Purdy with Marty Jones
Purdy with Marty Jones  
Podcast: Rustacean Station
Published On: Fri Apr 08 2022
Description: Allen Wyma talks with Marty Jones, creator of Purdy. Purdy is an experimental PDF renderer built on top of WebGPU. Contributing to Rustacean Station Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor! Twitter: @rustaceanfm Discord: Rustacean Station Github: @rustacean-station Email: hello@rustacean-station.org Timestamps [@0:55] - Marty’s Background [@4:06] - What sparked Marty’s interest in PDFs [@6:21] - What kind of primitives are built into PDF? [@8:56] - How to solve edge cases in PDFs? [@11:54] - Property-based testing [@16:54] - The deciding factor that got Marty into creating his library. [@19:59] - What is Web GPU [@22:13] - Marty’s goal with PDF JS [@24:08] - Why use PDF JS? [@29:02] - Why Marty used Rust instead of JavaScript [@30:15] - What’s next with PDF JS? [@36:51] - Legalities of PDFs [@41:42] - How to reach Marty Other Resources Marty’s Github What is unique about PDF rendering? Credits Intro Theme: Aerocity Audio Editing: Plangora Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset Show Notes: Plangora Hosts: Allen Wyma