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How HN took it
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Docs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting as an experiment and a better-presented idea than the README suggests
From 1 comment
This is better presentation than README, which currently is marketing-heavy and technically weak. Project as an experiment is acceptable and interesting but certainly isn't…
forgotpwd16 on HN
Objections
Claimed gain over LZW is under 0.2% and comes with 8-10x slower compression and decompression
From 1 comment
This is better presentation than README, which currently is marketing-heavy and technically weak. Project as an experiment is acceptable and interesting but certainly isn't…
forgotpwd16 on HN
README is marketing-heavy and contained a ZIP/LZW factual error
From 2 comments
You or Claude? Have you verified/reason the claims made in README? For starters ZIP doesn't use LZW. Initially used an LZW-derived method with reset mechanism but v2 (early 90s)…
forgotpwd16 on HNThis is better presentation than README, which currently is marketing-heavy and technically weak. Project as an experiment is acceptable and interesting but certainly isn't…
forgotpwd16 on HN
Code was heavily assisted by Claude, raising doubts about the design's correctness
From 2 comments
You or Claude? Have you verified/reason the claims made in README? For starters ZIP doesn't use LZW. Initially used an LZW-derived method with reset mechanism but v2 (early 90s)…
forgotpwd16 on HNThis is better presentation than README, which currently is marketing-heavy and technically weak. Project as an experiment is acceptable and interesting but certainly isn't…
forgotpwd16 on HN
Requests
Benchmark against current algorithms such as Zstandard and Brotli
From 2 comments
> an outdated algorithm Sorry, not my area. Which are the current best algorithms? (Bonus points if they are open source so the OP can add them to the benchmark.)
gus_massa on HNThere was a post on HN a few years back on Zstandard which at the time was one of the better compression algorithms out there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25455314
vunderba on HN
Questions
Which current algorithms are best and open source for benchmarking?
From 1 comment
> an outdated algorithm Sorry, not my area. Which are the current best algorithms? (Bonus points if they are open source so the OP can add them to the benchmark.)
gus_massa on HN
Alternatives named
Zstandard
From 2 comments
There was a post on HN a few years back on Zstandard which at the time was one of the better compression algorithms out there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25455314
vunderba on HNYou got me on the ZIP/LZW mix-up -- that was a mistake in the readme drafting. I'll fix that. Regarding 'Me or Claude': The core concept (applying bioinformatics…
keepamovin on HN
Brotli
From 1 comment
You got me on the ZIP/LZW mix-up -- that was a mistake in the readme drafting. I'll fix that. Regarding 'Me or Claude': The core concept (applying bioinformatics…
keepamovin on HN
DEFLATE
From 1 comment
You or Claude? Have you verified/reason the claims made in README? For starters ZIP doesn't use LZW. Initially used an LZW-derived method with reset mechanism but v2 (early 90s)…
forgotpwd16 on HN