Pack: A new container format for compressed files (pack.ac)
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OttoCoddo Apr 1, 2024 | on: Postgres vs. File Systems: A Performance Comparison (2022) | context

Readers may find Pack interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793805

out_of_protocol Jun 12, 2024 | on: Discussion on why SQLite is gaining popularity [audio] | context

Theres is "Pack" archive format that does exactly this for general-purpose archives (sqlite + zstd for compression). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793805 https://pack.ac/

works faster AND more compact than .tar.zstd and .7z.zstd (patched 7z with zstd compression)

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