Developer Research & Data

Original research backed by real npm registry data, Stack Overflow metrics, and browser benchmarks. All data is sourced, dated, and reproducible.

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Research Articles

Why Base64 Is the Most Used Encoding Utility

Deep analysis of Base64 adoption across npm. 456M monthly downloads across base64-js, js-base64, and base-64 packages.

Developer Tool Usage Rankings 2026

Original research ranking developer utility tools by npm download volume. Analysis of 5.6B monthly downloads.

Encoding Format Comparison

Data-driven comparison of Base64, Hex, URL encoding, HTML entities, JWT, and more with overhead ratios.

Hash Function Benchmark

Real Node.js benchmark comparing SHA-256, SHA-512, MD5, SHA-1, and SHA-384 across 1KB to 1MB inputs.

JWT Usage Patterns: Common Mistakes

Analysis of common JWT anti-patterns from 18,477 Stack Overflow questions and 407.8M monthly npm downloads.

NPM Download Trends

Real npm API data showing weekly download counts for 50 popular JavaScript packages.

NPM Package Size Index

Real npm registry data ranking 40 popular packages by unpacked size with exact byte counts.

All research uses real, verifiable data sources. Built by Michael Lip.