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2•PseudoComputer•1h ago
Hi guys, about three weeks ago we posted about our project, LuxPDF.com, to try and solve the problem of bad PDF WebApps in 2025, by creating an open-sourced, completely free & client side application.

Since then we've made a lot of progress and received so much feedback. We never thought as college students we would ever get 250 stars on GitHub, $20 in donations, or 10,000 unique visitors in just 2 weeks building such a boring project. We've worked hard adding new features, fixing bugs (and man there are/were so many bugs when we first launched haha), and even though it's a small project it's been so fun.

But yea, we just wanted to post an update, we now offer over 25+ tools (we launched with about 10), we fixed some bugs, made UI changes, fixed problems with Mobile Users etc. We're still in early-stage development, so obviously expect some features to be a little buggy, but we hope you enjoy the new update!

Our source of monetization is still the same, donations and sponsorships. All we're asking simply is, if you value what we do, we warmly welcome your support, whether it's just recommending our site to a friend or colleague, finding bugs, suggesting new features, or donating through BuyMeACoffee. Any donators/sponsors will have their names/banner and a custom message of their choice listed on the webapp, as a Thank You. Absolutely feel free to email us for any questions (Admin@LuxPDF.com)

Have a good one :)

BuyMeACoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/luxpdf GitHub Repo: https://github.com/VSRemoter/LuxPDF Link: https://luxpdf.com/

Tim O'Reilly – Is AI a "Normal Technology"?

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/is-ai-a-normal-technology/
1•rmason•2m ago•0 comments

Vikings were captivated by silver – analysis reveals how far they travelled

https://theconversation.com/vikings-were-captivated-by-silver-our-new-analysis-of-their-precious-loot-reveals-how-far-they-travelled-to-get-it-263222
1•zeristor•3m ago•0 comments

Recreationally overengineering my Location History

https://overengineer.dev/blog/2025/08/19/overengineering-location-history/
1•kickofline•3m ago•0 comments

What Happens When a Generation of Scientists Changes Its Mind

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-entire-scientific-field-changes-its-mind/
1•CharlesW•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: 1999date – Dating Like It's 1999

https://1999date.com
1•DavCreator•5m ago•0 comments

New zero-day startup offers $20M for tools that can hack any smartphone

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/new-zero-day-startup-offers-20-million-for-tools-that-can-hack-any-smartphone/
2•kingforaday•5m ago•0 comments

Pope Leo to share papal apartments with 'flatmates'

https://thecatholicherald.com/article/pope-leo-to-share-papal-apartments-with-flatmates
1•Michelangelo11•6m ago•0 comments

Wavacity – Online Audio Editor Based on Audacity

https://wavacity.com/
1•janandonly•7m ago•0 comments

Vienna has been declared a renters' utopia – here's why

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/10/housing-crisis-in-europe-vienna-renters-social-housing
1•drankl•9m ago•0 comments

Moving Money Isn't the Same as Building a Business

https://www.anildash.com/2025/08/20/moving_money_ain%E2%80%99t_building_a_business/
3•sealeck•10m ago•0 comments

Stephanie Shirley, Who Created a Tech World for Women, Dies at 91

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/business/stephanie-shirley-dead.html
2•donohoe•10m ago•0 comments

Let `jj absorb` help you keep a clean commit history

https://www.pauladamsmith.com/blog/2025/08/jj-absorb.html
3•todsacerdoti•11m ago•0 comments

The CodeRabbit exploit: proof that "boring mistakes" cause big security failures

https://railsfever.com/blog/security-best-practices-web-apps-lessons-coderabbit-exploit/
1•quantum_mech•11m ago•1 comments

Disco: Running Commodity Operating Systems on Scalable Multiprocessors [pdf]

https://lass.cs.umass.edu/~shenoy/courses/fall07/papers/disco.pdf
1•rbanffy•13m ago•0 comments

Oregon Man Accused of Operating One of Most Powerful Attack 'Botnets' Ever Seen

https://www.wsj.com/tech/oregon-man-accused-of-operating-one-of-most-powerful-attack-botnets-ever-seen-380b2caf
2•voxadam•15m ago•1 comments

iOS/iPadOS/macOS updates fix actively exploited ImageIO memory corruption

https://support.apple.com/en-us/124925
2•tech234a•15m ago•0 comments

In defence of the Online Safety Act

https://thecritic.co.uk/in-defence-of-the-online-safety-act/
1•drankl•15m ago•0 comments

Becoming Capable

1•JosephForesight•17m ago•0 comments

Cycle-Accurate 8088 Emulation [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qatzd0niz9A
1•matt_d•17m ago•0 comments

UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEb_YL1K1Qg
2•matt_d•20m ago•0 comments

Why American painter Lois Dodd is finally getting her dues at 98

https://www.ft.com/content/705c3cbf-b5f6-4bb5-bca3-893236505353
2•drankl•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a tool to convert WhatsApp chats to PDF

https://chattopdf.app
1•gprogrammer1•22m ago•0 comments

Nuclear can dial down/up 80% on hourly basis

https://www.ft.com/content/22a594a0-39a4-4f4e-9f4f-e32c4905119d
2•julcol•26m ago•3 comments

Record Label Is Trying to Silence Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBq_krhKbW4
2•belter•28m ago•2 comments

The Four Dimensions of Tone of Voice

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/tone-of-voice-dimensions/
1•handfuloflight•28m ago•0 comments

Learn the Basics of Synthesizers

https://learningsynths.ableton.com/en/get-started
1•interweb•29m ago•0 comments

Stop Fighting Housing Development vs. Flood Control: Houston vs. Jersey City

https://www.governance.fyi/p/stop-fighting-housing-development
2•guardianbob•29m ago•1 comments

NASA's 10 rules for safety critical code

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_10:_Rules_for_Developing_Safety-Critical_Code
2•azhenley•31m ago•1 comments

Trump says U.S. will not approve solar or wind power projects

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html
13•donsupreme•33m ago•8 comments

Humble Bundle: Software Architecture

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/software-architecture-2025-oreilly-books
1•shikaan•33m ago•0 comments