Shipped local-first JSON/JWT/cron helpers — because I stopped trusting paste sites
Hey IH — Samson here (Acsaven).
I got tired of “just paste your token” tools. So I shipped TryDevSnip: format/diff JSON, cron, timestamps, JWT decode, hash, Base64, UUID — all in the browser, no upload for processing.
Stage: free, live, no signup.
Feedback I’d love:
1) What’s the first tool you open in a “local utilities” kit?
2) Anything you’d refuse to paste even locally in a random tab?
What stood out to me is that you're treating trust as a feature rather than an assumption.
For developer utilities, the question often isn't just "does this work?" but "do I feel comfortable using it with real data?" That changes how people evaluate even very simple tools.
That's exactly it — for a utility like this, "does it work" is table stakes. The real test is whether someone pastes an actual JWT with a real user's session in it without flinching. If they hesitate, I've already lost, no matter how good the formatter is.
Local-first is a great angle. Are devs using this as a quick utility, or does it become part of their daily workflow?”
This is a strong ‘designed for frequency’ setup.
The interesting thing with tools like this is that daily usage usually comes from one anchor feature, not the whole suite.
If the wheel spinner is already showing that behavior on another project, I’d watch closely for a similar ‘entry point’ here — the thing people open 5x a day without thinking.
Have you seen any early candidate for that yet?
No usage-frequency data yet to confirm one. If I had to guess: JSON formatter or JWT decode, since those are the ones people reach for under real pressure (broken API response, expiring token), not just curiosity.
Quick add: “local-first” here means format/diff/JWT/cron/hash work runs in your tab — we don’t upload the paste to our servers for those jobs.
If you have a must-have utility missing (regex tester, header parser, etc.), tell me which one you’d open weekly.
That lines up — “under pressure” tools usually become daily drivers.
If JSON/JWT are the anchors, there’s probably an opportunity to wrap workflows around them rather than just utilities.
Out of curiosity — are people coming back via direct/bookmark yet, or mostly rediscovery?