<![CDATA[Stories by Marian C. on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@marian-caikovski?source=rss-a87faeb8b9d------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*vR_diod05xAE1QZIn2vClQ.jpeg Stories by Marian C. on Medium https://medium.com/@marian-caikovski?source=rss-a87faeb8b9d------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:57:51 GMT <![CDATA[Find a nested object with needed values from the global scope of a web page]]>

Frameworks expose objects defined in closures by assigning them to DOM elements. How to check if an object containing a needed value is…

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Novel CSS features for laying out content in PDFs. Running Puppeteer as a web service in Google Cloud

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A function scheduling itself at sub-minute intervals in Google Tasks queue

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When it is necessary to monitor a website, running Puppeteer in a scheduled Cloud function can be the best option

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Impersonate the service account, connect to Google Cloud services, set up automatic reloading and forget about manual restarts, inspect…

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Multiple ways to embed an image in a web page, the optimal approach to disabling images

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How to control the default rendering style of emojis

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Formatting videos reconstructed from streamed segments in Chrome extensions. Executing ffmpeg in Chrome extensions.

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getSelection() does not always return the text value or coordinates of the entire selection

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Making HTTP requests from browser extensions to Cloud functions requiring authentication

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