This mentions that Base64 can be smaller than Base122 after compression, but misses that hex encoding can be even smaller still after compression since it preserves the byte alignment of the original data. Keep it simple.
(2016) Discussion at the time (192 points, 66 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13049329
This mentions that Base64 can be smaller than Base122 after compression, but misses that hex encoding can be even smaller still after compression since it preserves the byte alignment of the original data. Keep it simple.