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Why I built DevCrate — and what makes it different

Why I built DevCrate — and what makes it different

via Dev.to WebdevWilliam Andrews

Every developer has a tab problem. You're in the middle of debugging an API response and you need to format some JSON. So you open a new tab. Then you need to decode a JWT. Another tab. Test a regex. Another tab. Check a cron expression. Another tab. By the time you've solved the problem you have eight tabs open, you've pasted sensitive data into four different websites you've never heard of, and you're not entirely sure any of them are private. I've experienced this firsthand. So I built DevCrate DevCrate is a suite of developer tools that run 100% in your browser. No server ever sees your data. No login required. No ads. No dark patterns. Everything stays on your machine — your JWT tokens, your SQL queries, your regex patterns, your API payloads. All of it. What's live right now Twelve tools and counting: JSON Transformer — format, minify, convert to YAML or CSV JWT Debugger — decode and inspect tokens with claims table Regex Studio — live match highlighting with flag toggles SQL For

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