Learning how to use zstd to crush the firehose for long term data storage/access

On February 9th, 2025, during Super Bowl LX, I ran an experiment. While my Ryzen 5 3600 hummed away running the Truth Engine, I wasn't watching the game. I was watching YouTube, listening to music, and occasionally glancing at terminal output as my system processed 1.5 million AT Protocol events in real-time.