The intern() function eliminates duplicate string objects from the application and has the potential to reduce the overall application memory consumption.
Encryption encodes data, so only programs that know how to decode it can read it. Most encryption programs use a "key" to transform plaintext into ciphertext.
In this "Today I learned" post, learn how to generate workload data for CockroachDB for offline use, decode hex data into human-readable form, and more.