diff --git a/app/api/routes-f/__tests__/binary-to-text.test.ts b/app/api/routes-f/__tests__/binary-to-text.test.ts
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+// @ts-nocheck
+/**
+ * @jest-environment node
+ */
+import { POST, toBinary, fromBinary } from "../binary-to-text/route";
+import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+
+function makeReq(body: unknown) {
+  return new NextRequest("http://localhost/api/routes-f/binary-to-text", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  });
+}
+
+describe("/api/routes-f/binary-to-text", () => {
+  // --- unit helpers ---
+  describe("toBinary", () => {
+    it("encodes ASCII correctly", () => {
+      expect(toBinary("A", 8)).toBe("01000001");
+      expect(toBinary("Hi", 8)).toBe("01001000 01101001");
+    });
+
+    it("round-trips ASCII with fromBinary", () => {
+      const bin = toBinary("Hello, World!", 8);
+      expect(fromBinary(bin, 8)).toBe("Hello, World!");
+    });
+
+    it("round-trips emoji (multibyte UTF-8)", () => {
+      const bin = toBinary("😊", 8);
+      expect(fromBinary(bin, 8)).toBe("😊");
+    });
+
+    it("round-trips mixed ASCII + emoji", () => {
+      const input = "hi 🌍";
+      expect(fromBinary(toBinary(input, 8), 8)).toBe(input);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("fromBinary", () => {
+    it("rejects non-binary characters", () => {
+      expect(() => fromBinary("01000001 0100GG01", 8)).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it("rejects tokens with wrong bit length", () => {
+      expect(() => fromBinary("0100000", 8)).toThrow(); // 7 bits
+    });
+  });
+
+  // --- POST handler ---
+  it("to_binary returns correct result for ASCII", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(makeReq({ input: "A", mode: "to_binary" }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const { result } = await res.json();
+    expect(result).toBe("01000001");
+  });
+
+  it("from_binary decodes back to original ASCII", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(makeReq({ input: "01000001", mode: "from_binary" }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const { result } = await res.json();
+    expect(result).toBe("A");
+  });
+
+  it("round-trips emoji via POST", async () => {
+    const encRes = await POST(makeReq({ input: "😊", mode: "to_binary" }));
+    const { result: bin } = await encRes.json();
+
+    const decRes = await POST(makeReq({ input: bin, mode: "from_binary" }));
+    expect(decRes.status).toBe(200);
+    const { result } = await decRes.json();
+    expect(result).toBe("😊");
+  });
+
+  it("returns 400 for malformed binary on decode", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(makeReq({ input: "0100GG01", mode: "from_binary" }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(body.error).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it("returns 400 for wrong bit-length token", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(makeReq({ input: "0100000", mode: "from_binary" }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it("returns 400 for missing mode", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(makeReq({ input: "hello" }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it("returns 400 for missing input", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(makeReq({ mode: "to_binary" }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  it("handles empty string to_binary", async () => {
+    const res = await POST(makeReq({ input: "", mode: "to_binary" }));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const { result } = await res.json();
+    expect(result).toBe("");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/api/routes-f/__tests__/deep-merge.test.ts b/app/api/routes-f/__tests__/deep-merge.test.ts
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+// @ts-nocheck
+/**
+ * @jest-environment node
+ */
+import { POST, deepMerge } from "../deep-merge/route";
+import { NextRequest } from "next/server";
+
+function makeReq(body: unknown) {
+  return new NextRequest("http://localhost/api/routes-f/deep-merge", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    body: JSON.stringify(body),
+  });
+}
+
+describe("/api/routes-f/deep-merge", () => {
+  describe("deepMerge helper", () => {
+    it("merges two flat objects", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge([{ a: 1 }, { b: 2 }], "replace");
+      expect(result).toEqual({ a: 1, b: 2 });
+    });
+
+    it("overwrites primitive values", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge([{ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }], "replace");
+      expect(result).toEqual({ a: 2 });
+    });
+
+    it("deep merges nested objects", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge(
+        [{ user: { name: "Alice", age: 30 } }, { user: { age: 31, city: "NYC" } }],
+        "replace"
+      );
+      expect(result).toEqual({ user: { name: "Alice", age: 31, city: "NYC" } });
+    });
+
+    it("replace strategy replaces arrays", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge([{ arr: [1, 2] }, { arr: [3, 4] }], "replace");
+      expect(result).toEqual({ arr: [3, 4] });
+    });
+
+    it("concat strategy concatenates arrays", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge([{ arr: [1, 2] }, { arr: [3, 4] }], "concat");
+      expect(result).toEqual({ arr: [1, 2, 3, 4] });
+    });
+
+    it("union strategy deduplicates arrays", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge([{ arr: [1, 2, 2] }, { arr: [2, 3] }], "union");
+      expect(result).toEqual({ arr: [1, 2, 3] });
+    });
+
+    it("handles three objects", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge([{ a: 1 }, { b: 2 }, { c: 3 }], "replace");
+      expect(result).toEqual({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 });
+    });
+
+    it("deeply nested merge", () => {
+      const result = deepMerge(
+        [
+          { config: { db: { host: "localhost" } } },
+          { config: { db: { port: 5432 }, cache: true } },
+        ],
+        "replace"
+      );
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        config: { db: { host: "localhost", port: 5432 }, cache: true },
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("POST handler", () => {
+    it("merges two objects with default strategy", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(makeReq({ objects: [{ a: 1 }, { b: 2 }] }));
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      const { merged } = await res.json();
+      expect(merged).toEqual({ a: 1, b: 2 });
+    });
+
+    it("uses replace strategy by default for arrays", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(makeReq({ objects: [{ arr: [1] }, { arr: [2] }] }));
+      const { merged } = await res.json();
+      expect(merged.arr).toEqual([2]);
+    });
+
+    it("concat strategy works", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(
+        makeReq({ objects: [{ arr: [1] }, { arr: [2] }], array_strategy: "concat" })
+      );
+      const { merged } = await res.json();
+      expect(merged.arr).toEqual([1, 2]);
+    });
+
+    it("union strategy works", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(
+        makeReq({ objects: [{ arr: [1, 2] }, { arr: [2, 3] }], array_strategy: "union" })
+      );
+      const { merged } = await res.json();
+      expect(merged.arr).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+    });
+
+    it("deep nested merge via POST", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(
+        makeReq({
+          objects: [
+            { user: { name: "Bob", settings: { theme: "dark" } } },
+            { user: { settings: { lang: "en" } } },
+          ],
+        })
+      );
+      const { merged } = await res.json();
+      expect(merged.user.settings).toEqual({ theme: "dark", lang: "en" });
+    });
+
+    it("returns 400 for empty objects array", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(makeReq({ objects: [] }));
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it("returns 400 for missing objects", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(makeReq({}));
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it("returns 400 for invalid array_strategy", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(
+        makeReq({ objects: [{ a: 1 }], array_strategy: "invalid" })
+      );
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+    });
+
+    it("handles single object", async () => {
+      const res = await POST(makeReq({ objects: [{ a: 1, b: 2 }] }));
+      const { merged } = await res.json();
+      expect(merged).toEqual({ a: 1, b: 2 });
+    });
+
+    it("rejects body exceeding 2MB", async () => {
+      const large = { objects: [{ data: "x".repeat(3 * 1024 * 1024) }] };
+      const res = await POST(makeReq(large));
+      expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+      const body = await res.json();
+      expect(body.error).toContain("exceeds");
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/api/routes-f/binary-to-text/route.ts b/app/api/routes-f/binary-to-text/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { validateBody } from "@/app/api/routes-f/_lib/validate";
+
+const schema = z.object({
+  input: z.string(),
+  mode: z.enum(["to_binary", "from_binary"]),
+  bits: z.number().int().positive().optional().default(8),
+});
+
+/** Encode a UTF-8 string to space-separated binary groups. */
+export function toBinary(input: string, bits: number): string {
+  const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(input);
+  return Array.from(bytes)
+    .map((b) => b.toString(2).padStart(bits, "0"))
+    .join(" ");
+}
+
+/** Decode space-separated binary groups back to a UTF-8 string. */
+export function fromBinary(input: string, bits: number): string {
+  const groups = input.trim().split(/\s+/);
+
+  for (const g of groups) {
+    if (!/^[01]+$/.test(g)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid binary token: "${g}"`);
+    }
+    if (g.length !== bits) {
+      throw new Error(`Token "${g}" has ${g.length} bits, expected ${bits}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const bytes = new Uint8Array(groups.map((g) => parseInt(g, 2)));
+  return new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
+}
+
+export async function POST(request: Request): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  const result = await validateBody(request, schema);
+  if (result instanceof NextResponse) return result;
+
+  const { input, mode, bits } = result.data;
+
+  try {
+    const output = mode === "to_binary" ? toBinary(input, bits) : fromBinary(input, bits);
+    return NextResponse.json({ result: output });
+  } catch (err) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Conversion failed" },
+      { status: 400 }
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/api/routes-f/deep-merge/route.ts b/app/api/routes-f/deep-merge/route.ts
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+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { validateBody } from "@/app/api/routes-f/_lib/validate";
+
+type ArrayStrategy = "replace" | "concat" | "union";
+
+const schema = z.object({
+  objects: z.array(z.record(z.unknown())).min(1),
+  array_strategy: z.enum(["replace", "concat", "union"]).optional().default("replace"),
+});
+
+const MAX_SIZE = 2 * 1024 * 1024; // 2MB
+
+function isObject(val: unknown): val is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return typeof val === "object" && val !== null && !Array.isArray(val);
+}
+
+export function deepMerge(
+  objects: Record<string, unknown>[],
+  arrayStrategy: ArrayStrategy
+): Record<string, unknown> {
+  if (objects.length === 0) return {};
+  if (objects.length === 1) return objects[0];
+
+  const result: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+
+  for (const obj of objects) {
+    for (const key in obj) {
+      const val = obj[key];
+      
+      if (!(key in result)) {
+        result[key] = val;
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const existing = result[key];
+
+      if (Array.isArray(existing) && Array.isArray(val)) {
+        if (arrayStrategy === "replace") {
+          result[key] = val;
+        } else if (arrayStrategy === "concat") {
+          result[key] = existing.concat(val);
+        } else if (arrayStrategy === "union") {
+          result[key] = Array.from(new Set([...existing, ...val]));
+        }
+      } else if (isObject(existing) && isObject(val)) {
+        result[key] = deepMerge([existing, val], arrayStrategy);
+      } else {
+        result[key] = val;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+export async function POST(request: Request): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  const bodyText = await request.text();
+  
+  if (bodyText.length > MAX_SIZE) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: `Request body exceeds ${MAX_SIZE / 1024 / 1024}MB limit` },
+      { status: 400 }
+    );
+  }
+
+  let body: unknown;
+  try {
+    body = JSON.parse(bodyText);
+  } catch {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: "Invalid JSON body" }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const parsed = schema.safeParse(body);
+  if (!parsed.success) {
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: "Invalid request body", details: parsed.error.flatten() },
+      { status: 400 }
+    );
+  }
+
+  const { objects, array_strategy } = parsed.data;
+  const merged = deepMerge(objects, array_strategy);
+
+  return NextResponse.json({ merged });
+}