Feels like infringing on the ILovePDF trademark. (Backpiggying on an established brand to make it look like you are affiliated, or the actual brand)
Looking at the site, I don't think there's a legal issue
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Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#32Seems like Clientside PDF editors are the new "hello world" app these days. From the last couple months on Show HN alone: Show HN: PDF Quick – Free PDF tools with 100% client-side processing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094734 Show HN: A privacy-first, client-side toolbox (PDF, Imgs, Dev) no server uploads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46018221 Show HN: FileZen – Client-side PDF and Video tools using…
Half of them also have a very obviously vibecoded front-end that looks exactly the same
Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#33Might be better to provide a downloadable executable instead of asking the user to trust that the browser isn't doing what the browser was designed to do.
I disagree on that. I think that the main value of this kind of tools is "no installation required".
There are already free PDF editors that can be downloaded and installed once forever. What I used most is Libreoffice Draw: it imports a PDF, edit it as if it were a file in its own format, export as PDF again. It's not the only choice. Firefox has had a vanilla PDF editor since last year: download a PDF or drag one inside the browser window, edit it, save it. It's enough to add a PNG of my signature and fill out forms.
Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah, I’m not sure. I’m not directly using their name, and it’s not related, right? It shouldn’t cause any issues, correct?
well you clearly state that your naming is based on their naming with this sentence "The Privacy-First Alternative to" even if it might not stand before court it is enough for a lawyer to write you a letter that is not 100% baseless.
Law aside, it feels fake, phishy, like a pair of shoes that say Adibos.
Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#35Was this done heavily LLM assisted? Especially the PDF Edit tools have user-interaction quirks and bugs that a human developer would catch immediately during the regular manual testing when developing. I'd suggest you at least try and mitigate that by having the LLM do extensive e2e testing if you aren't interested in using your own product.
It’s still a work in progress. I used an LLM to speed up development, and I’ve done the testing, but I’ll keep improving it no doubt
How much of this is LLM derived and how much of it is yours?
Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#36Seems like Clientside PDF editors are the new "hello world" app these days. From the last couple months on Show HN alone: Show HN: PDF Quick – Free PDF tools with 100% client-side processing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094734 Show HN: A privacy-first, client-side toolbox (PDF, Imgs, Dev) no server uploads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46018221 Show HN: FileZen – Client-side PDF and Video tools using…
Good point! I don't understand why this link received so many points.
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#37Seeing it on GitHub I thought there was source code so that I can self-host it. Unfortunately that’s not the case :(
Really nice project btw!
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#38I developed an aversion to "with love"-marketing. I've seen too many products come full circle from idealistic "ad-free-forever" "will-never-sell-your-data" "open-source-forever" "customer-first" student-times to selling out everything.
Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#39Seems like Clientside PDF editors are the new "hello world" app these days. From the last couple months on Show HN alone: Show HN: PDF Quick – Free PDF tools with 100% client-side processing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094734 Show HN: A privacy-first, client-side toolbox (PDF, Imgs, Dev) no server uploads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46018221 Show HN: FileZen – Client-side PDF and Video tools using…
Good point! I don't understand why this link received so many points.
Re: Show HN: Pdfwithlove – PDF tools that run 100% locally (no uploads, no back end)
#40I developed an aversion to "with love"-marketing. I've seen too many products come full circle from idealistic "ad-free-forever" "will-never-sell-your-data" "open-source-forever" "customer-first" student-times to selling out everything.
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