Product log

What changed, shipped, and got sharper.

Follow the evolution of DevUtils as new browser-side tools, SEO improvements, and workflow details land.

20 shipped updates 3 monthly releases
Release

April 2026 — Design & privacy refresh

A visual pass to make DevUtils feel more distinctive while keeping analytics opt-in.

  • Refreshed the homepage hero, tool cards, blog index, changelog timeline, and compact footer.
  • Added an analytics cookie consent banner connected to Google Analytics consent mode.
  • Kept analytics disabled by default until the user explicitly accepts.
  • Generated sharper transparent logo assets for the header, footer, favicon, and PWA icons.
  • Improved breadcrumb spacing and small-screen header/footer alignment.
  • Optimized PageSpeed scores by deferring Google Analytics until cookie consent and fixing accessibility details.
Release

April 2026

A big utility expansion focused on everyday formatting, inspection, and SEO polish.

  • Added Text Diff & Compare tool — compare two text snippets with inline highlighting.
  • Added YAML ↔ JSON Converter with bidirectional conversion and validation.
  • Added Keycode / Keyboard Event Tester to inspect event.key, event.code, keyCode, and modifiers.
  • Added CRON Parser & Generator to preview next scheduled execution times.
  • Added Number Base Converter (binary, decimal, hex, octal, any base 2-36).
  • Added New About page with FAQ section and JSON-LD FAQPage schema for better search visibility.
  • Added FAQ section on homepage.
  • Improved SEO with OpenGraph and Twitter Card meta tags across all prerendered tool pages.
  • Added critical CSS inlining for faster page load.
  • Added BreadcrumbList structured data and FAQPage schema on homepage.
Release

March 2026

Core content and conversion tools that shaped the first broad DevUtils workflow.

  • Added Markdown Previewer with live HTML rendering and export.
  • Added Lorem Ipsum Generator for placeholder text.
  • Added CSV ⇄ JSON Converter.
  • Added Password Generator with custom length and charset options.