When your "compressed database" is both larger and slower to query than the plaintext, has an unstable on disk format, and isn't even crash safe like journald's

When your "compressed database" is both larger and slower to query than the plaintext, has an unstable on disk format, and isn't even crash safe like journald's database I have to assume it's a sick joke and not a serious upgrade from plaintext logs on a (compressing) file system.