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dev.to > vish045 > btoacafe-gives-you-the-wrong-bytes-and-nothing-tells-you-4i20

btoa('café') gives you the wrong bytes, and nothing tells you

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (650+ words) Run this in your browser console: Now encode the same word as UTF-8 first: Same word, two different answers. Both are valid base64. Neither one throws. Only the second is what everyone else means by "café in base64". btoa and atob are…...

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dev.to > saurav_tb_pandey > stop-overloading-your-servers-the-magic-of-debouncing-1fdn

Stop Overloading Your Servers: The Magic of Debouncing

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (656+ words) What is Debouncing? Debouncing is a programming practice that ensures a function only runs after a certain amount of time has passed since it was last triggered. Instead of firing every single time an event occurs, it 'waits' for a…...

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dev.to > juancarlosguti > ask-workdays-public-api-for-100-jobs-and-you-get-zero-with-no-error-54b2

Ask Workday's public API for 100 jobs and you get zero — with no error

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1150+ words) Every major applicant tracking system publishes its job board as a public JSON endpoint. That part is already well documented, and I'm not going to rewrite it. What isn't documented is what happens once you actually try to read all…...