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seky

312 karma · joined March 23, 2013

I am a programmer, working using Microsoft technologies (.Net Core, MS SQL, Windows Azure)

I have one failed (quite long time spent on it) project, and couple of new projects:

https://www.gluee.com/

https://www.htmlwasher.com/

https://www.gguid.com/

@MiroslavSekera https://twitter.com/MiroslavSekera

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seky··on Ask HN: Will Claude watermarking hurt your SEO? (I guess for sure it wont help)
aren`t there other models? or is Claude still unbeatable in content writting?
seky··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
hosting comparison tool https://www.punycoder.com/hosting/
seky··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
https://www.htmlwasher.com/ - online HTML cleaner
seky··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
also https://www.gluee.com/ - Text Styling for Social Networks, Slack, Teams etc...
seky··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
https://www.contextractor.com/ - Web content extraction tool to feed LLMs
seky··on Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?
I have a. suite of tolls for developers:

https://www.punycoder.com/ (a tool for Punycode to Text/Unicode and vice-versa conversion),

https://www.htmlwasher.com/ (a tool if you have some dirty HTML and need to clean it up),

https://www.htmlcorrector.com/ (a tool if you have some not so well-formed HTML and need to fix it),

https://www.htmlenc.com/ (a simple tool to HTML encode (escape) a text),

https://www.urlenc.com/ (a simple tool to URL encode (escape) a text),

https://www.gguid.com/ (a customizable GUID generator),

https://www.64baser.com/ (a Base64 and vice-versa encoder),

https://www.hexator.com/ (a Hex and vice-versa encoder),

https://www.cescaper.com/ (a C and C++ string escaper and unescaper) https://www.htmlinstant.com/ (a simple HTML editor).

https://www.notationer.com/ (a tool to switch across (code) notations, like camelCase, PascalCase, snake-case).

Frontend is mostly in React/Next.js (Some older projects have frontend still in the old ASP.NET MVC and Ajax :-)). Where the backend is needed, it is written in .Net/C# and running on Azure.

seky··on Show HN: PizzaGPT – ChatGPT clone accessible from Italy
interesting,

tho, is it a good idea use the .it domain for technology potentially blocked in Italy?

seky··on Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?
I have a coupon site for developers https://www.gluee.com/ and a set of small tools for developers:

https://www.punycoder.com/ (a tool for Punycode to Text/Unicode and vice-versa conversion),

https://www.htmlwasher.com/ (a tool if you have some dirty HTML and need to clean it up),

https://www.htmlcorrector.com/ (a tool if you have some not so well-formed HTML and need to fix it),

https://www.htmlenc.com/ (a simple tool to HTML encode (escape) a text),

https://www.urlenc.com/ (a simple tool to URL encode (escape) a text),

https://www.gguid.com/ (a customizable GUID generator),

https://www.64baser.com/ (a Base64 and vice-versa encoder),

https://www.hexator.com/ (a Hex and vice-versa encoder),

https://www.cescaper.com/ (a C and C++ string escaper and unescaper),

https://www.csharpescaper.com/ (a C# string escaper and unescaper),

https://www.jsonescaper.com/ (a JSON string escaper and unescaper),

https://www.rustescaper.com/ (a Rust string escaper and unescaper),

https://www.pythonescaper.com/ (a Python string escaper and unescaper),

https://www.javascriptescaper.com/ (a JavaScript string escaper and unescaper),

https://www.javaescaper.com/ (a Java string escaper and unescaper) and

https://www.htmlinstant.com/ (a simple HTML editor).

All are written in .Net/C# and running on Azure, HtmlInstant has frontend in React, otherwise they are old ASP.NET MVC and Ajax :-)

seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
thanks :-)
seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
thanks :-) I even didn't test it on Word's HTML
seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
ok, yes why not make it customizable
seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
you are right - I will rewrite it to use HTML Tidy lib or something like that and it will be compliant
seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
my project does not want to compete with any lib or commandline or other downloadable tool - yes - it's main purpose is convenience

thanks, I will consider using Bleach as an underlying lib / part of my service

seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
thanks for your comment :-) I think rather than using a web service people would use some library like the HTML Tidy. Regarding to opensourcing - I think I will rather use some opensource as a core lib for my project.
seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
there is link to my company where is my identity - so it is not anonymous :-) but yes - why not, will fill there something more
seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
yes - but this is not an online service - I wanted to build something handy you can use when you are stressed at the office need to reuse some other HTML doc quickly no time to install anything :-)

I also realized this tool/lib exists after doing Html Washer - I am considering to use their lib as an underlying lib for my project

seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
e.g. when you are migrating an old website to a new one - that was when I missed such tool in the past
seky··on Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool
Yes, that could be more specific (and I will make it probably configurable), currently it is: <a href>, <body>, <br>, <div>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>, <head>, <hr>, <html>, <i>, <img src width height>, <li>, <ol>, <p>, <ruby>, <strong>, <table>, <tbody>, <td colspan rowspan>, <th colspan rowspan>, <title>, <tr>
seky··on Trump
"Being right about something" is a basic prerequisite to being a successful demagogue
seky··on Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes coz ppl don’t respect em
(sorry had to somehow shorten the title to fit in the form)
seky··on ICANN security advisor predicts “hundreds” of new gTLDs will “go dark”
Explanation: new gTLDs = new generic top-level domains = new domain extensions

The article means the new gTLDs introduced in the last couple of years

seky··on The Tab Raises $3M for Hyperlocal News Site Written by Student Journalists
Does it make sense to invest into something ad-based in the age of adblockers?

Not criticizing, I just want to launch an ad-based website project too

seky··on David Cameron is going to try and ban encryption in Britain
Maybe he doesn't like that Britain is the financial center, perhaps he thinks money spoils people :-)
seky··on Check your Google history
Does turning it off just mean YOU wonn't me able see the recorded history? :-)
seky··on Dawn of a New Internet Era
You're right, thanks for supplying the info
seky··on Why have SVG images not yet replaced PNG on the web?
I meant, if you need perfect sharpness for the zoomed image, you need to supply bigger PNGs, otherwise they're blurred
seky··on Why have SVG images not yet replaced PNG on the web?
Not to say, if you (easily on such devices) zoom to max zoom on a hi-res display, the resulting image is 8times zoomed in comparison to normal desktop PC image. And for same quality (sharpness), you wouldn't only need 8times larger PNG for this, but 8x8=64times larger PNG.
seky··on Why have SVG images not yet replaced PNG on the web?
I have written my prev reply before I've seen yours.

Yes, if its mostly double-sized resolution then blurring shouldnt be a prob,

And when it is some strange "1.something" or "2.something" resolution, then probably also PNGs will look blurred, unles you dont supply exact special PNGs for such resolutions

seky··on Why have SVG images not yet replaced PNG on the web?
I see, it is an interesting point, thanks.

For me, that would be one of the main reasons against SVG

seky··on Why have SVG images not yet replaced PNG on the web?
Well, many websites uses simple graphics, simple logos... It's 2013 - yes, and nowadays simple, flat, design is modern, rather than graphics with a lot of effects, that was modern in the past, IMHO.

But I agree with your argument regarding to something is not properly - yes, that can be the reason why people don't see the whole thing as reliable