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Developer guides, tool references, and explainers for the DevKit toolset.

106 Free Developer Tools That Run in Your Browser

A full overview of all 106 DevKit tools across 8 categories — formatters, encoders, generators, cheatsheets, AI/ML, and Web3.

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JWT Tokens Explained: How to Decode JSON Web Tokens

Complete guide to JWT structure, how to decode the header and payload, standard claims, security best practices, and free in-browser tools.

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Base64 Encoding & Decoding: Complete Developer Guide

How Base64 works, when to use it, encode/decode in JavaScript, Node.js, Python, and the command line.

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SQL Formatter: How to Format & Beautify SQL Queries

SQL formatting rules, best practices for readable queries, CTE examples, and a free browser-based SQL formatter.

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Free AI & ML Developer Tools (Browser-Based, No Server)

8 AI/ML tools covering the full development pipeline — token counter, dataset cleaner, confusion matrix, outlier detection, and more.

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How to Validate JSON — Online Validator, Common Errors & Fixes

Common JSON syntax errors, how to validate JSON in JavaScript, Python, and the CLI, and JSON Schema validation explained.

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Cron Expression Examples — 25 Ready-to-Use Cron Schedules

25 cron expression examples with syntax refresher and platform differences for Linux crontab, GitHub Actions, AWS EventBridge, and Kubernetes.

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Regex Email Validation — Pattern, Edge Cases & Best Practices

Email regex patterns, edge cases, HTML5 vs regex validation, and code examples in JavaScript, Python, and Go.

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SHA-256 vs MD5 — Hash Algorithm Comparison for Developers

MD5 vs SHA-256 head-to-head: output length, speed, collision resistance, security status, and when to use each.

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How to Decode a JWT Token in JavaScript (No Libraries)

Full decodeJwt() function with Base64URL decoding, expiration checking, atob vs Buffer, and TypeScript typed version — no libraries needed.

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URL Encoding Explained — encodeURI vs encodeURIComponent

Percent-encoding explained: encodeURI vs encodeURIComponent with tables, query string pitfalls, and Python/Go/curl equivalents.

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YAML vs JSON — Key Differences, When to Use Each

YAML vs JSON syntax side by side, 6 key differences, performance, and use cases for APIs, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Ansible.

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Generate UUID in JavaScript — crypto.randomUUID() & Libraries

crypto.randomUUID(), UUID v4 structure, browser support polyfill, Node.js uuid package, and TypeScript typed UUID functions.

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Convert Unix Timestamp to Date — JavaScript, Python & SQL

Unix timestamp conversion in JavaScript, Python, PostgreSQL, MySQL. Seconds vs milliseconds, ISO 8601 format, and timezone handling.

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Diff Tool for Developers — How to Compare Files & Strings

Reading unified diff format, git diff explained, command-line diff tools, and when to use an online diff checker.

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