textpieces VS DevToys

Text Pieces

For Linux there's Text Pieces which does a similar job. Idk about Mac but I'd expect some similar tool to exist too.

I often need simple text tools (e.g. diffing, epoch time conversion, number base conversion) and was frustrated that I couldn't find a simple option that was as fast as I wanted. Many (SEO-optimized) websites exist, but they unnecessarily send your input to their servers. I used tools like DevToys but their diff has been broken on Mac for a while [1] and it requires installing an app, and CyberChef is good but requires too many interactions (yes, I'm picky).

So, I decided to build my own. txtl tries to autodetect what mode you want based on the input, and in general is fast and gets out of your way as much as possible. For example, if you paste in a number then it will show base conversions, but if it looks like an epoch timestamp then it will display the corresponding date.

This was partly also a way for me to try out LLMs on a frontend/new project. This could probably be a whole blog post, but I see why some people can say that LLMs can 10x their productivity (I certainly didn't find this true in my day job) - I was really impressed with what o1 can do, it probably got me 70% of the way there in one shot. And as someone not familiar with frontend development, iterating was way faster. But, it still requires plenty of feedback and requires handholding - I had to completely rewrite the diff rendering logic, despite what I tried I couldn't get an LLM to get it right.

Would love feedback on the autodetection and overall usability!

[1] https://github.com/DevToys-app/DevToys/issues/1296

Learn More: DevToys Website

Devtoys is great and open-source and .NET and cross-platform * https://devtoys.app/

and in context to the thread files-community/files is great and open-source and .NET and cross-platform * https://files.community/

The open-source (MIT license) DevToys is a similar toolkit and it's available for macOS, Linux, and Windows: https://devtoys.app

DevToys is a free, open-source utility for Windows users. It's often referred to as the "Swiss Army knife" for developers, providing a broad range of tools in a single, accessible application. DevToys is particularly appealing due to its simplicity and the wide array of functionalities it offers.

DevToys o canivete suíço para desenvolvedores. mais de 28 ferramentas, incluindo:

The software is inspired by DevToys and other libraries like https://transform.tools/, faker-js. I designed and built it myself in a few weeks. There are still many features I want to improve and add to the software in the future.

https://devtoys.app/ Windows only though.