Open-source utils for devs who don't like ads

halb|1 year ago

On this note I really recommend cyberchef[1]: a large collection of open-source web based utils and converters that can be chained together. Oh and it's maintained by the GCHQ, the agency that cracked the german enigma codes.

[1] https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

defrost|1 year ago

Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki, and Henryk Zygalski, mathematicians of the Polish intelligence service, were first in breaking the Enigma cipher.

Also first in building bomba an electrically powered aggregate of six Enigmas, which solved the daily keys within about two hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Rejewski

number6|1 year ago

> GCHQ, the agency that cracked the german enigma codes. And helped to spy on US citizens...

figmert|1 year ago

Isn't CyberChef[0] also local and without ads, and also open source?

[0] https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

traspler|1 year ago

Just be careful if you ever need to search for the URL again in the future. Last week a colleague of mine did and the first result on DDG linked to a very sketchy, ad-filled cyberchef instance. It seems like it already got removed again though.

Crono|1 year ago

Awesome tool, thx for the recommendation. Also no npm and fancy build steps involved, just throwing it in the corner of a webserver :) Love it!

ErikBjare|1 year ago

The README isn't clear, what exactly is "data conversion utils" and what is the usage?

papa-whisky|1 year ago

https://jam.dev/utilities/ gives more useful info than the git repo.

n4r9|1 year ago

Came to say exactly the same thing. What functionalities does this library contain?

mano78|1 year ago

Exactly! What does this thing do?

joeyagreco|1 year ago

Outlining exactly what the tool does in the README would help a lot. I was having trouble finding that info.

thedg|1 year ago

Great feedback! Thank you! On it :)

totaa|1 year ago

love this, i always use sketchy websites for simple utils like counting number of words, validating JSON etc.

though this is nothing that can't be done on the CLI (wc, jq, grep etc) - it's obviously easier through a web interface if it's only used sparingly.

alextingle|1 year ago

> it's obviously easier through a web interface

Why? Typing "wc file" seems infinitely easier than navigating through some web interface. Care to explain?

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