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Re: Open-source utils for devs who don't like ads

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Post by alias_neo »

traspler wrote: post #9
figmert wrote: post #5

Isn't CyberChef[0] also local and without ads, and also open source? [0] https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

Just be careful if you ever need to search for the URL again in the future. Last week a colleague of mine did and the first result on DDG linked to a very sketchy, ad-filled cyberchef instance. It seems like it already got removed again though.

Host it yourself then you don't have to worry. I run it in a local Kube cluster and have a bookmark for it.

Re: Open-source utils for devs who don't like ads

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Post by alextingle »

totaa wrote: post #4

love this, i always use sketchy websites for simple utils like counting number of words, validating JSON etc. though this is nothing that can't be done on the CLI (wc, jq, grep etc) - it's obviously easier through a web interface if it's only used sparingly.

> it's obviously easier through a web interface

Why? Typing "wc file" seems infinitely easier than navigating through some web interface. Care to explain?

Re: Open-source utils for devs who don't like ads

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Post by number6 »

halb wrote: post #6

On this note I really recommend cyberchef[1]: a large collection of open-source web based utils and converters that can be chained together. Oh and it's maintained by the GCHQ, the agency that cracked the german enigma codes. [1] https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

> GCHQ, the agency that cracked the german enigma codes. And helped to spy on US citizens...

Re: Open-source utils for devs who don't like ads

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Post by defrost »

halb wrote: post #6

On this note I really recommend cyberchef[1]: a large collection of open-source web based utils and converters that can be chained together. Oh and it's maintained by the GCHQ, the agency that cracked the german enigma codes. [1] https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki, and Henryk Zygalski, mathematicians of the Polish intelligence service, were first in breaking the Enigma cipher.

Also first in building bomba an electrically powered aggregate of six Enigmas, which solved the daily keys within about two hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Rejewski

Re: Open-source utils for devs who don't like ads

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Post by totaa »

alextingle wrote: post #12
totaa wrote: post #4

love this, i always use sketchy websites for simple utils like counting number of words, validating JSON etc. though this is nothing that can't be done on the CLI (wc, jq, grep etc) - it's obviously easier through a web interface if it's only used sparingly.

> it's obviously easier through a web interface Why? Typing "wc file" seems infinitely easier than navigating through some web interface. Care to explain?

if I am not doing dev work, and mostly working around web applications in the day (e.g. notion, linear, etc) - i don't want to go to open the terminal and switch focus to a different application

Re: Open-source utils for devs who don't like ads

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Post by c0wb0yc0d3r »

Crono wrote: post #13
figmert wrote: post #5

Isn't CyberChef[0] also local and without ads, and also open source? [0] https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

Awesome tool, thx for the recommendation. Also no npm and fancy build steps involved, just throwing it in the corner of a webserver :) Love it!

You don't even have to host it yourself. It runs in browser.

You can also download it and run it as a file I think.

My only complaint is that with my limited knowledge of JavaScript, the docs lack the info I need to contribute my own tools.

For example, I find myself needing a substring tool but there isn't one :(

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