There's always a niche: rawzip and the cost of ergonomics

The blog post discusses the creation of rawzip 0.5, a minimalistic zip library designed for high performance, particularly with large zip files. The author's experiences highlight the trade-offs between ergonomics and performance in API design, emphasizing zero allocations, dependencies, and unsafe code. The post compares rawzip to other libraries, details design choices for performance optimization, and reflects on the community feedback received during the library's development, aiming to address underserved niches in zip file parsing.