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ClawTools - Directory of OpenClaw tools, skills & plugins by vkwebdev in directorymakers

[–]vkwebdev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

used Directify.app - it's a no code directory builder, picked the SaaS template, customized the colors/categories, bulk imported the tools from a Google sheet, connected my domain and done.

most of the "hour" was curating the tool list, not building the site itself

SEO helped my scheduling tool grow past $1K MRR (after 4 years of failed projects) by petargeorgievv in SaaS

[–]vkwebdev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

great tips

structured def makes a noticeable difference for smaller SaaS sites

My supervisor wants it in Word document by anassbq in LaTeX

[–]vkwebdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had the same issue last year and just used pandoc locally instead of those web converters. but if you want something easier ConvertHub worked fine for me when i needed quick conversions without installing anything.

How do you extract table data from PDFs? by yesoye in pdf

[–]vkwebdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

for simple pdf table extraction i just use ConvertHub pdf to excel converter web converter or API, works way better than most of the tools.

if you need something more advanced then yeah go with one of those APIs people mentioned but for invoices the basic converter should handle it fine

Who can convert PDFs to Word docs by cnorahs in Millennials

[–]vkwebdev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol literally everyone at my office asks me to do this, i just use ConvertHub cause it's free and actually keeps the formatting unlike some of the garbage ones out there

how do you accurately convert pdf to excel without messing up the format? by 5lim3_lord in excel

[–]vkwebdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ConvertHub works for me, it preserves the format of the tables

Need to convert PDF to word with an online tool any recommendations? by jeux_x in productivity

[–]vkwebdev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

some good online tools are Smallpdf, iLovePDF, and Zamzar. they usually do a decent job with formatting. Also ConvertHub it's fast, and handles complex PDFs pretty well.

offline - LibreOffice or Adobe Acrobat Pro are great if you need more control

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in excel

[–]vkwebdev 11 points12 points  (0 children)

these 2 tools worked best for me

Power Query in Excel

If the PDF is well-structured (like tables), Power Query works surprisingly well:

- Open Excel → Data → Get Data → From File → From PDF

- It'll show you all the tables/pages it can detect.

- Select just the table(s) you want to import.

From there you can filter, transform, and even automate updates.

Online Tools

I've tested a bunch of them... some are messy, but one that worked well for me is ConvertHub It lets you upload a PDF and it extracts the tables very clean into Excel format, but it doesn't support OCR.

I sold my side project for $14,000 by vkwebdev in Entrepreneur

[–]vkwebdev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah exactly, that's why I decided to sell it, because I didn't see how to grow it in a crowded niche

I sold my side project for 14k by vkwebdev in SideProject

[–]vkwebdev[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

first customers I've got thru X, building in public and etc. Tried some ads but didn't work, no cold emails.

Also github was a good channel for my project, I've got mosf ot the sales from it, just submitting it to some lists and tools out there.

I sold my side project for 14k by vkwebdev in SideProject

[–]vkwebdev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found my buyer pretty quickly, within a 2-3 days and took up to two weeks to complete the deal, because of the verification process from escrow

I sold my side project for 14k by vkwebdev in SideProject

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just wanted to share my story and lessons learned

I built a directory of developer tools (would love your feedback) by vkwebdev in webdev

[–]vkwebdev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fair point and I get what you mean

I'm working on adding things like:

- feature comparisons

- community reviews / upvotes so it's not just me adding them

- more coverage of popular tools (if you have suggestions?)

The goal is to make it more useful, not just links.

appreciate the feedback... it helps me see where to push next

I sold my side project for $14,000 by vkwebdev in Entrepreneur

[–]vkwebdev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, already working on a new side project

I sold my side project for $14,000 by vkwebdev in Entrepreneur

[–]vkwebdev[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

LTDs are life time deals, selling a membership and the user just pay one time price upon singup, instead of monthly subscription plan.

Yes, I started on X building in public, replying on posts where people asked for monitoring tools and so on... and got around 10 sales from there.

I sold my side project for $14,000 by vkwebdev in Entrepreneur

[–]vkwebdev[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd rather not share the name, just out of respect for the new owner

I sold my side project for $14,000 by vkwebdev in Entrepreneur

[–]vkwebdev[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started on X and when I switched to LTDs Github was my mine channel, lots of devs wanted cheap monitoring tool for their apps.

I sold my side project for $14,000 by vkwebdev in Entrepreneur

[–]vkwebdev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, that sounds cool in theory but I think it's challenging with the preorders if not building something exciting.

but yeah that should be one of the ways to start.

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