Jean-Loup Gailly : l'homme derrière gzip et zlib
Summary
The article profiles Jean-Loup Gailly, the creator of gzip and co-creator of zlib, explaining how licensing constraints on the old compress utility led to a free, portable compression tool that powers much of the web. It highlights the broad impact of gzip/zlib in Linux, PNG, Git, and HTTP compression, and notes how these foundational tools operate quietly in everyday web activity.