diff --git a/include/ada/percent_decoder.h b/include/ada/percent_decoder.h
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <array>
+#include <vector>
+#include <optional>
+#include <memory>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <charconv>
+
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+#include <immintrin.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_VECTORSCAN
+#include <hs.h>
+#include <fast_float/fast_float.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace percent_decoder {
+
+constexpr bool is_valid(int32_t mask) {
+    int32_t last_percent_index = -3;
+    int32_t remaining = mask;
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+        if (remaining & 1) {
+            if (i - last_percent_index < 3) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            last_percent_index = i;
+        }
+        remaining >>= 1;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+constexpr size_t calculate_n_valid_vectors() {
+    size_t ret = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16384; ++i) {
+        if (is_valid(i)) {
+            ++ret;
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+constexpr size_t n_valid_vectors = calculate_n_valid_vectors();
+
+constexpr std::array<uint16_t, 16384> calculate_vector_indexes() {
+    std::array<uint16_t, 16384> ret{};
+    int n = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16384; ++i) {
+        ret[i] = is_valid(i) ? n++ : -1;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+constexpr auto vector_indexes = calculate_vector_indexes();
+
+constexpr std::array<std::byte, n_valid_vectors*16> calculate_shuffle_vectors() {
+    std::array<std::byte, n_valid_vectors*16> ret{};
+    int n = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16384; ++i) {
+        if (is_valid(i)) {
+            int32_t remaining = i;
+            int skip = 0;
+            for (int j = 0; j < 16; ++j) {
+                ret[n * 16 + j] = static_cast<std::byte>(j + skip + (remaining & 1));
+                if (remaining & 1) {
+                    remaining >>= 3;
+                    skip += 2;
+                } else {
+                    remaining >>= 1;
+                }
+            }
+            ++n;
+        }
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+alignas(16) constexpr auto shuffle_vectors_array = calculate_shuffle_vectors();
+
+
+constexpr bool is_ascii_hex_digit(const char c) noexcept {
+    return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F') ||
+           (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f');
+}
+
+unsigned constexpr convert_hex_to_binary(const char c) noexcept {
+    // this code can be optimized.
+    if (c <= '9') {
+        return c - '0';
+    }
+    char del = c >= 'a' ? 'a' : 'A';
+    return 10 + (c - del);
+}
+
+size_t percent_decode_slow(char const* in, size_t len, char* out) {
+    const char* end = in + len;
+    char const* init_out = out;
+    // Optimization opportunity: if the following code gets
+    // called often, it can be optimized quite a bit.
+    while (in < end) {
+        const char ch = in[0];
+        size_t remaining = end - in - 1;
+        if (ch == '+') {
+            *out = ' ';
+            ++out;
+            ++in;
+        } else if (ch != '%' || remaining < 2 ||
+                   (  // ch == '%' && // It is unnecessary to check that ch == '%'.
+                       (!is_ascii_hex_digit(in[1]) ||
+                        !is_ascii_hex_digit(in[2])))) {
+            *out = ch;
+            ++out;
+            ++in;
+        } else {
+            unsigned a = convert_hex_to_binary(in[1]);
+            unsigned b = convert_hex_to_binary(in[2]);
+            char c = static_cast<char>(a * 16 + b);
+            *out = c;
+            ++out;
+            in += 3;
+        }
+    }
+    return out - init_out;
+}
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+
+__m128i const* const shuffle_vectors = reinterpret_cast<__m128i const*>(shuffle_vectors_array.data());
+
+void print_m128i(__m128i i) {
+    //    char* c = reinterpret_cast<char*>(&i);
+    //    printf("%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c\n", c[0], c[1], c[2], c[3], c[4], c[5], c[6], c[7], c[8], c[9], c[10], c[11], c[12], c[13], c[14], c[15]);
+}
+
+[[gnu::target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,sse4.1,sse4.2,avx,avx2,popcnt")]]
+static uint64_t percent_decode_16(char const* in, char* out,
+                                  uint64_t mask, uint64_t* chars_read) {
+    __m128i byte_plus = _mm_set1_epi8('+');
+    __m128i byte_space = _mm_set1_epi8(' ');
+    __m128i byte_percent = _mm_set1_epi8('%');
+
+    __m128i chunk = _mm_lddqu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i const*>(in));
+    print_m128i(chunk);
+
+    // Replace plus (+) with space
+    __m128i pluses = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, byte_plus);
+    chunk = _mm_blendv_epi8(chunk, byte_space, pluses);
+    print_m128i(chunk);
+
+    size_t shift_next = ((mask >> 15) & 1) | ((mask >> 13) & 2);
+    if (!(mask & 0x3FFF)) {
+        _mm_storeu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i*>(out), chunk);
+        *chars_read = 16 - shift_next;
+        return *chars_read;
+    }
+
+    // Locate percent symbol
+    __m128i found = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(chunk, byte_percent);
+
+    // Decode hex
+
+    // compute mask of which characters are numbers and convert number characters to 0-9
+    __m128i numbers = _mm_sub_epi8(chunk, _mm_set1_epi8('0' + 128));
+    __m128i number_mask = _mm_cmplt_epi8(numbers, _mm_set1_epi8(-128 + 10));
+    __m128i binary_numbers = _mm_sub_epi8(chunk, _mm_set1_epi8('0'));
+
+    // set the 6th bit (0x20) to convert uppercase characters to lowercase
+    __m128i lower_mask = _mm_set1_epi8(0b00100000);
+    __m128i binary_letters = _mm_or_si128(chunk, lower_mask);
+
+    // mask out any percent chars that aren't followed by two hex chars
+    __m128i letters = _mm_sub_epi8(binary_letters, _mm_set1_epi8('a' + 128));
+    __m128i letter_mask = _mm_cmplt_epi8(letters, _mm_set1_epi8(-128 + 6));
+    __m128i hex_chars = _mm_or_si128(number_mask, letter_mask);
+    __m128i valid_mask = _mm_and_si128(found, _mm_srli_si128(hex_chars, 1));
+    valid_mask = _mm_and_si128(valid_mask, _mm_srli_si128(hex_chars, 2));
+    __m128i mask1 = _mm_slli_si128(valid_mask, 1);
+    uint32_t found_mask = _mm_movemask_epi8(valid_mask);
+
+    // convert lowercase letter characters to [10-15]
+    binary_letters = _mm_sub_epi8(binary_letters, _mm_set1_epi8('a' - 10));
+
+    // Merge first hex digit transforms
+    __m128i first_and_second = _mm_blendv_epi8(binary_letters, binary_numbers, number_mask);
+    first_and_second = _mm_and_si128(first_and_second, _mm_set1_epi8(0xF));
+    print_m128i(first_and_second);
+
+    __m128i first1 = _mm_slli_epi16(first_and_second, 4);
+
+    // Second hex digit
+    __m128i second1 = _mm_srli_si128(first_and_second, 1);
+
+    // Merge hex digits into place and position after the percent
+    __m128i hex = _mm_or_si128(first1, second1);
+    print_m128i(hex);
+
+    // Squash hex and original data together with mask
+    hex = _mm_blendv_epi8(chunk, hex, mask1);
+    print_m128i(hex);
+
+    uint16_t vector_index = vector_indexes[found_mask];
+    __m128i shuffle_vector = shuffle_vectors[vector_index];
+
+    hex = _mm_shuffle_epi8(hex, shuffle_vector);
+    print_m128i(hex);
+
+    // Copy to dst
+    _mm_storeu_si128(reinterpret_cast<__m128i*>(out), hex);
+    uint32_t num_percent = __builtin_popcount(found_mask);
+    uint32_t num_junk = 2 * num_percent;
+    *chars_read = 16 - shift_next - num_junk;
+    return 16 - shift_next;
+}
+
+struct AVX2 {
+    [[gnu::target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,sse4.1,sse4.2,avx,avx2,popcnt")]]
+    static size_t percent_decode(const char *in, size_t inputsize, char *out) {
+        size_t consumed = 0; // number of bytes read
+        char *initout = out;
+
+        uint64_t sig = 0;
+
+        __m256i byte_percent_256 = _mm256_set1_epi8('%');
+        __m128i byte_percent = _mm_set1_epi8('%');
+
+        size_t availablebytes = 0;
+        if (96 < inputsize) {
+            size_t scanned = 0;
+
+            __m256i low = _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i *) (in + scanned));
+            __m256i found1 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(low, byte_percent_256);
+            uint32_t lowSig = _mm256_movemask_epi8(found1);
+
+            // excess verbosity to avoid problems with sign extension on conversions
+            // better to think about what's happening and make it clearer
+            __m128i high = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *) (in + scanned + 32));
+            __m128i found3 = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(high, byte_percent);
+            uint32_t highSig = _mm_movemask_epi8(found3);
+            uint64_t nextSig = highSig;
+            nextSig <<= 32;
+            nextSig |= lowSig;
+            scanned += 48;
+
+            do {
+                uint64_t thisSig = nextSig;
+
+                low = _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i *) (in + scanned));
+                found1 = _mm256_cmpeq_epi8(low, byte_percent_256);
+                lowSig = _mm256_movemask_epi8(found1);
+
+                high = _mm_loadu_si128((__m128i *) (in + scanned + 32));
+                found3 = _mm_cmpeq_epi8(high, byte_percent);
+                highSig = _mm_movemask_epi8(found3);
+                nextSig = highSig;
+                nextSig <<= 32;
+                nextSig |= lowSig;
+
+                uint64_t remaining = scanned - (consumed + 48);
+                sig = (thisSig << remaining) | sig;
+
+                uint64_t reload = scanned - 16;
+                scanned += 48;
+
+                //            size_t prefetch = consumed;
+                //            uint64_t prefetch_sig = sig;
+                //            while (prefetch < reload) {
+                //                uint32_t found_mask = prefetch_sig & 0x3FFF;
+                //                _mm_prefetch(&vector_indexes[found_mask], _MM_HINT_NTA);
+                //                size_t shift_next = ((prefetch_sig >> 15) & 1) | ((prefetch_sig >> 13) & 2);
+                //                uint64_t bytes = 16 - shift_next;
+                //                prefetch_sig >>= bytes;
+                //                prefetch += bytes;
+                //            }
+
+                // need to reload when less than 16 scanned bytes remain in sig
+                while (consumed < reload) {
+                    uint64_t chars_read;
+                    uint64_t bytes = percent_decode_16(in + consumed,
+                                                       out, sig, &chars_read);
+                    sig >>= bytes;
+
+                    // seems like this might force the compiler to prioritize shifting sig >>= bytes
+                    if (sig == 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)
+                      return 0; // fake check to force earliest evaluation
+
+                    consumed += bytes;
+                    out += chars_read;
+                }
+            } while (scanned + 112 < inputsize);  // 112 == 48 + 48 ahead for scanning + up to 16 remaining in sig
+            sig = (nextSig << (scanned - consumed - 48)) | sig;
+            availablebytes = scanned - consumed;
+        }
+        while (true) {
+            if (availablebytes < 16) {
+                if (availablebytes + consumed + 31 < inputsize) {
+                    uint64_t newsigavx = (uint32_t) _mm256_movemask_epi8(_mm256_cmpeq_epi8(
+                        _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i *) (in + availablebytes + consumed)),
+                        byte_percent_256));
+                    sig |= (newsigavx << availablebytes);
+                    availablebytes += 32;
+                } else if (availablebytes + consumed + 15 < inputsize) {
+                    int newsig = _mm_movemask_epi8(_mm_cmpeq_epi8(
+                        _mm_lddqu_si128(
+                            (const __m128i *) (in + availablebytes
+                                                  + consumed)), byte_percent));
+                    sig |= newsig << availablebytes;
+                    availablebytes += 16;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            uint64_t chars_read;
+            uint64_t bytes = percent_decode_16(in + consumed, out,
+                                               sig, &chars_read);
+            consumed += bytes;
+            availablebytes -= bytes;
+            sig >>= bytes;
+            out += chars_read;
+        }
+        if (consumed < inputsize) {
+            out += percent_decode_slow(in + consumed, inputsize - consumed, out);
+        }
+        return out - initout;
+    }
+};
+
+[[gnu::target("avx512f,avx512bw,avx512vbmi,avx512vbmi2")]] void print_m512i(__m512i m) {
+//    unsigned char* c = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&m);
+//    for (int i = 0; i < 64; ++i) {
+//        if (c[i] < 32 || c[i] > 126) {
+//            printf(" 0x%02x ", c[i]);
+//        } else {
+//            printf("%c", c[i]);
+//        }
+//    }
+//    printf("\n");
+}
+struct AVX512 {
+    [[gnu::target("avx512f,avx512bw,avx512vbmi,avx512vbmi2")]] static size_t
+    percent_decode(char const *in, size_t inputsize, char *out) {
+        const __m512i byte_plus = _mm512_set1_epi8('+');
+        const __m512i byte_percent = _mm512_set1_epi8('%');
+
+        char const *end = in + inputsize;
+        char *const init_out = out;
+        while (in < end) {
+            size_t valid_bytes = std::min(static_cast<size_t>(end - in), 64ul);
+            uint64_t load_mask = ~0ull >> (64 - valid_bytes);
+            __m512i chunk = _mm512_maskz_loadu_epi8(load_mask, in);
+
+            // Replace plus (+) with space
+            uint64_t plus_mask = _mm512_cmpeq_epu8_mask(chunk, byte_plus);
+            if (plus_mask) {
+                const __m512i byte_space = _mm512_set1_epi8(' ');
+                chunk = _mm512_mask_blend_epi8(plus_mask, chunk, byte_space);
+            }
+            print_m512i(chunk);
+
+            // Locate percent symbol
+            uint64_t mask = _mm512_cmpeq_epu8_mask(chunk, byte_percent);
+
+            if (!mask) {
+                _mm512_mask_storeu_epi8(out, load_mask, chunk);
+                in += valid_bytes;
+                out += valid_bytes;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            uint64_t found_mask = mask & 0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFull;
+            size_t shift_next = ((mask >> 63) & 1) | ((mask >> 61) & 2);
+
+            if (!found_mask) {
+                size_t output_bytes = valid_bytes - shift_next;
+                uint64_t store_mask = load_mask >> shift_next;
+                _mm512_mask_storeu_epi8(out, store_mask, chunk);
+                in += output_bytes;
+                out += output_bytes;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // ascii to hex conversion can be done in two instructions as
+            // follows, but it seems a tiny bit slower on my benchmarks. this
+            // will likely change in the future if _mm512_permutexvar_epi8
+            // becomes faster.
+//            const __m512i ascii_to_hex = _mm512_set_epi8(
+//                0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,
+//                0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,
+//                0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,
+//                0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,
+//                0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  9,  8,
+//                7,  6,  5,  4,  3,  2,  1,  0,
+//                0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,
+//                0, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10,  0);
+//
+//            __m512i first_and_second = _mm512_and_si512(chunk, _mm512_set1_epi8(0x1F));
+//            first_and_second = _mm512_permutexvar_epi8(first_and_second, ascii_to_hex);
+
+            // Number hex
+            __m512i binary_numbers = _mm512_sub_epi8(chunk, _mm512_set1_epi8('0'));
+            uint64_t number_mask = _mm512_cmplt_epu8_mask(binary_numbers, _mm512_set1_epi8(10));
+            print_m512i(binary_numbers);
+
+            // set the 6th bit (0x20) to convert uppercase characters to lowercase
+            __m512i uppercase_mask = _mm512_set1_epi8(0b00100000);
+            __m512i binary_letters = _mm512_or_si512(chunk, uppercase_mask);
+
+            //this is just for validation
+            __m512i letters = _mm512_sub_epi8(binary_letters, _mm512_set1_epi8('a'));
+            uint64_t letter_mask = _mm512_cmplt_epu8_mask(letters, _mm512_set1_epi8(6));
+            uint64_t hex_chars = number_mask | letter_mask;
+            uint64_t valid_mask = (((hex_chars >> 1) & hex_chars) >> 1) & mask;
+
+            // lowercase hex
+            binary_letters = _mm512_sub_epi8(binary_letters, _mm512_set1_epi8('a' - 10));
+            print_m512i(binary_letters);
+
+            // Merge first hex digit transforms
+            __m512i first_and_second = _mm512_mask_blend_epi8(number_mask, binary_letters, binary_numbers);
+            first_and_second = _mm512_and_si512(first_and_second, _mm512_set1_epi8(0xF));
+            print_m512i(first_and_second);
+
+            const __m512i srli_1_shuffle_vector = _mm512_set_epi64(
+                    0xFF3F3E3D3C3B3A39ull,
+                    0x3837363534333231ull,
+                    0x302F2E2D2C2B2A29ull,
+                    0x2827262524232221ull,
+                    0x201F1E1D1C1B1A19ull,
+                    0x1817161514131211ull,
+                    0x100F0E0D0C0B0A09ull,
+                    0x0807060504030201ull);
+
+            __m512i first1 = _mm512_slli_epi16(first_and_second, 4);
+            print_m512i(first1);
+
+            // Second hex digit
+            __m512i second1 = _mm512_permutexvar_epi8(srli_1_shuffle_vector, first_and_second);
+            print_m512i(second1);
+
+            // Merge hex digits into place and position after the percent
+            __m512i hex = _mm512_or_si512(first1, second1);
+            print_m512i(hex);
+
+            // Squash hex and original data together with mask
+            hex = _mm512_mask_blend_epi8(valid_mask << 1, chunk, hex);
+            print_m512i(hex);
+
+            // Copy to dst
+            uint64_t keep_bytes = ~(valid_mask | (valid_mask << 2));
+            uint64_t store_mask = load_mask >> shift_next;
+            _mm512_mask_compressstoreu_epi8(out, store_mask & keep_bytes, hex);
+
+            uint32_t num_percent = __builtin_popcountll(valid_mask & 0x3FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFull);
+            uint32_t num_junk = 2 * num_percent;
+            size_t input_bytes_consumed = valid_bytes - shift_next;
+            size_t output_bytes = input_bytes_consumed - num_junk;
+            in += input_bytes_consumed;
+            out += output_bytes;
+        }
+        return out - init_out;
+    }
+};
+#endif
+
+auto find_best_percent_decode() {
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+    __builtin_cpu_init();
+    if (
+        __builtin_cpu_supports("avx512f") &&
+        __builtin_cpu_supports("avx512bw") &&
+        __builtin_cpu_supports("avx512vbmi") &&
+        __builtin_cpu_supports("avx512vbmi2")
+    ) {
+        return AVX512::percent_decode;
+    } else if (__builtin_cpu_supports("avx2")) {
+        return AVX2::percent_decode;
+    }
+#endif
+    return percent_decode_slow;
+}
+
+const auto percent_decode = find_best_percent_decode();
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_VECTORSCAN
+
+struct ScratchSpace {
+    std::unique_ptr<hs_scratch_t, hs_error_t(*)(hs_scratch_t*)> scratch;
+    std::vector<int32_t> string_value_lengths;
+    std::vector<int64_t> long_values;
+    std::vector<double> double_values;
+    std::string input_buffer{};
+    std::string percent_decode_buffer{};
+    std::u16string string_value_data{};
+
+    ScratchSpace(hs_scratch_t* scratch, size_t num_string_params, size_t num_long_params, size_t num_double_params) : scratch(scratch, hs_free_scratch), string_value_lengths(num_string_params, -1), long_values(num_long_params, 0), double_values(num_double_params, NAN) {}
+};
+
+struct Projector {
+    std::unique_ptr<hs_database_t, hs_error_t(*)(hs_database_t*)> db;
+    size_t num_string_params;
+    size_t num_long_params;
+    size_t num_double_params;
+
+    Projector(hs_database_t* db, size_t num_string_params, size_t num_long_params, size_t num_double_params) :
+            db(db, hs_free_database),
+            num_string_params(num_string_params),
+            num_long_params(num_long_params),
+            num_double_params(num_double_params) {}
+
+    template <typename S, typename L, typename D>
+    struct MatchContext {
+        Projector const& db;
+        S& string_callback;
+        L& long_callback;
+        D& double_callback;
+        std::string& out;
+        char const* next_start;
+        char const* const end;
+        bool matched = true;
+
+        MatchContext(Projector const& db, S& string_callback, L& long_callback, D& double_callback, std::string& out, std::string_view input) :
+                db(db),
+                string_callback(string_callback),
+                long_callback(long_callback),
+                double_callback(double_callback),
+                out(out),
+                next_start(input.data()),
+                end(input.data() + input.size()) {}
+    };
+
+    [[nodiscard]] std::unique_ptr<ScratchSpace> allocate_scratch() const {
+        hs_scratch_t* raw_scratch = nullptr;
+        auto err2 = hs_alloc_scratch(db.get(), &raw_scratch);
+        if (err2 != HS_SUCCESS) {
+            std::terminate();
+        }
+        return std::make_unique<ScratchSpace>(raw_scratch, num_string_params, num_long_params, num_double_params);
+    }
+
+    template <typename Impl, typename S, typename L, typename D>
+    hs_error_t parse_params(std::string_view input, ScratchSpace& scratch, S&& string_callback, L&& long_callback, D&& double_callback) const {
+        auto match_handler = [](unsigned int id, unsigned long long from, unsigned long long to, unsigned int flags, void *context) -> int {
+            MatchContext<S, L, D>& mc = *static_cast<MatchContext<S, L, D>*>(context);
+            char const* value_start = mc.next_start + to;
+            mc.next_start = static_cast<char const*>(memchr(value_start, '&', mc.end - value_start));
+            if (mc.next_start == nullptr) {
+                return 1;
+            }
+            mc.matched = true;
+            size_t input_size = mc.next_start - value_start;
+            if (mc.out.size() < input_size) {
+                mc.out.resize(std::max(input_size, mc.out.size() * 2));
+            }
+            size_t size = Impl::percent_decode(value_start, mc.out.data(), input_size);
+            if (id < mc.db.num_string_params) {
+                mc.string_callback(std::as_const(id), std::string_view(mc.out.data(), size));
+                return 1;
+            }
+            id -= mc.db.num_string_params;
+            if (id < mc.db.num_long_params) {
+                int64_t value;
+                std::from_chars_result res = std::from_chars(mc.out.data(), mc.out.data() + size, value);
+                if (res.ec == std::errc()) {
+                    mc.long_callback(std::as_const(id), std::as_const(value));
+                } else {
+                    std::cerr << "Could not parse " << std::string_view(mc.out.data(), size) << " as int64_t!" << std::endl;
+                }
+                return 1;
+            }
+            id -= mc.db.num_long_params;
+            double value;
+            fast_float::from_chars_result res = fast_float::from_chars(mc.out.data(), mc.out.data() + size, value);
+            if (res.ec == std::errc()) {
+                mc.double_callback(std::as_const(id), std::as_const(value));
+            } else {
+                std::cerr << "Could not parse " << std::string_view(mc.out.data(), size) << " as double!" << std::endl;
+            }
+            return 1;
+        };
+        MatchContext<S, L, D> context(*this, string_callback, long_callback, double_callback, scratch.percent_decode_buffer, input);
+        while (context.matched) {
+            context.matched = false;
+            hs_error_t err = hs_scan(db.get(), context.next_start, context.end - context.next_start, 0, scratch.scratch.get(), match_handler, (void*) &context);
+            if (err != HS_SUCCESS && err != HS_SCAN_TERMINATED) {
+                return err;
+            }
+        }
+        return HS_SUCCESS;
+    }
+};
+
+template<typename It1>
+static void add_expressions(It1 begin, size_t n, std::vector<std::string>& expressions,
+                            std::vector<const char *>& c_strings, std::vector<unsigned int>& ids, size_t& param_index) {
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        std::string_view sv(*begin);
+        expressions[param_index].reserve(7 + sv.size());
+        expressions[param_index] += "(^|&)";
+        expressions[param_index] += sv;
+        expressions[param_index] += '=';
+        c_strings[param_index] = expressions[param_index].c_str();
+        ids[param_index] = param_index;
+        ++begin;
+        ++param_index;
+    }
+}
+
+template <typename It1, typename It2, typename It3>
+[[nodiscard]] static std::optional<std::unique_ptr<Projector>> compile_param_database(
+        It1 begin_string_params, size_t num_string_params,
+        It2 begin_long_params, size_t num_long_params,
+        It3 begin_double_params, size_t num_double_params
+) {
+    size_t num_params = num_string_params + num_long_params + num_double_params;
+    std::vector<std::string> expressions(num_params);
+    std::vector<char const*> c_strings(num_params);
+    std::vector<unsigned int> ids(num_params);
+    size_t param_index = 0;
+    add_expressions(begin_string_params, num_string_params, expressions, c_strings, ids, param_index);
+    add_expressions(begin_long_params, num_long_params, expressions, c_strings, ids, param_index);
+    add_expressions(begin_double_params, num_double_params, expressions, c_strings, ids, param_index);
+    hs_database_t* raw_db = nullptr;
+    hs_compile_error_t* compile_error = nullptr;
+    if (HS_SUCCESS != hs_compile_multi(c_strings.data(), nullptr, ids.data(), num_params, HS_MODE_BLOCK, nullptr, &raw_db, &compile_error)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s %d\n", compile_error->message, compile_error->expression);
+        hs_free_compile_error(compile_error);
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+    return std::make_unique<Projector>(raw_db, num_string_params, num_long_params, num_double_params);
+}
+
+template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
+static std::optional<std::unique_ptr<Projector>> compile_param_database(T1 const& string_params, T2 const& long_params, T3 const& double_params) {
+    return compile_param_database(
+            string_params.begin(), string_params.size(),
+            long_params.begin(), long_params.size(),
+            double_params.begin(), double_params.size());
+}
+
+#endif
+
+template <typename Impl, typename F>
+static void parse_all_params(std::string_view input, F&& callback, std::string& buffer) {
+    char const* position = input.data();
+    char const* end = input.data() + input.size();
+    while (position < end) {
+        char const* param_name_end = static_cast<char const*>(memchr(position, '=', end - position));
+        if (param_name_end == nullptr ) {
+            break;
+        }
+        char const* value_start = param_name_end + 1;
+        char const* value_end = static_cast<char const*>(memchr(value_start, '&', end - value_start));
+        if (value_end == nullptr) {
+            break;
+        }
+        size_t input_size = value_end - value_start;
+        if (buffer.size() < input_size) {
+            buffer.resize(std::max(input_size, buffer.size() * 2));
+        }
+        size_t size = Impl::percent_decode(value_start, buffer.data(), input_size);
+        callback(std::string_view(position, param_name_end - position), std::string_view(buffer.data(), size));
+        position = value_end + 1;
+    }
+}
+} // end namespace percent_decoder
diff --git a/src/unicode.cpp b/src/unicode.cpp
index c6100dd0f..4ccdc8ebf 100644
--- a/src/unicode.cpp
+++ b/src/unicode.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ ADA_POP_DISABLE_WARNINGS
 #include <emmintrin.h>
 #endif
 
+#include "ada/percent_decoder.h"
+
 namespace ada::unicode {
 
 constexpr uint64_t broadcast(uint8_t v) noexcept {
@@ -476,7 +478,13 @@ bool to_ascii(std::optional<std::string>& out, const std::string_view plain,
   std::string percent_decoded_buffer;
   std::string_view input = plain;
   if (first_percent != std::string_view::npos) {
-    percent_decoded_buffer = unicode::percent_decode(plain, first_percent);
+    // The indeed code does full percent decoding (over all of plain),
+    // but it seems more suitable to skip over the prefix before the first "%"
+    // since in many cases, we might expect percent encoding to be sparse.
+    percent_decoded_buffer.assign(input.substr(0, first_percent));
+    percent_decoded_buffer.resize(plain.size());
+    size_t output_size = percent_decoder::percent_decode(plain.data() + first_percent, plain.size() - first_percent, percent_decoded_buffer.data() + first_percent);
+    percent_decoded_buffer.resize(output_size + first_percent);
     input = percent_decoded_buffer;
   }
   // input is a non-empty UTF-8 string, must be percent decoded