Browse every Developer Studio article: guides, tips and how-tos from the GigAI Tools team.
14 articles in this collection.
developer-toolsOne pasted.env file or rushed commit is all it takes to leak a live API key. The steps secrets end up in code, how to scan for them in seconds, and the habits that stop it happening again.
developer-toolsOur regex generator turns example strings into a working pattern with zero AI, and that's a feature, not a shortcut. A look under the hood, and an honest case for boring algorithms.
developer-toolsTurn any API JSON response into accurate TypeScript interfaces. How inference works, handling nulls and arrays, and a fast in-browser JSON-to-TypeScript converter.
developer-toolsA practical regular-expression reference, the core syntax, ready-to-use patterns for email, URLs, phone numbers and dates, plus how to test regex safely.
developer-toolsWhat Base64 actually does, why it exists, how the encoding works, and the right times to use it, including data URIs, email attachments and embedding files.
developer-toolsUnderstand URL percent-encoding, which characters need escaping, why spaces become %20, and the crucial difference between encoding a component and a full URL.
developer-toolsUUID v4, the new time-ordered UUID v7, or NanoID? A practical comparison of size, collision safety, database performance and URL-friendliness: with clear picks.
developer-toolsWhat JavaScript minification does, how much it saves, how it differs from compression, and a simple workflow, with free in-browser JavaScript and CSS minifiers.
developer-toolsWhat a JWT really is, broken down part by part, the header, payload and signature, the exp and iat claims, and the security rules that keep tokens safe.
developer-toolsUnderstand cron expressions field by field (asterisks, ranges, steps, and the day-of-week gotcha) with copy-ready examples and a free visual cron generator.
developer-toolsLearn what hashing actually does, how SHA-256 and MD5 differ, how checksums verify downloads, and why salting matters, with a free in-browser hash generator.
developer-toolsTrailing commas, single quotes, unescaped characters: the real reasons your JSON won't parse, and exactly how to find and fix each one, line by line.
developer-toolsA clear guide to Unix time: what the epoch is, why seconds and milliseconds trip people up, how time zones fit in, and the 2038 problem, with a free converter.
developer-toolsA plain-English guide to JSON: what it is, the six data types, how to read nested objects and arrays, and how to format messy JSON so it finally makes sense.
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