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Short, practical explainers on the everyday encoding and data formats developers run into — written like a friend explaining it over coffee, not like documentation. Each article links to a free tool you can use right away.
What Is Base64 and Why Is It Everywhere?
That wall of random-looking characters in data URLs and API tokens, finally explained.
How to Read JSON Without Losing Your Mind
A field guide to the curly-brace soup your API keeps throwing at you.
UUIDs vs Auto-Increment IDs: Which Should You Actually Use?
The honest tradeoffs, with opinions.
Stop Using password123
What actually makes a password secure, and how to generate ones you'll never have to remember.
Unix Timestamps: What That Giant Number Means
Seconds since 1970, the milliseconds trap, and why timezones ruin everything.
Why URLs Have All Those %20s
Percent-encoding, explained with examples you'll actually recognize.
What Is a Hash? (And Why MD5 Had Its Day)
One-way fingerprints for data, password storage done right, and when MD5 is still fine.
Markdown: The Only Cheat Sheet You'll Need
The 20% of Markdown you use 80% of the time.