It started with a simple problem: I needed to compress a PDF. Just one file. Should've taken 30 seconds.
Instead, I found myself in a maze of sketchy websites plastered with ads, tools that wanted my email "for free access," and software that promised to help but just wanted to upsell me to a subscription.
I'm a developer. I know how this stuff works. I know compressing a PDF doesn't require server processing, email verification, or monthly payments. It just needs good code.
So I built it. Clean. Fast. No BS. Everything runs in your browser - your files never leave your device unless you're converting something that legitimately needs server processing (and even then, they're deleted immediately).
What started as a weekend project became something people actually use. No marketing, no venture capital, no growth hacks. Just a tool that does what it says, nothing more, nothing less.