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0 pointsformerly_proven2y ago0 comments

A 32-byte key would allow using NVMe KV directly for content-addressed storage; many of those systems use 256-bit / 32-byte cryptographic hashes as keys. Notable exception would be git with 20-byte keys.

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londons_explore2y ago

You can still do this... Just use the first 16 bytes as the key, and the 2nd 16 bytes as the start of the data.

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0 pointsformerly_proven2y ago0 comments

A 32-byte key would allow using NVMe KV directly for content-addressed storage; many of those systems use 256-bit / 32-byte cryptographic hashes as keys. Notable exception would be git with 20-byte keys.

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londons_explore2y ago

You can still do this... Just use the first 16 bytes as the key, and the 2nd 16 bytes as the start of the data.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse