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The query itself represents information. If you can anticipate 100% of the ways in which you intend to query the information (no surprises), I'd argue there might be an ideal way to store it.
It's always Markdown. Markdown is the best way to store information. ;)
The best way to store information depends on how you intend to use (query) it. The query itself represents information. If you can anticipate 100% of the ways in which you intend to query the information (no surprises), I'd argue there might be an ideal way to store it.
Given the domain name, I was expecting something about the physics of information storage, and some interesting law of nature. Instead, the article is a bad introduction to data structures.
* For lossless compression of generic data, gzip or zstd.
* For text, documentation, and information without fancy formatting, markdown, which is effectively a plain-text superset.
* For small datasets, blobs, objects, and what not, JSON.
* For larger datasets and durable storage, SQLite3.
Whenever there's text involved, use UTF-8. Whenever there's dates, use ISO8601 format (UTC timezone) or Unix timestamps.
Following these rules will keep you happy 80% of the time.
There are, however, several objectively bad ways. In "Service Model" (a novel that I recommend) a certain collection of fools decides to sort bits by whether it's a 1 or a 0, ending up with a long list of 0's followed by a long list of 1's.
It _does_ open up amazing opportunities for compression though.
There are plenty of good enough ways: * For lossless compression of generic data, gzip or zstd. * For text, documentation, and information without fancy formatting, markdown, which is effectively a plain-text superset. * For small datasets, blobs, objects, and what not, JSON. * For larger datasets and durable storage, SQLite3. Whenever there's text involved, use UTF-8. Whenever there's dates, use ISO8601 format (UTC…
How would you go about storing those in a somewhat human-readable format? My goal is to archive my chats and social media activity.