Finally release 2.1.0 is here! It's been a while since work started on this release.Anyhow, as mentioned in README file of this repository, the actual releases happen in papermerge/papermerge-core repository (current repo i.e. ciur/papermerge is meta repository which keeps track of all other repos). The biggest change what happened since last beta release is that REST API interface is … Continue reading Papermerge 2.1.0 is finally out!
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On Rewriting Software
Some people say never "rewrite the code from scratch" because it is the "single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make". Other people say "never say never". Maybe sometimes it makes sense to rewrite at least partially the code base? Maybe not? I will discuss at length this interesting idea in a later blog … Continue reading On Rewriting Software
Start Papermerge in 2 minutes with Portainer
In this article I will show you how you can quickly start latest development version of Papermerge using Portainer. Please keep in mind that latest development version of Papermerge is still an early alpha - which means that it is feature incomplete and very buggy - it is definitely not ready for production. Even though … Continue reading Start Papermerge in 2 minutes with Portainer
Page www.papermerge.com is back online
There were some issue with kubernetes deployment which were fixed. http://www.papermerge.com is back online. Demo instance is still offline - will be fixed asap.
Issues with k8s deployments
Currently there are some issues with k8s deployment and part of services will be down until the issue is solved.
On Progress
I have a couple of words to say about Papermerge's development progress - is painfully slow. It is so not because lack of commitment of work - it is so because of the nature of "progress". Progress is done in small, incremental steps with a lot of experimenting, trials and errors between each step.
DMS, EMDS, AMS or maybe RMS – the quest for correct title
Most of the times I refer to Papermerge as "application which manages scanned documents". It is natural term to use, because this is exactly what Papermerge focuses on. However, term scanned documents can be misleading, because the Papermerge is very useful even if you don't have a scanner or never scanned a document in your … Continue reading DMS, EMDS, AMS or maybe RMS – the quest for correct title