
I Built a Free Developer Toolbox to Solve Everyday Coding Tasks
As a web developer, I often found myself opening multiple websites just to handle small but frequent tasks formatting JSON, decoding JWTs, generating CSS gradients, or compressing images, generating diagrams. Each tool worked, but the experience was rarely smooth. Too many ads, cluttered UIs, or unnecessary sign-ups disrupted my workflow. So I decided to build something simple for myself. The Problem I Wanted to Fix Developers deal with dozens of micro-tasks every day: 👉 Formatting or comparing JSON 👉 Decoding tokens while debugging 👉 Converting images or Base64 👉 Creating gradients or flow diagrams 👉 Count bytes to MB or GB None of these should require jumping between multiple slow websites. What I Built: CodeUtils CodeUtils is a free, browser-based developer toolbox designed for speed and simplicity. No sign-up Clean, distraction-free UI Fast, local-first tools It started as a personal project, but I realized many developers face the same daily friction. A Few Tools Inside CodeUtils
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