--- a/src/core/strings.cc	Mon Nov 06 13:48:11 2023 -0500
+++ b/src/core/strings.cc	Tue Nov 07 08:03:42 2023 -0500
@@ -41,7 +41,17 @@
 }
 
 std::string SanitizeLineEndings(const std::string& string) {
-	return ReplaceAll(ReplaceAll(ReplaceAll(string, "\r\n", "\n"), "<br>", "\n"), "\n\n\n", "\n\n");
+	/* LOL */
+	return
+		ReplaceAll(
+			ReplaceAll(
+				ReplaceAll(
+					ReplaceAll(
+						ReplaceAll(string, "\r\n", "\n"),
+					"</p>", "\n"),
+				"<br>", "\n"),
+			"<br />", "\n"),
+		"\n\n\n", "\n\n");
 }
 
 /* removes dumb HTML tags because anilist is aids and
@@ -146,6 +156,39 @@
 	return tmp;
 }
 
+uint64_t HumanReadableSizeToBytes(const std::string& str) {
+	const std::unordered_map<std::string, uint64_t> bytes_map = {
+		{"KB", 1 << 10},
+		{"MB", 1 << 20},
+		{"GB", 1 << 30},
+		{"TB", 1 << 40},
+		{"PB", 1 << 50} /* surely we won't need more than this */
+	};
+
+	for (const auto& suffix : bytes_map) {
+		if (str.find(suffix.first) != std::string::npos) {
+			try {
+				uint64_t size = std::stod(str) * suffix.second;
+				return size;
+			} catch (std::invalid_argument const& ex) {
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ToInt(str, 0);
+}
+
+std::string RemoveLeadingChars(std::string s, const char c) {
+    s.erase(0, std::min(s.find_first_not_of(c), s.size() - 1));
+    return s;
+}
+
+std::string RemoveTrailingChars(std::string s, const char c) {
+	s.erase(s.find_last_not_of(c) + 1, std::string::npos);
+	return s;
+}
+
 bool BeginningMatchesSubstring(const std::string& str, const std::string& sub) {
 	for (unsigned long long i = 0; i < str.length() && i < sub.length(); i++)
 		if (str[i] != sub[i])