Show HN: Chrome Extension – Edit webapp internationalization keys in context

1 points by allard_eric 5 months ago · 0 comments · 1 min read

Hi HN,

As a developer, I used to be constantly interrupted by Slack messages like "Hey, can you change 'Submit' to 'Send' on the checkout page?" with a screenshot attached.

We built Prismy with a great interface to enable anyone to edit translations, but it still had this context-switching problem. The typical workflow was painful: spot wording issues → open new tab → search for text in the translation management system → make changes blindly → submit → pray it fits → repeat when it inevitably doesn't.

So we created a Chrome extension that changes the game completely.

Now anyone on the team can:

- Browse your webapp and click any text to edit it

- See exactly how changes look in real context

- Submit changes that arrive as clean pull requests

- No more screenshots, no more "hunt the translation key" games

This eliminates:

- Developer bottlenecks for copy changes

- Context switching when spotting wording issues

- The blind edit-deploy-pray cycle

Even as a developer, I love using it myself - iterating on wording in live mode beats the edit-deploy-check cycle every time.

More info: https://www.prismy.io/chrome-extension

Chrome Extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/dfihbmiabnaleedngje...

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