Loggr: Processing 250m Logs in 11.5s on a Laptop with On-the-Fly 5× Compression
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The article showcases Loggr, a tool that can process 250M logs in 11.5s on a laptop while compressing data 5 times on-the-fly, sparking interest in its technical achievements.
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Key results on a Lenovo P14s (Ryzen 5 Pro, NVMe): - 250M logs in 11.52 seconds (21.71M logs/sec) to disk - ~5× end-to-end compression (preprocessing + LZ4) - 105MB RAM footprint, 0 logs lost
The article details: - Architecture with smart preprocessing + temporal caching - Benchmark methodology with standard/adversarial workloads - Core API documentation and configuration parameters - Tradeoffs analysis and limitations - Complete telemetry data and reproduction guidelines
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