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Would appreciate suggestions for performance improvement! \n\n### PS: If you're interested in the thought process behind this project, I wrote a [blog post](https://dev.to/cerchie/writing-a-caesar-shift-de-cipher-function-with-javascript-part-2-5df) on it!\n\nHere's the repo where I wrote the original utility code that ENcodes this: https://github.com/Cerchie/caesar-cipher\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcerchie%2Fcaesar-decipher","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fcerchie%2Fcaesar-decipher","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fcerchie%2Fcaesar-decipher/lists"}