alt Hacker NewsHey everyone, if you're looking for a more approachable guide on bitmap compression, I wrote a blog post on it this year: https://pncnmnp.github.io/blogs/roaring-bitmaps.html. It covers run-length encoding, BBC, WAH, Concise, and even Roaring Bitmaps.
That’s a good read, thanks! The history is interesting, but in practice, I’m wondering if there’s any reason not to skip it and just learn about roaring bitmaps?