https://oshea00.github.io/tags/software/ Recent content in Software on MikesBlog Hugo -- 0.165.0 en-us Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oshea00.github.io/posts/bespoke-software/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://oshea00.github.io/posts/bespoke-software/ <figure class="align-center "> <img loading="lazy" src="images/cutecomputerwoodworking.jpg#center"/> </figure> <p>I&rsquo;m probably not the only one annoyed at Adobe Software&rsquo;s licensing model, with its ever-increasing subscription pricing, combined with the incessant cross-selling ads in the products, and intrusive update reminders. So I decided to replace Adobe Acrobat with my own internal product written using Claude Code and Opus 5.5. It is called &ldquo;MyPDF.&rdquo;</p> <figure> <img loading="lazy" src="images/MyPdfScreen.png"/> <figcaption> <p>Figure 1. MyPDF Screenshot.</p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The total cost of this effort was less than $20, and it took about six hours of my time. It is checked into a private repository on Github, and I can deploy new releases, as needed, in a matter of minutes. I&rsquo;ve uninstalled Adobe Acrobat from all my internal systems and made &ldquo;MyPDF&rdquo; the default for <code>*.pdf</code> files.</p>