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Tips, guides & tool walkthroughs

Developer tips, tool deep-dives, SEO strategies, and product updates from the AddsTools team.

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Tool Guides

How to Format & Validate JSON Quickly in 2026

JSON formatting doesn't have to be painful. Learn how to spot syntax errors, minify for production, and beautify for debugging — all in your browser.

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Alex Chen
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February 15, 2026
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5 min
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Developer Tips

10 Regex Testing Tips That Will Save You Hours

Regular expressions are powerful but cryptic. These 10 practical tips — with live examples — will make regex debugging much less painful.

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Sara Patel
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February 10, 2026
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8 min
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Developer Tips

The Best Free Developer Tools in 2026

A curated list of the most useful browser-based developer tools available today — no install required, no login, just instant utility.

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James Kim
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February 5, 2026
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6 min
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Developer Tips

Password Security Best Practices for Developers

Weak passwords are still the #1 attack vector. Here's how to generate, store, and manage passwords securely in 2026.

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Alex Chen
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January 28, 2026
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7 min
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Tool Guides

HEX vs RGB vs HSL — Which Color Format Should You Use?

HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH — colors can be represented many ways. This guide explains when and why to use each format in your CSS and design work.

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Sara Patel
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January 20, 2026
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5 min
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SEO & Traffic

How We Drive 50K Monthly Visits with Tool-Based SEO

Tool pages that answer specific search intent are SEO gold. Here's the exact strategy we use to rank for 'json formatter', 'regex tester', and more.

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James Kim
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January 14, 2026
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9 min
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Product Updates

We Launched AddsTools — Here's What We Built

A behind-the-scenes look at how we built AddsTools: the tech stack, design decisions, SEO strategy, and lessons learned in Month 1.

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Alex Chen
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January 7, 2026
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6 min