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Remember the purple, blurry, and sometimes damp worksheets from school? I was thinking about those this weekend and wanted a side project to work on. I developed a free and secure site to take any PDF document and add ditto/mimeograph, bad copier, or clogged inkjet effects to them.
If you remember the 90s—the pixel art, the specific way those old games sounded, and the tension of making a choice that actually mattered—you know the vibe I am going for. I wanted to create a place that felt like those old stories but also gave people the tools to build their own.
I ran the same WordPress site for 15 years. Here is how I rebuilt it on EmDash and Cloudflare Workers, built custom plugins, and cut my monthly hosting bill to $5.
I'm thankful for the opportunity to travel to a small village in Honduras again this year.