Researcher Rebuilds iLovePDF Compression Tool with Claude

A Cambridge researcher used Claude to build a Rust PDF compression tool that matches iLovePDF's performance. Claude derived 15 compression techniques on its own, validated on a test set of 5,000 PDFs.

2026-09-27 ~ 2026-09-27 · 2 related posts

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