2026
thepdf.tools
“PDF tools that can’t see your files.” Merge, split, organise, and images → PDF — all running entirely in the browser. No upload, no account.
—— shahab.dev ——
And the harmonica solos that interrupted them.
i.
Programmer in Toronto, mostly writing TypeScript and a little Go. I build small tools for the web — the kind that fit on one screen and explain themselves before you read the docs.
Lately at the edge: Cloudflare Workers, Pages, R2. The constraint of a tight runtime makes the program better. I’d rather ship a thing that does one job well than a platform that promises everything.
Off the keyboard: cooking, reading, playing the harmonica, and singing for anyone who’ll listen.
ii.
2026
“PDF tools that can’t see your files.” Merge, split, organise, and images → PDF — all running entirely in the browser. No upload, no account.
2025
Q&A and summaries for PDFs and EPUBs. Every answer cited by page number — built for documents too dense to read end-to-end.