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Products that do what I used streaming to skip downloading my 45GB dataset does

1. 1
   Skippy▲93

   YouTube videos turned into books. Watch faster, even deeper.

   2017

2. 2
   Skip Silence 3▲116

   Skip silence in audio and video online

   2020

3. 3IW
   I wrote a ~2KB executable file HTTP file downloader without Libc▲9

   Mar 2026 · github.com

4. 4OA
   Overfitted a 900KB Transformer to Compress a 100MB CSV into 7MB▲112

   I built an experiment that uses an overfitted transformer and arithmetic coding to compress individual files. Instead of training the model to generalize, I train a 900KB transformer to memorize a single file and predict the next byte. Those predictions are fed into an arithmetic coder to produce the compressed output. On a 100MB NYC taxi CSV, it compresses to about 7MB (~0.5 bits/byte). On a 100MB slice of enwik9, it compresses to about 21MB (~1.68 bits/byte). It's pretty slow right now (roughly 20–30 minutes of training and 45 minutes each for compression and decompression on my…

   Jun 2026

5. 5PS
   Pocket Stream Archive – A personal Way-Back Machine▲217

   2017 · github.com

6. 6IB
   I built a simple web app for streaming videos▲127

   2020 · peer-flix.herokuapp.com

7. 7
   Encoder Farm▲92

   10x cheaper cloud encoding

   2018

8. 8IM
   I made a site that lets you stream any torrent▲71

   2019 · myplay.meetchopra.com

9. 9SS
   Streambed – Stream Postgres to Iceberg on S3, Supports Postgres Wire▲129

   May 2026 · github.com

10. 10
    MovBucket▲93

    Instantly stream torrents in the browser for free.

    2015

11. 11
    Bitport Torrents▲118

    Download torrents to your cloud and stream them securely :)

    2015

12. 12
    Narrative Data Streams▲99

    Find, buy, and activate the exact data you need instantly.

    2020

13. 13SU
    Stream-unzip – stream unZIP files in Python▲27

    2021 · github.com

14. 14DT
    Download the first 10,002,378 HN comments/stories as one archive▲90

    Magnet link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:44c65b5779d9d8021e002584fa73740f36d052a6&dn=10m_hn_comments_sorted Go to https://hn-archive.appspot.com/ for the torrent file / source code. I'll be semi-frequently checking the story and answering any questions which may come up.

    2015

15. 15IM
    I made a tool to extract YouTube transcripts and skip the fluff▲6

    2025 · transcriptgenerator.org

16. 16SS
    Station307 – Stream files between cURL, Wget and/or browser▲45

    2016 · station307.com

17. 17IC
    I copied SoundCloud's playcontrol with a offline local storage pubsub▲15

    2020 · simon-frey.com

18. 18PC
    PGet – Chunk downloader for python▲25

    2017 · github.com

19. 19H2
    HTTP/2 HPACK Compression Go Library▲40

    2016 · github.com

20. 20SC
    Skipvid.com – Easily create and share auto skipping video links▲6

    2018 · skipvid.com

21. 21EV
    Eliminate video buffering with a Chrome extension▲5

    This extension will replace videos on websites with a custom one that use download acceleration to prebuffer as you watch. It works on most websites, including Youtube. Fortuitously, it is also able to bypass Youtube's anti-adblock shenanigans. I started this project in high school to fix the terrible video players used on most websites. Since then, I've received a lot of feedback from my users and FastStream has improved significantly. Now that most bugs have been ironed out, I think I am ready to share it here on HN. It is still undergoing rapid development (multiple releases every week),…

    2023 · faststream.online

22. 22UF
    Unzip from 500MB remote archive in 400ms or less▲10

    2017 · npmjs.com

23. 23IS
    Instantly stream torrents in the browser▲22

    2015 · movbucket.com

24. 24IB
    I Built a Transcription CLI Because Uploading 4GB Videos Was Killing Me▲6

    Oct 2025 · medium.com

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