Notes
Short answers to the questions that come up while using these tools — the ones where the obvious answer is wrong.
- Why does my JSON parser fail on a file full of valid JSON?JSON, JSONL, and NDJSON are not the same file
- Should an ID be a JSON number or a JSON string?Why an ID should be a string in JSON
- How do I know whether a Unix timestamp is in seconds or milliseconds?Telling seconds from milliseconds in a timestamp
- What is the difference between hashing, encryption, and encoding?Hashing, encryption, and encoding are three different things
- Why does my cron job run at a different time than I scheduled?Cron, containers, and the time zone nobody set
- Is it safe to paste a production token into an online tool?What a browser-only tool does and does not protect