Compactions Are Good Actually

Recently, in our team (& on the internet), compaction has been a hot topic. We have been trying to get people to compact more often because there is a belief that compactions are good, with the current state of models, and are absolutely needed for good outcomes. There&rsquo;s obvious pushback around it &ldquo;losing context&rdquo; or &ldquo;it being really slow&rdquo;. I get the complaints and it…