Base64
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An encoding scheme that represents binary data as ASCII text.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by product launches, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 39%.
Evidence (2)
- 6InfoQ·7/23/2026researchInk & Switch Releases Bijou64 for Canonical Integer Parsing
Ink & Switch published bijou64, a variable-length integer encoding in which each number has exactly one byte representation. The design targets canonicality bugs that have enabled attacks in areas such as PKCS#1, JWT libraries, and Bitcoin, and it reportedly decodes faster than LEB128. Community ports have already appeared in several languages, including Elixir, Go, Perl, and Java.
- 2Hacker News·7/8/2026product_launchDecoding the obfuscated Bash script on a Uniqlo T-shirt
A Hacker News post describes finding an obfuscated, self-evaluating Bash script printed on the back of an Akamai-designed Uniqlo T-shirt. The script is an Easter egg that decodes a Base64-encoded payload and displays a celebratory message, discovered after OCR and manual cleanup of the printed text.