596 varint perf#612

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596-varint-perf

Commits on Sep 8, 2025

Work on benchmarks and fast path of byte[]
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Commits on Sep 15, 2025

Big refactor to make stings stored internally as byte[]. Will take a bunch more cleaning up to be production ready but shows performance promise.
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