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• ↓ Base64 Is Not Encryption: How I Debug Base64 Data Without Uploading It Anywhere
• ↓ Parsing Trading Data with Regex: How I Use RegexLab to Debug Financial Patterns Fast
• ↓ What SHA-256 Checksums Prove — Verify Files with HashForge
• ↓ How JSON Forge Turns “position 4127” Into a Real Error, In Your Browser
• ↓ The Frankfurter API: Pull ECB Exchange Rates as JSON (No Key, No Rate Limits)
• ↓ Verifying Webhook Signatures by Hand: HMAC-SHA256 in the Browser with HashForge
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Key Topics & Focus Areas for orthogonal.info:

Base64 Is Not Encryption: How I Debug Base64 Data Without Uploading It Anywhere

Parsing Trading Data with Regex: How I Use RegexLab to Debug Financial Patterns Fast

What SHA-256 Checksums Prove — Verify Files with HashForge

How JSON Forge Turns “position 4127” Into a Real Error, In Your Browser

The Frankfurter API: Pull ECB Exchange Rates as JSON (No Key, No Rate Limits)

Verifying Webhook Signatures by Hand: HMAC-SHA256 in the Browser with HashForge