How I Made PDF Table Rendering 95% Faster in an Afternoon (kb.itextpdf.com) 7 points by alemos 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] alemos 1y ago ↗ "That's tagging a 50k cell table almost 40x faster. Not bad for an afternoon's work, eh?"Commits that made it happen:https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/71451319ebb9463d2...https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/b50c34e14f012993f...https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/b6b212971e285a4a8...https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/0626cd422a275ac40...
[–] CJefferson 1y ago ↗ 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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[ 0.98 ms ] story [ 12.4 ms ] threadCommits that made it happen:
https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/71451319ebb9463d2...
https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/b50c34e14f012993f...
https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/b6b212971e285a4a8...
https://github.com/itext/itext-java/commit/0626cd422a275ac40...
Also, bonus points for speeding up tagging, and helping those who need accessible PDFs!