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Mohammad Bakhsh

Case study · Web application

FaaTools

A browser-first online tools platform where PDFs, images and text are processed on the visitor's own device.

Client
Own product
Period
2025
Status
Live
Pillars
Digital Projects · AI & Automation
FaaTools homepage with a tool search bar, category filters and popular tools such as Merge PDF and Image Resizer

01

Most free online tools upload your files to a server you know nothing about. I wanted a tools site that keeps files on the visitor's own device, loads fast, and can grow from a handful of tools to more than a hundred without every new tool needing its own layout, SEO setup and navigation.

02

I own the product: the idea, the structure, the interface and the build, developed with AI-assisted coding.

03

  • Privacy by design. PDF, image and text processing runs in the browser. There is no account system, no database and no file storage on the server.
  • One registry, every page. Each tool is a single entry of structured data (name, category, keywords, privacy notes, SEO and related tools) that generates its page, metadata and internal links.
  • Only load what is used. Each tool's code loads on its own page, so the shared JavaScript stays small.
  • Automated releases. Every change is linted, type-checked and built on GitHub, then deployed with health checks and automatic rollback.

04

  • Tool registry and information architecture.
  • Interface design with reusable tool workspaces.
  • In-browser PDF tools: merge, compress, convert to images, edit and password-protect.
  • Technical SEO: canonical URLs, Open Graph, sitemap and robots files.
  • A deployment pipeline to shared hosting with rollback.

05

  • Live at faatools.com with 39 tools.
  • Files for PDF, image and text tools never leave the visitor's device.
  • Adding a tool means adding one registry entry and its workspace.
  • [RESULT: e.g. monthly visitors or most-used tools]

06

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • pdf-lib
  • pdf.js
  • GitHub Actions
  • Namecheap cPanel

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