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How-to guides for each tool on EverydayDevTools - when to use them, how they work, and how they speed up everyday development.

Written by Muhammad Ali · Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

How to Use the JSON Formatter & Validator

Learn how to beautify, minify, and validate JSON in your browser - and why a client-side formatter speeds up API and config work.

Generate the right amount of placeholder text for mockups and layouts - and why controlled Lorem Ipsum improves design reviews.

Encode query values and decode percent-encoded URLs safely - a practical guide for debugging links, redirects, and APIs.

Convert text to Base64 and back for data URLs, tokens, and ASCII-safe transport - plus what Base64 is (and is not) good for.

Generate RFC-compliant UUID v4 IDs for databases, tests, and APIs - and why browser-based UUIDs save time in everyday development.

Create MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-256 digests for checksums and cache keys - and how to choose the right algorithm for integrity checks.