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While implementing a bounding box system, I discovered — almost by accident! — an unexpected and remarkable property of operator overloading in ExtendScript. This post is technically dense, but the concepts explored are worth the cognitive effort...

Our IdExtenso framework includes a tiny module called $$.ArrayAs2D, previously


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In a world where everything is evaporating, where no human collective seems strong enough to resist the constant deception, one ends up wondering where to turn, to whom to pray, with whom to build. I don't have the answer, but the least I can do is mention the rare islands of genuine solidarity. Creative Coding Collective, a community born from a Slack group ...


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The latest version of IndexMatic (26-Dec-2025) fixes several bugs identified in the XML/IDML output layer. The typical error you might encounter was an internal XML error message (with some formatting settings) or the dialog box freezing at 50% when generating the index in InDesign or IDMS form…

We can never say it enough: the


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Sometimes, the most interesting development stories begin with a simple email from an unexpected corner of the world. This summer brought one such adventure with SmartSort, our language-aware paragraph sorting script for InDesign…

In July 2025, John Bishop, a Toponymist working for the Cree Government in northern Quebec, reached out with an intrigui...


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