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I've reached the same conclusion, and I've been using zstd unless I want extremely fast (de)compression with lz4. And even when I still have to use gzip (the f

I've reached the same conclusion, and I've been using zstd unless I want extremely fast (de)compression with lz4. And even when I still have to use gzip (the format), the executables of libdeflate are fully compatible and noticeably faster than gzip/gunzip (the tool).

jrockway 2y ago
This was on HN a while ago https://jolynch.github.io/posts/use_fast_data_algorithms/ https://jolynch.github.io/posts/use_fast_data_algorithms/ and reaches the same conclusion. I am inclined to use Zstd even in cases where people would use lz4. Zstd is very fast.