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As a black box it works. It produces smaller binaries. when extracted matching bit-by-bit to the original file.

I tested across 100 packages. better efficiency across the board.

But I don't know if I (or anyone) want to maintain software like this. Where it's a complete black box.

it was a fun experiment though. proves that with a robust testing harness you can do interesting things with pure AI coding



I think the copyright issue is the bigger one to solve, you can't really contribute it anywhere because you don't actually own it. You'll need to convince potential users somehow that you're in it for the long haul and not having ownership is going to put the brakes on distribution.




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