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Comment on: Show HN: misa77 - a codec that decodes 2x faster than LZ4 (at better ratios)

by mijoharas
Posted: Jul 15, 2026
So, I couldn't see it in the readme, apologies if I missed it but why?It's a very significant speedup in decompression speed (albeit with a compression speed slowdown as a trade-off), but what's the insight that makes it faster? What was the idea or approach behind it?
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