I’ve been using ReportLabs to make pdfs in Python. It took some getting used to but I can put together just about anything I can imagine. I still get a little lost when I need to dig into the source code and how it generates pdfs from templates though.

It’s a tax break for corporations, and bulk sales to companies is easier for health care providers than working with individuals. The squeeze comes together after a time.

Depends on the project. If it’s for fun, sure make all the square wheels you want and learn how to make them round. But if you just want your project to work you’d find something to use. Really depends on the developers goals.

What helps me is asking Copilot to try doing it. When it spits out garbage; if it hits any of my targets I can tune it from there.

What else is reasonable to use to uniquely identify users? A username they’ll forget? A phone number maybe? But who wants to give their phone number to some company? We could use SSN like Korea, but that’s way too far for a typical user.