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Re:OpenZL: An Open Source Format-Aware Compression Framework by zzulus on Monday October 06, 2025 @03:29PM (#45495292)
Meta's Nimble is natively integrated with OpenZL (pre-OSS version), and is insanely benefiting from it.
Re:OpenZL: An Open Source Format-Aware Compression Framework by terrelln on Monday October 06, 2025 @03:37PM (#45495370)
Yeah, backend compression in columnar data formats is a natural fit for OpenZL. Knowing the data it is compressing is numeric, e.g. a column of i64 or float, allows for immediate wins over Zstandard.