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Made a free toolkit For Web Scraping
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How I Built a 25-Tool Next.js Micro-SaaS in 24 Hours (and let an Hermes AI Agent handle my SEO)

<p>Hey DEV community! 👋</p> <p>As a developer and digital marketer, I got sick of using random, ad-stuffed websites every time I needed to quickly format JSON, calculate a margin,

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I Built 30 Free Browser-Based Linux & DevOps Tools — Here's What I Learned

<p>Every time I needed to calculate a subnet, generate a cron expression, or decode a JWT, I'd end up on some ad-infested site that wanted me to sign up, install an extension, or

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Why I built browser-based tools instead of server uploads

<div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight markdown"><code>privacy webdevEvery time I uploaded a file to an online PDF tool, I wondered: what happens to it

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DevDash: 17 dev tools, one URL, all client-side

<p>I put together a set of browser-based developer tools at <a href="https://usedevdash.dev" rel="noopener noreferrer">usedevdash.dev</a>. Here's the full list:</p> <ul> <li>JSON

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11 Jun
33+ Free Developer Tools That Never Send Your Data

<h2> The Problem with Most Online Formatters </h2> <p>You know the drill. You paste some JSON into a random online formatter, or convert a CSV to Markdown, or format a WeChat

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11 Apr
I got tired of using 10 different dev tools, so I built my own

<p>Stop for a second. How many tabs do you have open right now?</p> <p>Go ahead. Count them.</p> <p>If you're a developer mid-debugging session, I'm willing to bet at least three

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3 Sept
Zero npm installs: I built a 40-page developer toolbox that loads in milliseconds

<p>I needed to decode a JWT last week. I searched, clicked the first result, and got a login wall. The second site wanted me to "create a free account" to see my own token's

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12 Sept
Why small developer utilities still deserve a place on the web

<h1> Why small developer utilities still deserve a place on the web </h1> <p>Developers repeatedly run into small tasks: formatting JSON, checking a value, or working with a URL.

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