By ezytoolz on Skatehive
There's a category of tools that doesn't get talked about much in developer circles — not because they're obscure, but because they're almost too simple to write about. No APIs. No configuration. No stack decisions. Just open a tab, do the thing, close the tab. I've been building and maintaining a web platform for about a year now, and these seven tools have become part of my actual daily workflow. Not aspirationally bookmarked — actually used. Here's what they are and why I reach for them. Browser-Based PDF Compression This comes up more than I expected when I started working on a project that involved user-uploaded documents. The problem: users were uploading PDFs that were 15–20MB because they'd exported from design tools with maximum quality settings. The upload limit was 5MB. Asking users to "please compress your file first" is a support ticket waiting to happen. For my own testing and document work, I use EzyToolz Compress PDF. Drop the file in, select compression level, download