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Benchmark `simd_json` versus `serde_json` for encoding

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Description

https://github.com/simd-lite/simdjson-rs takes advantage of deeper hardware parallelization techniques to provide a faster serialization/deserialization.

A couple downsides is that it requires us to set some special compile flags since it requires special hardware instructions like avx2 https://github.com/simd-lite/simdjson-rs/blob/master/.cargo/config

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked simd_json implementation and its .cargo/config compile flags, then identify the existing Vector encoding paths to benchmark against serde_json. Compare encoding performance under the required hardware-instruction settings and document the results, including any build or portability limitations.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
performance
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Newbie friendliness
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