Bringing the vision I have to life, one commit at a time!

I decided to build SimplePDF because I was:

• annoyed with the bureaucracy of my dear home country
• knew that there could be a better alternative to "download this PDF form", "fill it in", "send it to email@address.com".

I started building the PDF editor, resting on the shoulders of giants: PDF.JS and PDF-lib.

Once I was happy with the editor, I moved to the form submission part of the problem: allowing users to create forms from a previously uploaded PDF form.

Some time elapsed and I finally found the time to work on the next big piece I had in mind: a company-scoped editor, allowing to easily share URLs of documents while gating all form submissions and document uploads to said company, something like: https://dundermifflin.simplePDF.eu.

I wrote the final part of that vision 3 days ago: the React package @simplepdf/react-embed-pdf – a super simple wrapper that allows any PDF link to be turned into editable documents or embed forms directly into one's website, while communicating under the hood the submitted results.

I've had a product (the editor) for some time, but never a paid product until 3 days ago, and I can't wait to see my users' and potential customers' reaction (I haven't announced it anywhere yet)

Exciting times!