iLoveTools
Privacy-friendly everyday tools that work right in your browser.
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iLoveTools is a growing collection of fast, privacy-friendly tools for everyday tasks.
Convert and edit PDFs, work with images, generate QR codes, use financial calculators, format developer data, and more, all from one place.
Wherever possible, files are processed locally inside your browser instead of being uploaded to a server. There is no account required for the core tools, so you can simply open a tool, get the job done, and leave.
iLoveTools is built around three ideas: useful tools, simple interfaces, and privacy by default.
New tools are being added regularly.
Here are some key features:
Privacy-first browser processing
No signup required
PDF compression with quality comparison
PDF merge and split tools
Full browser-based PDF Studio
PDF editing, annotation and signatures
Image conversion and compression
Image resizing and editing tools
QR code generator with custom designs
Financial calculators with interactive charts
Developer and text utilities
Files stay on your device whenever possible
Fast, modern and mobile-friendly interface
Light and dark mode
Free everyday tools
New tools added regularly
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FounderPlaybooks.
What other founders did to grow.
2722 dispatches from hundreds of founders, pulled from the week's best podcasts.
If you can bootstrap it if you can control your own destiny like do it... don't fall victim to that like just that story that you think is like the classic silicon valley startup story which is you go you raise a big round and you have an it never works it never works that way.
Don't Fetishize VC Fundraising — Bootstrap If You Can Control Your Own Destiny
AllTrails reached 1M paid subscribers and 25M registered users having raised just $3M in primary capital over its whole history before the Spectrum deal — essentially bootstrapped. Ron's advice to founders: resist the Silicon Valley narrative that equates a big fundraise with success. Over-raising early breeds bad habits, unsustainable channels, and misaligned incentives. The subscription annuity model is especially forgiving of slow, organic growth.
all of our content is free there's about 30 courses but you lose interactivity after a certain point if you're not a paying member
Gate Interactivity Not Content to Convert Free Users Into Paying Members
Boot.dev's monetization model makes all content freely readable but restricts hands-on interactivity for non-paying members. Lane described this as an experiment that worked because it lets people genuinely understand the product before being asked to pay. The result: 25,332 active paying members on a platform where the content itself is never paywalled.
There's a play for whatever you're stuck on.
Read all 2722 playbooks