https://www.docify.me/blog/ Short guides for Docify's browser-based tools. Each post explains a specific conversion, encoding, or formatting technique. All processing happens locally in your browser. en-us Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.docify.me/blog/base64-vs-base64url/ https://www.docify.me/blog/base64-vs-base64url/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Standard Base64 uses + and /, which break URLs. Base64URL replaces them with - and _, making encoded strings safe for query parameters and filenames. https://www.docify.me/blog/json-vs-yaml-configuration/ https://www.docify.me/blog/json-vs-yaml-configuration/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compare JSON and YAML syntax for configuration files. JSON uses braces and quotes; YAML uses indentation and allows comments. Learn when to use each format. https://www.docify.me/blog/hex-vs-base64-vs-base32/ https://www.docify.me/blog/hex-vs-base64-vs-base32/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hex expands bytes 100%, Base64 expands 33%, Base32 expands 60%. Compare encoding density, character sets, and use cases. https://www.docify.me/blog/new-url-vs-encodeuri/ https://www.docify.me/blog/new-url-vs-encodeuri/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT WHATWG URL parses and normalizes URLs including Punycode for international domains. encodeURI percent-encodes without parsing structure. Learn when to use each. https://www.docify.me/blog/punycode-vs-idna/ https://www.docify.me/blog/punycode-vs-idna/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compare RFC 3492 Punycode (label encoding) vs UTS #46 IDNA (full domain ToASCII). Learn when each applies to internationalized domains. https://www.docify.me/blog/urlsearchparams-vs-encodeuricomponent/ https://www.docify.me/blog/urlsearchparams-vs-encodeuricomponent/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT URLSearchParams uses + for spaces (form encoding). encodeURIComponent uses %20 (RFC 3986). Choose based on whether you need HTML form compatibility. https://www.docify.me/blog/rfc-4648-base32-vs-base32hex/ https://www.docify.me/blog/rfc-4648-base32-vs-base32hex/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Base32 uses A-Z and 2-7. Base32hex uses 0-9 and A-V for natural sort order. Both are RFC 4648 compliant with different alphabets. https://www.docify.me/blog/nfc-vs-nfd-vs-nfkc/ https://www.docify.me/blog/nfc-vs-nfd-vs-nfkc/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT NFC composes characters (é). NFD decomposes them (e + combining acute). NFKC and NFKD also normalize compatibility characters. Learn which form to use. https://www.docify.me/blog/papa-unparse-vs-papa-parse/ https://www.docify.me/blog/papa-unparse-vs-papa-parse/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Raw Papa.unparse writes [object Object] for nested values. IEEE-754 rounding happens at JSON.parse. This article compares them and does not convert JSON. https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-jpg-to-pdf-online-free/ https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-jpg-to-pdf-online-free/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT jsPDF addImage always passes JPEG, even for PNG sources. Each image gets one A4 portrait page. This article explains jsPDF image-to-PDF and does not convert images. https://www.docify.me/blog/add-signature-to-pdf-online/ https://www.docify.me/blog/add-signature-to-pdf-online/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT pdf-lib embedPng and drawImage stamp a PNG on page 1 at x:50, y:50 (150×50 pt). This is not PKCS#7. This article explains pdf-lib stamping and does not sign PDFs. https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-markdown-to-html-online/ https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-markdown-to-html-online/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT marked does not sanitize HTML. DOMPurify strips scripts after parse. This article explains marked plus DOMPurify and does not convert Markdown. https://www.docify.me/blog/encode-text-to-base64-online/ https://www.docify.me/blog/encode-text-to-base64-online/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(input))) writes RFC 4648 Base64 (+, /, = padding), not base64url. Encode does not call String.prototype.normalize. This article explains the UTF-8 btoa path and does not encode text. https://www.docify.me/blog/markdown-to-pdf-converter-free/ https://www.docify.me/blog/markdown-to-pdf-converter-free/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT jsPDF splitTextToSize draws stripped Markdown lines at 12pt (width 170, 7 units per wrap). marked HTML is never passed to jsPDF. This article explains the jsPDF text dump and does not export PDFs. https://www.docify.me/blog/yaml-1-2-core-vs-1-1/ https://www.docify.me/blog/yaml-1-2-core-vs-1-1/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT YAML 1.2 Core treats yes/no as strings, not booleans. JSON is valid YAML 1.2. This article compares them and does not convert YAML. https://www.docify.me/blog/calculate-reading-time-for-blog-posts/ https://www.docify.me/blog/calculate-reading-time-for-blog-posts/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Reading time is Math.ceil(whitespace-split words / 200). Empty text is 0 minutes; one word is 1. The 200 WPM ceil does not add image or video time. This article explains that formula and does not calculate reading time. https://www.docify.me/blog/how-to-convert-file-to-base64/ https://www.docify.me/blog/how-to-convert-file-to-base64/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT FileReader.readAsDataURL() returns a data: URL; Encode keeps result.split(',')[1], not the data: prefix. This article explains the FileReader path and does not encode files. https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-text-to-uppercase-online-free/ https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-text-to-uppercase-online-free/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT toUpperCase applies Unicode Default Case Conversion and keeps spaces. It does not call normalize or toLocaleUpperCase. This article explains the UPPERCASE mapping and does not convert text. https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-csv-to-json-online-free/ https://www.docify.me/blog/convert-csv-to-json-online-free/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Quoted numeric cells become numbers under dynamicTyping. CSV quotes only escape delimiters. This article explains Papa Parse and does not convert CSV. https://www.docify.me/blog/decode-base64-string-free-tool/ https://www.docify.me/blog/decode-base64-string-free-tool/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT decodeURIComponent(escape(atob(input))) reads RFC 4648 Base64 (+, /, = padding), not base64url. Decode does not call String.prototype.normalize. This article explains the UTF-8 atob path and does not decode text. https://www.docify.me/blog/javascript-regexp-vs-pcre/ https://www.docify.me/blog/javascript-regexp-vs-pcre/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT JavaScript RegExp differs from PCRE. The u flag enables Unicode. Lookbehind was added in ES2018. This article compares them and does not test regex. https://www.docify.me/blog/named-vs-numeric-html-entities/ https://www.docify.me/blog/named-vs-numeric-html-entities/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A named character reference is a mnemonic (<). A numeric one is the Unicode code point (< or <). This article compares those forms and does not encode HTML. https://www.docify.me/blog/snake-case-converter-tool/ https://www.docify.me/blog/snake-case-converter-tool/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT toLowerCase applies Unicode Default Case Conversion, then whitespace collapses to underscores. It does not split camelCase, hyphens, or existing underscores. This article explains the snake_case mapping and does not convert text. https://www.docify.me/blog/uuid-v4-vs-other-versions/ https://www.docify.me/blog/uuid-v4-vs-other-versions/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compare UUID versions: v4 random, v1/v7 time-based, v5 name-hashed, v8 custom. All UUIDs are 128 bits (36 chars with hyphens, 32 without). https://www.docify.me/blog/jwt-jws-vs-jwe/ https://www.docify.me/blog/jwt-jws-vs-jwe/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compact JWS is three base64url segments; compact JWE is five. This article compares them and does not decode tokens. https://www.docify.me/blog/compare-two-texts-online-free/ https://www.docify.me/blog/compare-two-texts-online-free/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT diff_main then diff_cleanupSemantic paints delete, insert, and equal spans. Replacements are delete-plus-insert. This article explains the character-level diff and does not compare texts. https://www.docify.me/blog/how-to-format-json-online/ https://www.docify.me/blog/how-to-format-json-online/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT JSON.parse then JSON.stringify(value, null, 2) writes 2-space Prettify, not a whitespace-only rewrite. Minify omits the space argument. This article explains the parse/stringify path and does not format JSON. https://www.docify.me/blog/letraset-dummy-vs-cicero/ https://www.docify.me/blog/letraset-dummy-vs-cicero/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lorem ipsum comes from a scrambled passage of Cicero. The Letraset version has specific sentence patterns. Not random Latin. https://www.docify.me/blog/minify-json-without-breaking-unicode/ https://www.docify.me/blog/minify-json-without-breaking-unicode/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT JSON.parse then JSON.stringify(value) writes compact JSON with no space argument. QuoteJSONString keeps code points above U+001F as characters, unlike Python ensure_ascii=True. This article explains that path and does not minify JSON. https://www.docify.me/blog/positional-bigint-vs-parseint/ https://www.docify.me/blog/positional-bigint-vs-parseint/ Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Number.parseInt stops at the first invalid digit. Exact integers end at 2^53-1. This article compares it with Horner's method on BigInt and does not convert numbers. https://www.docify.me/blog/sha-256-vs-sha-1-vs-md5/ https://www.docify.me/blog/sha-256-vs-sha-1-vs-md5/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT SHA-256 is the standard for checksums. SHA-1 and MD5 are deprecated for security. None are suitable for password hashing. https://www.docify.me/blog/srgb-hex-vs-rgb-vs-hsl/ https://www.docify.me/blog/srgb-hex-vs-rgb-vs-hsl/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Compare sRGB hex, rgb(), and hsl() notations. Same opaque color, three CSS spellings. Use the browser converter — nothing is uploaded. https://www.docify.me/blog/unix-seconds-vs-milliseconds/ https://www.docify.me/blog/unix-seconds-vs-milliseconds/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT POSIX seconds and JavaScript Date milliseconds are two integer clocks. Digit length is not a unit. https://www.docify.me/blog/utf-16-vs-locale-sort/ https://www.docify.me/blog/utf-16-vs-locale-sort/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Array.prototype.sort with no compare function uses ECMA-262 UTF-16 code-unit order, so 10 sorts before 2. localeCompare uses language rules, not a numeric collator. This article compares those orders and does not sort lines. https://www.docify.me/blog/validate-json-syntax-checker/ https://www.docify.me/blog/validate-json-syntax-checker/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT JSON.parse throws SyntaxError when the text is not valid JSON. Validate uses the same parse then JSON.stringify(value, null, 2) path as Prettify. This article explains that check and does not validate JSON. https://www.docify.me/blog/vixie-cron-vs-quartz/ https://www.docify.me/blog/vixie-cron-vs-quartz/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vixie crontab is five fields (minute through day-of-week). Quartz adds seconds and an optional year. This article compares them and does not parse expressions. https://www.docify.me/blog/how-to-count-words-in-text-online/ https://www.docify.me/blog/how-to-count-words-in-text-online/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Words are trim then split on Unicode whitespace, not UAX #29 or Intl.Segmenter. Unspaced CJK is one word. Characters are UTF-16 code units, including spaces. This article explains that split and does not count words.