Paul Stovell discusses the potential benefits and challenges of integrating remote delta compression into Octopus Deploy to optimize file transfers during deployments. He explains that while traditional home-grown deployment solutions use tools like Robocopy to sync only changed files, Octopus Deploy utilizes NuGet packages, which can lead to bandwidth inefficiencies when changes occur. To address this, Stovell explores delta compression, inspired by rsync's remote delta algorithm, and introduces Octodiff, a tool he created for Octopus Deploy that allows for efficient file comparisons and smaller data transfers. Octodiff, a managed implementation hosted on GitHub and licensed under the Apache license, can create file deltas without requiring both files to be on the same machine. Although ZIP files, used in NuGet packages, perform better than anticipated with delta compression, Stovell invites users to test Octodiff and provide feedback on its effectiveness in real-world scenarios before fully integrating it into Octopus.