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A developer built a prototype implementing binary search over HTTP range requests to look up character information in ~77MB of Unicode data, demonstrating an unconventional use of HTTP range requests for efficient remote data access without downloading the full dataset.

Built a fun prototype this morning of binary search using HTTP range requests, in this case to lookup character information in ~77MB of unicode data https://t.co/izJfWPAbLH

<p>Built a fun prototype this morning of binary search using HTTP range requests, in this case to lookup character information in ~77MB of unicode data https://t.co/izJfWPAbLH</p>