FFindUtils3d ago · 10 min readReversing a String Is a Unicode Test: Indexing, Iteration and Palindromes in JavaScript, Python, PHP and GoA reader replied to my post on cutting text to a limit with a point worth its own article: the trouble starts before any cut, at array access and iteration. They linked a post on the palindrome problefindutils.hashnode.dev
FFindUtils4d ago · 11 min readCutting Text to a Limit Without Breaking It: Code Units, Bytes and Tokens in JavaScript and PythonMost apps cut text somewhere. A preview gets 160 characters, a push notification has a byte limit, a database column has a size, and a prompt for a language model has a token budget. The FindUtils posfindutils.hashnode.dev
TTsugite Labs5d ago · 17 min readJapanese text in JavaScript: what normalize('NFKC') fixes, what it breaks, and how to format era datesA Japanese user types ＡＢＣ１２３ into your search box. Your database has a record called ABC123, but the search finds nothing. Their bug report says "ABC123 finds nothing", because to them the two stringstsugitelabs.hashnode.dev
MMuhammad Imran5d ago · 5 min readYour Word Counter Is Lying to You: How Unicode Breaks Naive Word SplittingOpen any "how to count words in JavaScript" tutorial and you will see the same one-liner: const count = text.trim().split(/\s+/).length; It works for "hello world". It falls apart the moment real texhandynest.hashnode.dev
CCopy Paste Fonts6d ago · 6 min readCursive Text, Explained: How Script-Style Copy & Paste Fonts Work (and When to Use Them)You have probably seen it in an Instagram bio, on a wedding invitation shared as an image, or under a photo: a name written in flowing, joined-up letters that look like elegant handwriting. It looks lcopypastefonts.hashnode.dev
CCopy Paste Fonts6d ago · 6 min readStyling Discord Text: Fonts, Formatting and Nickname Ideas That Actually WorkDiscord shows almost everything in the same plain typeface. You cannot install a font file or change how your text looks on someone else's screen, yet styled text is everywhere: bold announcements, hicopypastefonts.hashnode.dev
IIris KhanOct 19 · 8 min readHow Unicode Text Styling Actually Works (2026)Your bio "fonts" aren't fonts. They're just characters: weird, wonderful, off-the-map characters. Here's the technical story of how they work, why they sometimes turn into tofu boxes, and what every dirislabs.hashnode.dev
TTypingHubOct 19 · 8 min readTyping Hindi like a Remington typewriter, in a browser textareaMany Indian government jobs need a computer typing test: the Staff Selection Commission's data entry test, the railways' typing skill test, court and police clerk exams. Many candidates type in Hindi,typinghub.hashnode.dev
JJaafar AbazidOct 19 · 14 min readHow many characters your language gets in a WordPress URLWhen The 200-byte trap went up, a reader on CoderLegion asked the question I should have answered in the article itself: is this only an Arabic problem? It isn't. But "it isn't" is not much of an answmantekio.hashnode.dev
HHetal JaniOct 15 · 5 min readGerman Umlauts for Developers: Unicode, HTML Entities, and Handling Ä Ö Ü ß in CodeGerman Umlauts for Developers: Unicode, HTML Entities, and Handling Ä Ö Ü ß in Code German text breaks software in predictable ways. A user named "Müller" becomes "Müller" in your database, your slughetaljani.hashnode.dev
