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      <title>I caught an online hash tool storing my inputs. So I built my own.</title>
      <dc:creator>Udit Choudhury</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;I was using one of those popular online bcrypt tools.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pasted a hash to look it up. It said "not found."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then I got curious. I hashed a string on the same website.&lt;br&gt;
Then pasted that hash back.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It found it instantly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They were storing every input. Quietly building a reverse lookup &lt;br&gt;
table from their users' data. Every string you hash on their &lt;br&gt;
platform goes into their database.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I built my own set of tools: &lt;a href="https://turingcomplete.in/tools" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://turingcomplete.in/tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Everything runs in your browser. No server receives your input.&lt;br&gt;
Disconnect your WiFi after the page loads,  they still work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What's there:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bcrypt &amp;amp; MD5 &amp;amp; SHA-256 generators&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;JWT decoder (token never leaves your browser)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;JSON formatter &amp;amp; validator&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;JSON → PHP array converter (useful for Laravel seeders)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;UUID generator (bulk up to 100)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Regex tester with live highlighting&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Base64 encoder/decoder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cron expression builder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unix timestamp converter&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Password generator&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;URL encoder/decoder&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Built it mostly for myself. Figured other Laravel devs might &lt;br&gt;
find it useful too.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If something feels off or you want a tool that's missing &lt;br&gt;
drop a comment. Always looking to improve it.&lt;/p&gt;

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