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Clear, practical guides on the everyday developer tasks our tools help with: cron schedules, encoding, timestamps, data formats and more.
7 min readCron Generator
Cron syntax explained (with a every-5-minutes example)
The five cron fields, what each one accepts, and copy-paste expressions for every 5 minutes, weekdays, midnight and more.
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What is epoch time (Unix time), and how do you convert it?
Epoch time is the number of seconds since 1 January 1970 UTC. Here's what that means, why it's everywhere, and how to convert it to a date.
Read more →6 min readBase64 Encoder
What is Base64 encoding, and when should you use it?
Base64 turns binary data into plain text so it survives systems built for text. Here's how it works, when it helps, and when it doesn't.
Read more →7 min readYAML to JSON
YAML vs JSON: which should you use, and when?
JSON and YAML describe the same kind of data in very different styles. Here's a side-by-side comparison and a rule of thumb for choosing.
Read more →5 min readURL Slug Generator
What is a URL slug (and how to make a good one)?
A slug is the human-readable part of a URL that names a page. Here's what makes a slug good for readers and for SEO.
Read more →7 min readJSON to CSV
How to convert JSON to CSV (and handle nested data)
Turn a JSON array into a spreadsheet-ready CSV, by hand, in JavaScript or Python, and the flattening decision that trips people up.
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