How Fast Can Browsers Process Base64 Data?, by @lemire:
https://lemire.me/blog/2025/11/29/how-fast-can-browsers-process-base64-data/
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How fast can browsers process base64 data?
Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme that converts arbitrary binary data (like images, files, or any sequence of bytes) into a safe, printable ASCII string using a 64-character alphabet (A–Z, a–z, 0–9, +, /). Browsers use it in JavaScript to embedding binary data directly in code or HTML or to transmitting binary data as text. … Continue reading How fast can browsers process base64 data?