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title: "Ryan | PowerballTax (@powerballtax) | Hashnode"
description: "Indie hacker & creator of PowerballTax.com. Building open-source lottery data tools and sharing thoughts on developer experience."
url: "https://hashnode.com/@powerballtax"
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@powerballtax

# Ryan | PowerballTax

@powerballtax · Menlo Park, USA · Joined June 2026

Indie hacker & creator of PowerballTax.com. Building open-source lottery data tools and sharing thoughts on developer experience.

### [Building a Cross-Browser Extension for Real-Time Lottery Tax Calculation](https://powerballtax.hashnode.dev/lottery-tax-calculator-browser-extension?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A dev log on building a cross-browser extension (Chrome/Edge/Firefox) to calculate complex 50-state Powerball lottery taxes in real-time.

3 min read · [powerballtax.hashnode.dev](https://powerballtax.hashnode.dev/lottery-tax-calculator-browser-extension?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Jun 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/lottery-tax-calculator-browser-extension/6a241baeea77e5d748b3c592)

### [Building in Public: Why I Created an Open-Source US Lottery Tax Calculator for 2026](https://powerballtax.hashnode.dev/building-in-public-why-i-created-an-open-source-us-lottery-tax-calculator-for-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Why I built a free, open-source 2026 Powerball tax calculator. Get exact state and federal take-home pay estimates instantly.

2 min read · [powerballtax.hashnode.dev](https://powerballtax.hashnode.dev/building-in-public-why-i-created-an-open-source-us-lottery-tax-calculator-for-2026?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-in-public-why-i-created-an-open-source-us-lottery-tax-calculator-for-2026/6a21006b2f611e6372d0a422) [Jun 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-in-public-why-i-created-an-open-source-us-lottery-tax-calculator-for-2026/6a21006b2f611e6372d0a422)