How we compress Pub/Sub messages and more, saving a load of money

How we compress Pub/Sub messages and more, saving a load of money.
Compression is a trick that can be used to solve a load of problems. Outside of well known use cases, there are a variety of opportunities to improve efficiency or save money by leveraging compression. This post covers one such opportunity, where a tiny change allowed us to save >$30k per year in infrastructure cost, along with a few other big-savers from judicious application of compression.

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