#Developer Tools
All articles tagged “Developer Tools”.
Productivity
JWT Decoder: How to Read and Debug a JSON Web Token
Decoding a JWT shows you exactly what it contains — but decoding is not the same as verifying it is genuine, and that distinction matters a lot.
Productivity
Free Hash Generator: What MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 Actually Do
A hash is a one-way fingerprint of data — the same input always produces the same hash, but the hash can never be reversed back into the original input.
Converters & QR
Binary, Hex and Decimal Numbers Explained (And How to Convert Between Them)
Binary, decimal and hexadecimal are all just different bases for counting the same quantities — hex exists mainly to make binary easier for humans to read.
Converters & QR
Base64 Encoding Explained: How to Encode and Decode Text or Data
Base64 is not encryption and does not compress anything — it exists purely to make binary data safe to carry in text-only formats.
Productivity
The Developer's Guide to Formatting and Validating JSON
Turn a wall of minified JSON into something you can actually read and debug.
Converters & QR
Image to Base64: What It Is and When You Should Use It
When embedding an image as text speeds things up — and when it backfires.
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