Honey CCR

The cheapest token is the one not sent. A 500-row log read for one error line costs 500 rows of context. CCR keeps the rows that carry signal and caches the rest — recoverable by hash, so nothing is lost.

Borrowed from headroom's SmartCrusher. Lossy by design — only for data you skim, never for payloads where every row matters (e.g. a code-review handoff where the implementer needs all findings; use eson encode losslessly there).

When to use

• A tool returns a uniform JSON array of many records (≥ ~5 items, redundant).
• You need to read it but mostly skim — logs, search hits, metrics, events.
• The full data stays reachable, so dropping the boring middle is safe.

Don't use