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Re:Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only ... by BinaryIgor on Friday September 12, 2025 @01:52PM (#45224708)
Hmm - why would you do that? How much data, if any, can you safe by compressing it as to compared with the classic Base64?
Re:Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only ... by Forgret on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:12PM (#45224904)
It depends on the data. Base64 adds ~33% overhead, while NUMBASE can be encoded into one large number at once and compressed with Huffman or other algorithms. For some data types this results in fewer extra characters.
Re:Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only ... by a570xyz on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:04PM (#45224813)
I'm very curious as to how one gets tired of Base64?
Re:Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only ... by Forgret on Friday September 12, 2025 @02:13PM (#45224911)
Base64 is great and widely used. I just wanted to experiment with a numeric-only representation. NUMBASE encodes everything into a single large number, which can make certain compression schemes like Huffman more efficient and opens up new ways to store or transmit data.
Re:Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only ... by gabrielsroka on Friday September 12, 2025 @01:18PM (#45224376)
Url?
Re:Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only ... by Forgret on Friday September 12, 2025 @01:45PM (#45224637)
URL I added it to the description.

Or here it is: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/numbase

Re:Show HN: I got tired of Base64, so I made a numeric-only ... by Forgret on Friday September 12, 2025 @01:22PM (#45224423)
Ops, I forgot to add the link.

https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/numbase