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Compare Two UK Job Offers by Take-Home Pay, Not Salary

Use 2026/27 UK tax, National Insurance, pension and student loan figures to compare 52,000 and 58,000 offers on real monthly take-home pay.

5 min readTax Calculators

Convert Units Once So a Spec Sheet Stops Lying

Convert measurement units for specs and shipping. Worked mm-to-inch example and common mistakes.

5 min readConverters & Calculators

Pull Every Link Out of a Messy Research Paste

Paste notes, email threads or page source, strip tracking tags, dedupe, list unique domains and export a CSV of every URL it finds.

5 min readText & Writing

Decode a User-Agent String From a Bug Report

Turn a cryptic user-agent line from a support ticket or server log into browser, OS, device and bot facts, and learn what it cannot prove.

5 min readSecurity & Developer

Generate Five UUIDs for a Database Seed Migration

Create random version 4 UUIDs for roles, tenants or test rows in a seed script, with a sample SQL insert and checks before you commit.

4 min readSecurity & Developer

Turn a 6-Second Screen Demo Into a Lean Looping GIF

Pick start, length, width, frame rate and a 5 MB cap to convert a short product demo to a GIF in your browser without a bloated file.

4 min readVideo Tools

Plan Daily Water Across a 12-Week Running Block

See how body weight, training load and a hot climate change a daily water estimate, with a worked 62 kg example from base weeks to race week.

5 min readHealth Calculators

Convert Product JPEGs to WebP and Keep Each Under 200 KB

Resize first, then use the WebP quality slider to bring gallery photos under 200 KB, with notes on transparency, JPG fallbacks and checking sizes.

4 min readImage Tools

Hit a Hard Word Cap Without Guessing in the Dark

Use Word Counter for hard caps on abstracts and bios. Worked 250-word example, edge cases, and mistakes.

6 min readText & Writing

Pick the Right YouTube Thumbnail Size for a Newsletter Card

Paste a video link, compare all five thumbnail sizes, spot letterboxed ones, and crop the 1280x720 original to a 1200x630 link card.

4 min readFile & Misc

Check a 3D Mesh in the Browser Before You Commit Filament

Preview STL and OBJ meshes in-browser before 3D printing. Catch scale, normals, and hole issues early.

5 min read3D & CAD Files

Price a Product With Margin Math You Can Recalculate in Seconds

Calculate product profit margins before you list. Worked SKU example with fees, target margin, and revision checks.

5 min readBusiness & Documents