So it’s essentially using a few compression techniques 1. Palettes aka dictionary compression 2. Storing as column arrays + run length encoding 2. Binary enc

So it’s essentially using a few compression techniques 1. Palettes aka dictionary compression 2. Storing as column arrays + run length encoding 2. Binary encoding instead of ascii All standard techniques used in modern compression, especially columnstore databases. Very well written and approachable by a beginner.