 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @03:02PM (#7475637)
You can set up billing alerts which sends you alerts if your bill exceeds a value (set by you)
Re:Docker: The good parts on Monday January 13, 2014 @05:18AM (#7049776)
Looks OK to me on android - http://i.imgur.com/JqV9bK0.jpg
Re:Show HN: Pure JavaScript P2P file sharing in the browser on Saturday January 26, 2013 @07:11AM (#5120164)
I am using Chrome 24 on the desktop. Not working.
Re:MIT Media Lab Design Innovation Workshop 2013 in India on Saturday December 15, 2012 @10:36AM (#4925459)
Sweet. Is there a provision for delegates to talk about their hacks?
Re:MIT Media Lab Design Innovation Workshop 2013 in India on Saturday December 15, 2012 @10:16AM (#4925414)
Interesting. Are we supposed to bring any kits of our own?

And the schedule doesn't say much about the specific talks.