Aarav Mehta
Developer Tools EditorAarav writes practical guides for developers and technical users, focusing on browser-based utilities, data formatting, API workflows, security basics, and privacy-first developer tools.
About Aarav Mehta
Aarav Mehta is a software developer and technical writer with a strong focus on browser-based developer utilities, API workflows, and data processing tools. With several years of hands-on experience building web applications, he brings a practical, code-first perspective to every guide he writes — cutting through complexity to explain tools, formats, and techniques in plain, usable terms.
His work at FluxToolkit covers the full spectrum of developer productivity: from understanding JSON, XML, and YAML data formats, to encoding schemes like Base64 and UUID generation, to security-focused topics like cryptographic hashing and JWT token decoding. Aarav is especially focused on privacy-first tooling — tools that run entirely in the browser without sending data to a server, making them safe for handling sensitive credentials, API keys, and proprietary code.
Before joining FluxToolkit, Aarav worked on backend API integrations and developer tooling automation. He believes that well-documented developer tools reduce errors, save debugging time, and help both beginners and experienced engineers move faster. Every guide he writes is structured around real-world use cases, not theoretical examples.
Editorial Approach
Aarav structures every guide around real developer scenarios — starting with the problem, showing the tool in action, and explaining the technical details in plain language. Each article is reviewed for technical accuracy before publication.
Topics Covered by Aarav
Data Formats & Conversion
Practical guides on JSON, XML, YAML, CSV, and converting between formats for APIs, configs, and data pipelines.
Encoding & Decoding
Clear explanations of Base64, URL encoding, HTML entities, and how encoding affects web performance and security.
Developer Security Tools
Guides on JWT decoding, cryptographic hashing (SHA-256, SHA-512, bcrypt), UUID generation, and safe password practices.
Code Utilities
Regex testing, SQL formatting, Markdown/HTML conversion, CSS minification, and other browser-based code productivity tools.
All Articles by Aarav Mehta
161 guidesThe Ultimate Regex Guide: AI Generation, ReDoS Safety, and Debugging Workflows
A comprehensive developer's guide to mastering regular expressions. Learn how to prompt AI for clean patterns, prevent ReDoS vulnerabilities, and systematically debug complex logic.
Open-Source Icon Libraries: The Complete Developer Guide
A comprehensive developer's guide to open-source SVG icon libraries. Compare Lucide, Tabler, Phosphor, and Heroicons, and learn best practices for performance and accessibility.
CSS Color Formats and Conversion: The Complete Developer Guide
A comprehensive developer's guide to CSS color formats. Learn about HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH, wide-gamut Display P3, color math, and the history of named colors.
Bcrypt Password Hashing: A Developer's Definitive Security Guide
A comprehensive developer's guide to bcrypt password hashing. Learn about Blowfish foundations, salt rounds, cost factor mechanics, Node/Python/PHP examples, and standard database security.
How to Write a Blog Post with AI: The Complete 2026 Editorial Guide
Learn how to write a blog post with AI that ranks, reads naturally, and captures search intent without sounding robotic. Step-by-step editorial guide.
Stop Skipping Leg Day: How to Design a Visual Weekly Gym Routine
Learn how to build a consistent, visual fitness routine using a free workout schedule maker. Implement color-coding, track rest days, and achieve your health goals.
The Ultimate Guide to Creating Employee Shift Rosters Without Spreadsheets
Stop wrestling with broken Excel borders. Learn how to use a free employee shift roster maker to streamline your scheduling, improve staff communication, and ensure fair coverage.
How to Embed a Free Timetable Maker in Your School Website
Learn how to embed a responsive, free timetable maker into your school or university website using HTML iframes. Improve student scheduling and campus organization instantly.
How to Build the Perfect College Semester Schedule to Maximize Study Time
Discover how to use a visual college semester schedule maker to balance classes, reduce burnout, and implement the 8-8-8 rule for ultimate academic productivity.
LLM Prompting vs. Regex: When to Use AI and When to Stick to Patterns
Should you use OpenAI to extract data, or stick to traditional Regular Expressions? A deep dive into performance, cost, and determinism.