+ BentoPDF started off as just a simple internal tool I used for + quickly merging and splitting PDFs. +
++ At some point, I decided to + share it on Reddit. Someone in the comments + asked if it was open source. I thought, “Why not?” So a couple of weeks later, I + put the code on GitHub. +
++ I posted it on + r/selfhosted + the next day, and that's when things really started to take off. +
++ I honestly never thought BentoPDF would grow into what it is + today. It started as a little tool I made for myself, and + somehow it turned into a much bigger project used by people all + over the world.