Teknium Critiques Tamara's Jev Compaction Strategy: Valid Use Cases, Wrong Approach
Teknium · x · 2026-09-20
Teknium clarifies that his post is more a critique of Tamara's compaction strategy/repo (Jev). He says Jev will definitely have valid and extremely beneficial use cases, but "this compaction strategy is not it."
Related event: Teknium Tests Jev Compression Scheme, Finds It Worse and Costlier(2 posts)→
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