I Built 100+ Free Developer Tools That Run Entirely in Your Browser — Here's Why
DevBench is a collection of over 135 free developer tools that operate entirely in the browser, ensuring user data remains private. The tools include utilities for JSON formatting, PDF processing, and various encoding tasks, all designed to run client-side without sending data to external servers. The project emphasizes the importance of data security in developer workflows by utilizing the Web Crypto API for cryptographic operations.
- ▪DevBench offers 135 free developer utilities that run client-side in the browser using JavaScript.
- ▪The tools include JSON formatting, PDF processing, and encoding utilities, all designed to keep user data private.
- ▪The project uses the Web Crypto API for cryptographic operations, ensuring that sensitive data does not leave the user's device.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3548605) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Sai Bhargav Posted on May 20 • Originally published at devbench.co.in I Built 100+ Free Developer Tools That Run Entirely in Your Browser — Here's Why #webdev #javascript #opensource #devtools I was debugging an authentication issue at 11pm when I caught myself pasting a production JWT token into a random online decoder. The token contained user IDs, roles, and expiry claims. The site had no privacy policy. I had no idea where that token was going.
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