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Honest takes on document conversion, PDF generation, and the tooling decisions developers actually face in production.

Feature June 27, 2026 · 10 min read

PDF Templates for Developers: Stop Rebuilding Your Invoice Layout

Define your document layout once, store it by ID, and generate pixel-perfect PDFs by passing JSON data. No HTML string per request, no Chromium to manage.

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Production Engineering June 20, 2026 · 8 min read

Why PDF Conversion Fails in Production (And How to Fix It)

Missing fonts, environment inconsistencies, scaling bottlenecks, poor error handling — the real reasons PDF conversion breaks in production and how to build a reliable pipeline.

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Deep Dive June 15, 2026 · 8 min read

The HTML to PDF Problem Nobody Warned You About

CSS breaks, fonts vanish, page breaks cut tables in half. Every major HTML-to-PDF conversion failure developers hit in production — documented honestly.

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