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Day 15: Two Tiny Developer Utilities I End Up Using More Than Expected

Today's featured tools inside Dev Suit are:

🌐 URL Encoder / Decoder

⏱ Timestamp Converter

At first glance, these feel like simple utilities.

But after years of development work, I've realized they're among the tools developers repeatedly search for.

URL Encoder / Decoder

URL encoding is something most of us understand conceptually, but very few memorize.

Spaces become %20.

Ampersands become %26.

Special characters need encoding before being passed through APIs, query strings, redirects, or OAuth callbacks. Proper URL encoding ensures reserved characters don't break requests or query parameters.

Common use cases include:

• API requests

• Query parameters

• OAuth callbacks

• Tracking URLs

• Redirect debugging

• UTM campaigns

Timestamp Converter

Timestamp conversion is another daily developer task.

Questions I've Googled countless times:

• What date is 1753118411?

• What is the current Unix timestamp?

• Convert UTC to local time?

• Epoch milliseconds or seconds?

Instead of opening multiple websites, having a quick browser-based utility becomes surprisingly useful.

Side Hustle Update

Current progress:

👥 Organic Users: 7+

🔍 Multiple pages indexed by Google

📱 Mobile responsiveness improvements continue

💰 Revenue: ₹0

No ads.

No growth hacks.

Just shipping tools consistently and documenting the journey publicly.

Website:
https://dev-suit.vercel.app/

GitHub:
https://github.com/yashshah935/Dev_suit

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yashshah935/

Which utility do you use more often?

URL Encoder or Timestamp Converter?

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