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Document generation, signing & trust.

Practical guides and deep dives on generating documents, eIDAS signing, long-term validation, verification, self-hosting and developer integration.

Compliance

eIDAS explained: AdES, QES and QSeal for documents

9 Jul 2026 · 8 min read

A practical guide to the eIDAS electronic signature levels and how to pick the right one.

Product

AI-assisted template authoring in Microsoft Word

2 Jul 2026 · 6 min read

Turn plain-language descriptions into working mail-merge templates.

Trust

PAdES-LTV: keeping signatures valid for decades

18 Jun 2026 · 7 min read

Why a valid signature can fail years later, and how long-term validation prevents it.

Architecture

Self-hosting vs SaaS for document generation

4 Jun 2026 · 8 min read

Data residency, cost, control and compliance in a build-vs-buy analysis.

Trust

Verification and tamper-evidence beyond the PDF

20 May 2026 · 7 min read

Prove a document is authentic without trusting the issuer.

Developers

Integrating document generation over a REST API

6 May 2026 · 9 min read

Authenticate, post data, retrieve a signed PDF - reliably.

Security

HSM, cloud KMS or local PFX: where signing keys live

22 Apr 2026 · 7 min read

Trade-offs between file, KMS and hardware key stores.

Developers

Generating statements at volume: batch and async jobs

8 Apr 2026 · 8 min read

Thousands of personalised, signed documents, reliably and resumably.

Compliance

GDPR and data residency for document workflows

19 Mar 2026 · 7 min read

Keep personal data compliant - and why self-hosting helps.

Authoring

Word template best practices for reliable generation

5 Mar 2026 · 7 min read

Structure Word templates so documents generate cleanly every time.

Trust

Designing multi-party signing workflows

18 Feb 2026 · 7 min read

Sequential vs parallel signing, kept verifiable throughout.

Standards

PDF/A and PDF/UA: archival and accessible documents

4 Feb 2026 · 7 min read

What the archival and accessibility PDF standards require.

Trust

Qualified timestamping and why it matters

21 Jan 2026 · 6 min read

Prove when a document existed, independent of any signer clock.

Developers

Feeding documents from SQL, REST and CSV

7 Jan 2026 · 7 min read

Get data into generation from databases, APIs, CSV and JSON.

DevOps

Running document generation fully air-gapped

17 Dec 2025 · 7 min read

Generate and sign with no internet access.

Authoring

Conditional content and loops in templates

3 Dec 2025 · 6 min read

Show, hide and repeat parts of a document based on data.

Trust

QR verification stamping and public portals

19 Nov 2025 · 6 min read

A scannable code linking to independent proof of authenticity.

Architecture

Multi-tenancy and RBAC for document platforms

5 Nov 2025 · 7 min read

Isolate tenants, model roles, add approval workflows.

Security

Encryption and PDF permissions, done right

22 Oct 2025 · 6 min read

What password types protect, and combining encryption with signing.

Architecture

Migrating off a legacy reporting engine

8 Oct 2025 · 8 min read

Replace heavyweight reporting platforms without a big-bang cutover.

Authoring

Adding barcodes and QR codes to documents

17 Sep 2025 · 6 min read

Generate scannable codes from your data.

Product

Generating documents in many languages

3 Sep 2025 · 7 min read

Per-recipient language and culture-aware formatting at scale.

Compliance

Digital vs electronic signatures vs seals: a primer

20 Aug 2025 · 7 min read

What each term guarantees, legally and technically.

DevOps

Deploying a document platform with Docker Compose

6 Aug 2025 · 8 min read

Database, storage, TLS, secrets, health checks and backups.