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Re:Show HN: I built a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat PDF ... by bobsingor on Thursday August 14, 2025 @07:10PM (#44906808)
The main goal was to make a PDF viewer that is easy for developers to integrate into their websites with minimal setup, while PDF.js can be harder to customize and extend for certain use cases
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Re:Show HN: I built a free alternative to Adobe Acrobat PDF ... by wg0 on Friday August 15, 2025 @07:01AM (#44910834)
Out of curiosity:

- Is it written from scratch? - Did you have prior experience with PDF format and rendering?

Stupid question: Do you feel LLMs can do that kind of work beyond typical SPAs with forms and CRUD?

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