Pystitcher
Dev tools
pdf processing cli
SHOW HN2021
117points
19comments
#449of 2,533 in 2021
Top 18%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Docs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast builds, about 2 seconds for an 800 page compilation
From 1 comment
I've tested it against a 800 page compilation and didn't face any issues : https://github.com/captn3m0/pdp-book. Takes ~2 seconds for a fresh build on my system right now. ```…
captn3m0 on HN
Objections
Calling the Markdown input declarative is a misuse; it is a config or input file
From 3 comments
"using a declarative input in the form of a markdown file" You mean a markdown formatted config file. All config files are declarative; an imperative config file would be bizarre.
throwaway984393 on HNIf you unwrap the covers a bit more behind the terminology it becomes a little more clear when to use what terms (and what they imply). Terraform and Make implement declarative…
throwaway984393 on HNWell you can call it anything you want, I'm just saying it looks weird to call it declarative when you're not describing either control flow or logic.
throwaway984393 on HN
Questions
What is the performance like for a project?
From 1 comment
Neat, this looks pretty useful for a project I'm working on. What's the performance like?
GranPC on HN
Alternatives named
pdftk
From 1 comment
I haven't used Pdftk for some of the things detailed in the article, so I don't know: other than being declarative, what's better about this than Pdftk? I've always been able to…
JasonFruit on HN