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Enable ZSTD streaming compression as an option for websocket messages
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Description
original issue: https://github.com/clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB/issues/5445
Enable Zstd streaming compression as an option for websocket messages. Based on the Discord case study (and various other online studies), the results seem absolutely impressive.
Case study: discord.com/blog/how-discord-reduced-websocket-traffic-by-40-percent
ZSTD would help speeding up initial connection/subscription payloads.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the original issue #5445 and the Discord case study linked in this issue. The work is done when ZSTD streaming compression is available as an option for websocket messages and applies to initial connection and subscription payloads.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend-api-design, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100