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Front-end engineers convert colors every day. This guide compares HEX, RGB, HSL, and OKLCH — strengths, weaknesses, conversion formulas, and JavaScript snippets. It covers real scenarios from Figma hand-off and dark mode to theme scales and WCAG contrast, with engineering best practices for modern 2026 design systems.
URL encoding (percent-encoding) is the invisible plumbing of the web. This guide covers RFC 3986 fundamentals, reserved character classes, encodeURI vs encodeURIComponent, five common pitfalls, and real-world scenarios from OAuth callbacks to form submissions.
A complete developer's guide to Unix timestamps — covering what epoch time is, why developers use it, the critical difference between seconds and milliseconds, code examples in JavaScript, Python, and Shell, the Year 2038 problem, common timezone pitfalls, and how to compare timestamps correctly across time zones.
A comprehensive guide to formatting, minifying, and validating JSON — covering common syntax errors, real-world debugging workflows, JSON Schema basics, JSONPath querying, and comparisons with XML, YAML, and TOML. Essential reading for any developer working with APIs.
A complete developer's guide to Base64 encoding and decoding — learn what Base64 is, why it exists, common use cases like Data URIs and JWT tokens, the difference between Base64 and Base64URL, code examples in JavaScript and Python, and practical tips for when to use (and avoid) Base64.