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cede

CeDe stands for Compression and Decompression. It refers to the process of:

  • Compression: Compressing data into its smallest form
  • Decompression: Reverting compressed data into a form that retains the same output

CeDe is not responsible for:

  • Serialization (e.g., json, toml, yaml)
  • Encoding (e.g., base64, hex)
  • Cryptography (e.g., hashing, encryption)

Purpose

CeDe helps in the process of data minification, it helps when sending or writing large amounts of data.

Use Cases

  • Transferring large amounts of data between the network boundary
  • Saving large amounts of data to the disk
  • Improving query performance