This is a serious question. Someone paid for a webdomain and build a whole product around base64 conversion.
That is something 3 lines of pure JavaScrit with no library dependencies could do.
Who would build such a website and company and who on earth would pay for it?
Context: at Zapier this is the standard App for Base64 conversions. One can easily just add a JS codeblock so it’s not forced on users, but still. It’s weird.
I am not really familiar why a company might pay for an api though? Maybe for geolocation purposes but I am not familiar why someone might not want to do this client side or similar
FrankWilhoit•4h ago
People running on mainframe emulation, using back versions that are only seven-bit-clean.
janandonly•5h ago
That is something 3 lines of pure JavaScrit with no library dependencies could do.
Who would build such a website and company and who on earth would pay for it?
Context: at Zapier this is the standard App for Base64 conversions. One can easily just add a JS codeblock so it’s not forced on users, but still. It’s weird.
Imustaskforhelp•4h ago
I am not really familiar why a company might pay for an api though? Maybe for geolocation purposes but I am not familiar why someone might not want to do this client side or similar