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AugusteLef

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About AugusteLef

Computer Scientist, ex-YC founder (w24 FileForge, API for PDF workflows), now focusing on quantitative finance.

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    Comment #39698013

    Thank you for taking the time. It really helps us define our value proposition and outline the next steps in product development. As you mentioned, the challenge isn't the inabilit…

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    Comment #39693662

    Street smart! But yes, programmatic merging does get complex, especially with large document sizes. It's a balancing act between functionality and handling those technical challeng…

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    Comment #39693527

    It seems there isn't a solution that satisfies everyone so far, indeed. With concerns about languages supported, functionalities, security, etc., there's certainly a lot of room fo…

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    Comment #39683014

    We've updated our pricing, and it can go as low as $0.005 per document. True, you'll still need to work with a third-party vendor, but isn't it worth considering if the features ar…

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    Comment #39682952

    We've adjusted our pricing based on your comments and advice. It's not 100% free, but it now seems to make more sense to most of you. What do you think?

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    Comment #39682903

    We'll adjust the wording until we have a faster renderer. Also, the playground might take a bit longer to render since there's a queue and it's been heavily used! We're on it, than…

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    Comment #39682855

    Got it, thanks!

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    Comment #39681904

    Thanks! We are looking to extend our set of feature and integration, offering self-storing on S3 could definitely be one of them! Good call

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    Comment #39681782

    Exactly. We are aiming at offering a solution to build complex PDF design. Which means having 100% control over the layout (margin, header, footer), the style and also the content.…

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    Comment #39681656

    certifications (SOC2 / ISO27001) and offer an on-premise solution! I see there's already a discussion about pricing, so I'll leave that be. However, would an unlimited volume at a …

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    Comment #39681508

    Sorry for the misunderstanding, we indeed "meant something more like a viewer for Adobe's PDF format rather than Adobe's viewer for PDFs.". We will make sure to change the wording.…

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    Comment #39676069

    True. Security is a significant concern, and in our discussions with businesses, we realised that most of them do not want any kind of data leaving their own systems. This is espec…

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    Comment #39675662

    Ok very interesting, i'll give it a try! Thanks for sharing

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    Comment #39675462

    Never used it actually, is it in between LaTeX and Markdown with the possibility to process JSON input?

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    Comment #39674881

    We do not work with docx and never did it myself but: "DOCX Template API is a tool that allows you to dynamically generate MS Word documents by replacing custom properties using a …

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    Comment #39673983

    Thanks for the tip, I will take a look at it asap

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    Comment #39673973

    Absolutely! It's all about finding the right balance between granting users complete control over the layout and restricting it to ensure specific use cases through templates. As f…

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    Comment #39673167

    Indeed, speed is an issue (and it's hard to tackle). Additionally, when using Chrome, what you see is not always what you get. The layout often doesn't match expectations, especial…

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    Comment #39673098

    As of today we are building our solution on top of PrinceXML/DocRaptor which is considered "to be the best PDF generation API, giving complete control over the documents you need t…

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    Comment #39673041

    Thanks! We're fine-tuning our pricing model and realize we have some work to do in this area hahaha! Indeed, at a certain scale, per-document pricing becomes almost impossible (we'…

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    Comment #39672639

    Indeed it could be a very interesting use case. While we are more "Selling Shovels" it could be interesting to explore this use case and maybe build a simple demo out of it! And ye…

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    Comment #39672596

    We do not. We are also working on getting SOC2 compliant as soon as possible. More about security here: https://docs.onedoclabs.com/ressources/security (especially how we use tempo…

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    Comment #39672468

    As mentioned in another comment, "Onedoc generates tagged PDFs as long as you add a `title` property to the API call to make the PDF UA/1 compliant."! Hope it helps

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    Comment #39671996

    We spent many hours designing and generating PDFs at our previous venture.. terrible experience. Which is why we're now focused on solving this issue!