# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion

• Developers discussed improving "pdfparanoia," an open-source tool for removing identifying watermarks from academic PDFs, with plans to add watermark detection and metadata injection functionality to enhance privacy for researchers sharing papers.

• The group worked on architectural improvements to "paperbot," a tool for fetching academic papers, focusing on modularization and adding DOI support to make the system more robust and maintainable.

• A technical debate emerged about whether to leverage Zotero's translation framework or build custom solutions for parsing academic publisher websites, with concerns that Zotero's XPath-focused approach might limit flexibility.

• Participants discussed integration between paperbot and repositories like sci-hub and Library Genesis (libgen), with some advocating for libgen to become the primary public archive for academic papers.

• The conversation explored various technical approaches for accessing paywalled papers, including Gecko+SlimerJS, PhantomJS, Python+WebkitGTK+, and custom JavaScript solutions.

• Hackerspace sustainability was discussed, with the consensus that membership fees alone are insufficient, suggesting alternative revenue streams like consulting, contract research, and co-working space models.

• Participants identified commercial drone/UAV aerial photography as a potential business opportunity, particularly for real estate, agricultural crop yield estimation, and tourism, though FAA regulations were noted as a significant barrier.