FFS, you could just have run gzip on it probably.
Gzip doesn’t reduce your data’s size by 2000x. Of course this could be done by other languages as well, but running gzip on your data doesn’t keep it accessible.
Even turning the data into a Parquet file would’ve been a massive improvement, while keeping it accessible, but it likely would not have been 2000x smaller. 10x, maybe.
edit: zip: about 10x; 7zip about 166x (from ~10GB to 60MB) - still not 2000x
Formatted:
Last Name,First Name,Display Name,Email Address
Aimonetti,Justin,Aimonetti, Justin W.,Justin.W.Aimonetti@doge.eop.gov
Atik,Jacob,Atik, Jacob R.,Jacob.R.Atik@doge.eop.gov
Armstrong,Anthony,Armstrong, Anthony J.,Anthony.J.Armstrong@doge.eop.gov
Balajadia,Jennifer,Balajadia, Jennifer,Jennifer.Balajadia@doge.eop.gov
Beynon,Alexandra,Beynon, Alexandra T.,Alexandra.T.Beynon@doge.eop.gov
Biasini,Riccardo,Biasini, Riccardo N.,Riccardo.N.Biasini@doge.eop.gov
Bobba,Akash,Bobba, Akash N.,Akash.N.Bobba@doge.eop.gov
Boizelle,Ashley,Boizelle, Ashley S.,Ashley.S.Boizelle@doge.eop.gov
Bryant,Emily,Bryant, Emily L.,Emily.L.Bryant@doge.eop.gov
Burnham,James,Burnham, James,James.Burnham@doge.eop.gov
Coristine,Edward,Coristine, Edward H.,Edward.H.Coristine@doge.eop.gov
Davis,Steven,Davis, Steven M.,Steven.M.Davis@doge.eop.gov
Elez,Marko,Elez, Marko,Marko.Elez@doge.eop.gov
Farritor,Luke,Farritor, Luke E.,Luke.E.Farritor@doge.eop.gov
Fox,Joshua,Fox, Joshua,Joshua.Fox@doge.eop.gov
Hanley,Joshua,Hanley, Joshua A.,Joshua.A.Hanley@doge.eop.gov
Holmes,Stephanie,Holmes, Stephanie M.,Stephanie.M.Holmes@doge.eop.gov
Killian,Gautier,Killian, Gautier C.,Gautier.C.Killian@doge.eop.gov
Kmiec,Keenan,Kmiec, Keenan D.,Keenan.D.Kmiec@doge.eop.gov
Lahera,Nicholas,Lahera, Nicholas,Nicholas.Lahera@doge.eop.gov
Lindemann,Kendall,Lindemann, Kendall M.,Kendall.M.Lindemann@doge.eop.gov
Musk,Elon,Musk, Elon R.,em7m@who.eop.gov
Peters,Noah,Peters, Noah,Noah.Peters@doge.eop.gov
Rajpal,Nikhil,Rajpal, Nikhil,Nikhil.Rajpal@doge.eop.gov
Ramada,Adam,Ramada, Adam,Adam.Ramada@doge.eop.gov
Raynor,Austin,Raynor, Austin L.,Austin.L.Raynor@doge.eop.gov
Schutt,Kyle,Schutt, Kyle L.,Kyle.L.Schutt@doge.eop.gov
Shaotran,Ethan,Shaotran, Ethan,Ethan.Shaotran@doge.eop.gov
Smith,Brad,Smith, Brad M.,Brad.M.Smith@doge.eop.gov
Stanley,Christopher,Stanley, Christopher,Christopher.Stanley@doge.eop.gov
Wick,Jordan,Wick, Jordan M.,Jordan.M.Wick@doge.eop.gov
Wiles,Susan,Wiles, Susan S.,Susan.S.Wiles@doge.eop.gov
Young,Christopher,Young, Christopher J.,Christopher.J.Young@doge.eop.gov
Now? That shit has been going on since the 90s. My native population has plateaued since 1990. The only reason the population grew was due to immigrants.
Same goes for America where a LOT of the populations got fewer and fewer kids since the 90s.
In case you want to see some (not all) faces:
http://12ft.io/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/27/us/politics/doge-staff-list.html
edit: direct link: https://12ft.io/api/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2025%2F02%2F27%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fdoge-staff-list.html
Here’s a summarization of the summary (also done by AI, because lazy):
The author recalls his initial reluctance to speak publicly after a past misstep and later revisits the subject by examining how movies, such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and WarGames, dramatize computers. He contrasts these cinematic portrayals with the subtle influence of everyday technologies like email and PowerPoint, and criticizes modern development tools like Visual Studio and IntelliSense for potentially diminishing deep coding skills. Ultimately, he champions a return to fundamental programming to rediscover the pure joy of coding.