While working on a collection of browser-based utility tools, I stumbled upon an interesting challenge: building a Braille translator. Not because I have any personal connection to Braille — I'm just a developer who loves Unicode puzzles. But the problem turned out to be more fascinating than I expected, with a hidden layer of complexity that made me rethink how I approach character encoding.
The Problem Nobody Asked Me to Solve
I was building a suite of small, focused web tools. You know the type — URL encoders, JSON formatters, maybe a base64 decoder. Useful, boring, done a thousand times. But Braille? That's different.
Here's the thing: most "Braille translators" online are either:
Flash relics from 2005 that barely work on modern browsers
