Lossy Compression Conserving the Physics
A closed-form layer for lossy scientific compression.
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A codec-agnostic, closed-form layer that gives ZFP and other lossy scientific compressors exact conservation of a global invariant — at near-zero ratio overhead. - alikamp/conserved-field-compression
PH · launched Sep 18, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: file and data compression tools · 100 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +75% · Explore this niche →
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- Data infrastructure
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- GitHub
- Data Science
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Could you build this?
No This product represents specialized academic and mathematical research in scientific compression algorithms and physics-conserving numerical methods.
What it would actually take: Building this requires advanced numerical analysis and HPC expertise: formulating closed-form mathematical projection operators that enforce physical conservation laws (such as mass or momentum) onto lossy compressed floating-point grids. The software is written in low-level C/C++ or Fortran and integrated directly into scientific compressors like ZFP or SZ.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 333 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #219 of 334 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 298 days after the earliest competitor.
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- UltraCompress · hn · 2026-05-08 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- RTI · github · 2026-09-10 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- fieldcraft · github · 2026-10-13 · 31 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- sirocco · github · 2026-10-17 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- nf12 · github · 2026-11-06 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- zkGolf · hn · 2026-07-02 · 69 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- I made a new compression algorithm · hn · 2026-01-29 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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