import { StringDecoder } from 'node:string_decoder';
const bytes = Buffer.from('kit-é', 'utf8');
const decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8');
const text =
  decoder.write(bytes.subarray(0, bytes.length - 1)) +
  decoder.end(bytes.subarray(bytes.length - 1));
console.log(bytes.length);
console.log(text);
console.log(Buffer.from('kit').toString('hex'));