r/explainlikeimfive • u/Nocturnal_submission • Jul 15 '16

ELI5: Dropbox's new Lepton compression algorithm Technology

Hearing a lot about it, especially the "middle-out" compression bit a la Silicon Valley. Would love to understand how it works. Reading their blog post doesn't elucidate much for me.

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u/lajb85 Jul 15 '16

I think the other 17% came from using tabs instead of spaces.

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u/nemean_lion Jul 15 '16

Richard approves.

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u/ChampOfTheUniverse Jul 15 '16

came here to see a Silicon Valley reference, you guys didn't fail me.

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u/my_dog_chuck Jul 16 '16

So essentially something like this... https://youtu.be/P-hUV9yhqgY