How I Made PDF Table Rendering 95% Faster in an Afternoon

Posted by alemos on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:32AM
from the kb.itextpdf.com dept.

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Re:How I Made PDF Table Rendering 95% Faster in an Afternoon by alemos on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:32AM (#44002691)

"That's tagging a 50k cell table almost 40x faster. Not bad for an afternoon's work, eh?"

Commits that made it happen:

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Re:How I Made PDF Table Rendering 95% Faster in an Afternoon by CJefferson on Saturday May 17, 2025 @04:04AM (#44012818)

Always nice to see some digging into algorithms, and low level details.

Also, bonus points for speeding up tagging, and helping those who need accessible PDFs!

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