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		ashvardanian on March 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Faster FastAPI with simdjson and io_uring... Yes, even though protobuf is a binary format, it is slower to parse than JSONs with simdjson. Counterintuitive, but that is the power hardware acceleration :)

gituliar on March 6, 2023 | [–]

Is it also the case for floating point data?

I know about fast_float (which is by the same author as simdjson), however my believe is that binary format is impossible to beat here.

billconan on March 6, 2023 | [–]

Thank you! Yes, I saw a benchmark somewhere else that also says simdjson is faster than protobuf.

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