2 pointsby janandonly2 days ago3 comments
  • janandonly2 days ago
    This is a serious question. Someone paid for a webdomain and build a whole product around base64 conversion.

    That is something 3 lines of pure JavaScrit with no library dependencies could do.

    Who would build such a website and company and who on earth would pay for it?

    Context: at Zapier this is the standard App for Base64 conversions. One can easily just add a JS codeblock so it’s not forced on users, but still. It’s weird.

    • Imustaskforhelp2 days ago
      To be honest, I am not familiar with thebase64 but I have personally used https://www.base64decode.org/ sometimes

      I am not really familiar why a company might pay for an api though? Maybe for geolocation purposes but I am not familiar why someone might not want to do this client side or similar

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  • FrankWilhoit2 days ago
    People running on mainframe emulation, using back versions that are only seven-bit-clean.