[HN Gopher] Show HN: VS Code Extension to skip the noisy web too...
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       Show HN: VS Code Extension to skip the noisy web tools (JSON
       Prettify, and more)
        
       Hi HN,  Simple online tools on the web have become unnecessary
       greedy. For example,  * https://jsonformatter.org/ displays 7 ads
       on page load  * https://convertcase.net/ had 4 ads plus a Google
       Vignette.  And many more sites do the same thing.  It's just noisy,
       which is why I created this VS Code Extension where you don't need
       to even leave your editor for your small web operations. I also
       built a Desktop app and an online version, which can be reached or
       downloaded at smallonlinetools.net. Both of which will be ad-free
       forever.  So far smallonlinetools.net has over 150 tools and I add
       more everyday! Give it a try and leave me a review is all I ask!
       Perhaps, share with your friends so we can rank better on Google!
        
       Author : itsharveenatwal
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-07-23 15:20 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | eddythompson80 wrote:
       | There is also IT-Tools and CyberChef. Selfhost-able projects to
       | create your own instance of "online utilities tools"
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       | https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
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       | https://it-tools.tech/
        
         | itsharveenatwal wrote:
         | Oh these are great! I guess my differentiator is that i want to
         | be on every medium hence the vs code extension and the desktop
         | app for offline usage.
        
       | graypegg wrote:
       | Neat! The website is pretty slick. If you would ever consider it,
       | being able to chain up transforms would be useful! Just piping 2
       | or 3 together, pipes like
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       | normalize-text-spacing => fix-distance-between-paragraphs-and-
       | lines => remove-diacritics
       | 
       | could be useful for 1-off "I'm trying to read mangled text from a
       | bad OCR pdf" cases. Bonus points if settings could be encoded in
       | the URL, so you can book mark the whole pipe and it's settings.
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       | Also one other minor thing, I always like when case transforms
       | write their name in the case mode, like Train-Case or
       | Pascal_Snake_Case. I just find the names really obtuse, it's just
       | easier to skim if you can see a sample of it.
        
         | itsharveenatwal wrote:
         | Great suggestions! I'll add chaining to my feature backlog and
         | get back to you when that's done!
         | 
         | Your case name suggestion makes a lot of sense. I'll make that
         | update very soon.
         | 
         | Thanks for your feedback!
        
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