Gzip compression is a way of making files smaller on the web, which can improve the performance and efficiency of your vert.x based REST APIs. However, it also has some drawbacks and trade-offs that you need to consider.
In this blog post, I will explain what gzip compression is, how it works, and how you can enable or disable it in your vert.x REST API. I will also discuss the pros and cons of enabling or disabling gzip compression in different scenarios.