alt Hacker NewsThe feature matrix says cbz/zip doesn't have random page access, but it definitely does. Zip also supports appending more files without too much overhead.
Certainly there's a complexity argument to be made, because you don't actually need compression just to hold a bundle of files. But these days zip just works.
The perf measurement charts also make no sense. What exactly are they measuring?
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This reddit post seems to go into more depth on performance: old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1qi64pr/comment/o0pqaeo/
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usefulposter • today at 7:18 AM
Bullshit asymmetry by way of impulsive LLM slop strikes again.
Every new readme, announcement post, and codebase is tailored to achieve maximum bloviation.
No substance, no credibility———just vibes.
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Zip also has per-asset checksums, contrary to the comparison table.
And what's the point of aligning the files to be "DirectStorage-ready" if they're going to be JPEGs, a format that, as far as I know, DirectStorage doesn't understand?
And the author says it's a problem that "Metadata isn't native to CBZ, you have to use a ComicInfo.xml file.", but... that's not a problem at all?
The whole thing makes no sense.