Implementing gunzip from scratch in Rust

May 15, 2026 [Programming, Rust, Tech, Videos]

Jez and Andy get together for crazy programming hijinks, trying to figure out from scratch how gzip compressions works, starting by making a valid minimal gzipped file, then trying to unzip it.

Read Jez's blog at https://www.jezuk.co.uk/ Read my blog at https://artificialworlds.net/blog

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