Hello.

I am Paul Kinlan.

A Developer Advocate for Chrome and the Open Web at Google.

I love the web. The web should allow anyone to access any experience that they need without the need for native install or content walled garden.

Building an NPM downloads dashboard with Google Sheets

Paul Kinlan

As a data-driven manager, I needed a way to track the performance of our team's numerous NPM packages. Frustrated by the lack of an obvious API, I discovered a hidden gem in the NPM registry documentation. Using this, I created a Google Sheet with custom functions to pull download stats directly. The sheet allows you to track both scoped and non-scoped packages, view data in a table or column format, and easily create charts to visualize trends. Check out the linked sheet and accompanying code to build your own NPM downloads dashboard!

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Browser Bug Searcher

Paul Kinlan

Check out Browser Bug Searcher, a tool created by Robert Nyman and Eric Bidelman that helps you easily search for bugs across major browser engines. It's a super handy resource for staying up-to-date on the status of web platform features. I wish more bug trackers, like crbug and webkit, had easy RSS feed options like this so I could integrate them into my personal dashboard.

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