What inspired you to build this? I kept bouncing between a dozen different tabs/sites for everyday dev tasks — decoding a JWT here, formatting JSON there, generating a password somewhere else — and most of those sites were cluttered with ads, forced sign-ups, or (worse) silently sending your data to a server just to format some text. I wanted one clean place with tools that respect the "everyday" in the name: fast, free, no friction, no data leaving your browser unless the task genuinely requires a server (like server-side QR generation). What problem were you trying to solve? Two problems, really: 1. Privacy/trust — a lot of "free online tools" quietly process your JSON, JWTs, or passwords server-side. For anything sensitive (tokens, credentials, personal data), that's a real risk. Almost everything on EverydayDev runs 100% client-side — the data never leaves your machine. 2. Tool sprawl fatigue — instead of hunting for "JSON diff tool," "regex tester," "SQL formatter" across different random sites with inconsistent quality, EverydayDev bundles them under one roof with a consistent UI, so switching between tools during a work session doesn't break your flow. How did your approach or process evolve while working on this launch? - Started narrow, grew by category — began with a handful of tools (QR generator, JSON diff, calculators) and expanded deliberately in batches — text tools, security tools (AES encrypt/decrypt), schema viewers (Avro/Protobuf), finance calculators — rather than trying to launch with everything at once. - Went client-side wherever possible — early tools were simpler; as the site grew, the standard became "build it to run in the browser unless there's a hard technical reason not to" (QR generation being one of the few exceptions). - Took IP/licensing seriously — for things like the diff engine and minifiers/beautifiers, I hand-wrote the parsing/tokenizing logic instead of pulling in a random npm package with unclear licensing, so nothing on the site carries copyright risk.

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