> Try zstd --adapt. This feature automatically adapts the compression ratio as the IO conditions change to make the current optimal tradeoff between CPU and “ke

> Try zstd --adapt. This feature automatically adapts the compression ratio as the IO conditions change to make the current optimal tradeoff between CPU and “keeping the pipe fed”. I didn't know about that, that's neat. These types of articles come up often, and it's good to proselytize about better algorithms. However the end of the article hints at an issue. Most of the hashing and compression in my life are done embedded in some system or protocol that I can't easily change. Yeah, Docker and Debian and Firefox should use zstd but there's not much I can do about it. I may reach for zstd when I'm moving a big file between systems, but I'd have to install it first and much of the time that's not worthwhile.