Explains how to convert HTTP header values from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 encoding in a ColdFusion application, specifically for Cloudflare geo-headers.
Explains the importance of specifying charset=utf-8 in API request headers to properly handle special characters and emojis in JSON payloads.
A simple, cross-platform plain text editor for macOS, iOS, and visionOS, focusing on minimalism and distraction-free writing.
A blog post exploring the open-source software components found in a modern Siemens washing machine's manual and the implications for embedded systems.
A historical journey through data storage mediums, from punch cards to modern DRAM, explaining how a single byte is represented.
A personal account of the creation of UTF-8, the dominant character encoding for the web, by one of its co-inventors.
Explores UTF-8 Byte Order Markers (BOM) in C#, explaining their presence, how to detect them, and how to create encodings without them.
Explains the purpose and importance of the <meta charset='UTF-8'> tag in HTML for proper character encoding.
A PHP function to fix serialized data after converting from single-byte encoding to Unicode UTF-8 by recounting string lengths.
An explanation of UTF-8 encoding, detailing its design, convenient properties, and why it's simpler than often perceived.
Exploring challenges with downcasing UTF-8 strings containing Polish characters using command-line tools like tr and dd.
A guide on enabling basic UTF-8 string manipulation in Guile Scheme using the Guile-Glib module, including setup and function examples.
