Site history

Changelog

What changed on DevUtils India and when. Each entry maps to a real change in the project repository, so this page doubles as the maintenance log for the site. Found a bug or want a tool added? Tell us.

  1. Reference content rewritten for every tool

    • All 23 tool pages now carry a full reference section: the underlying standard or RFC, how the tool processes input, edge cases developers actually hit, command-line equivalents and an expanded FAQ.
    • Five guides (YAML vs JSON vs CSV, How crontab works, Text diff algorithms, Cryptographic hash functions, Preventing SQL injection) were missing from the pre-render list, so crawlers and non-JavaScript readers received the homepage instead. They are now served as static HTML like every other page.
    • Guide pages now publish their real publication date in structured data instead of a single hard-coded date.
    • Added this changelog and refreshed the sitemap.

  2. Five more developer guides

    • Published guides on YAML vs JSON vs CSV, how crontab scheduling works, text diff algorithms, cryptographic hash functions and preventing SQL injection.
    • Repaired the unit test suite after the guides refactor.

  3. Developer Guides section launched

    • New guides portal with long-form articles on UUID versions, JWT security, regular expressions, CIDR subnetting and Base64 versus encryption.
    • Fixed the guides page container width and grid alignment.

  4. Static pre-rendering of every route

    • Every route is now rendered to static HTML at build time so search engines and readers without JavaScript see real content and per-page metadata.
    • Switched the build to a serverless-friendly Chromium so pre-rendering works on the hosting platform.

  5. Learning content and accuracy pass

    • Collapsible FAQs, callout boxes and cross-links between related tools on every tool page.
    • Audited and corrected factual claims in tool descriptions and tightened the legal pages.
    • Scroll position now resets when navigating between tools.

  6. Homepage and layout fixes

    • Homepage reworked so each tool is an individual clickable card grouped by role.
    • Fixed a set of critical and medium UI issues across the site and moved the ad placement below the fold on short pages.

  7. Search and social metadata

    • Fixed the broken social preview image, weak Open Graph tags, Twitter metadata and the web app manifest.
    • Resolved Search Console indexing issues reported in February.

  8. File Formatter and Random File Generator

    • Two new tools for QA work: a multi-format file formatter and a generator for dummy files of a chosen size and type.

  9. Tool catalogue expanded to 22 tools

    • Added the bulk of the current catalogue across backend, SDET, frontend, DevOps and data categories, with tests and per-page metadata.
    • Refined the light theme for better contrast.

  10. Initial release

    • First public version with the core utilities, analytics, a PWA manifest and icons.
    • Fixed navigation URLs, mobile layering and single-page-app routing on the host.
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