diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
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@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+These are just a couple of brain farts that came up and I'd rather note down.
+There's no clear structure.
+
+RFC 1341 Boundary Matching in a Circular Buffer
+1. Algorithm Considerations
+
+Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) Limitations:
+
+    Useful when patterns have prefix-suffix overlaps for efficient skipping.
+
+    If the failure table consists only of zeros, KMP provides no speed advantage
+    over naive searching.
+
+    Boundary pattern is arbitrary, meaning KMP’s preprocessing may not be
+    beneficial.
+
+Alternatives to KMP:
+
+    Rabin-Karp rolling hash → Uses fast hash comparisons instead of
+    character-by-character matching.
+
+    Boyer-Moore-Horspool → Precomputes skip distances to avoid redundant
+    comparisons, works well for longer patterns.
+
+    Crochemore-Perrin two-way search → used by str.find(), flexible
+    but assumes a linear memory layout so not really applicable for my circular
+    buffer approach
+
+2. Boundary Characteristics
+
+Max length: 70 bytes. Character set: ASCII only. No structure guarantees: The
+boundary is client-defined, so I must be able to handle arbitrary sequences.
+
+3. Algorithm Selection
+
+Rolling Hash → Best for arbitrary short-to-medium patterns in a circular buffer.
+Boyer-Moore → Ideal if the boundary has distinct character distributions to
+optimize skipping.
+
+
+
+
+# Optimized Chunk-Based Rolling Hash Matching
+
+We need to efficiently detect an RFC 1341 multipart boundary inside a circular
+buffer, ensuring minimal overhead while avoiding unnecessary comparisons.
+
+Traditional approaches like Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) don’t provide an advantage
+when the boundary lacks repeated subpatterns. Meanwhile, full rolling hash
+matching scans every byte, which can be wasteful.
+
+Thus, we introduce a chunk-wise hash-based skipping strategy, allowing us to
+skip large sections of the buffer when an early non-match is detected.
+
+## Core Idea
+
+Precompute hashes for evenly sized chunks of the boundary. -> First, match only
+the hash of the first chunk → immediately skip unnecessary buffer sections if no
+match. -> If the first chunk matches, progressively verify subsequent chunks
+until the full boundary is confirmed.  Benefits Over Full Matching
+
+## Benefits Over Full Matching
+
+- Reduces comparisons significantly → eliminates large sections early when
+  non-matches occur.
+- Balances preprocessing cost vs runtime → faster
+  elimination means fewer wasted cycles.
+  Integrates seamlessly into circular buffers → allows skipping intelligently.
+
+
+### Precompute Chunk Hashes
+
+- Divide the pattern into `N` equal-sized chunks (e.g., 7 chunks of 10 bytes
+  for a 70-byte boundary).
+- Compute a rolling hash for each chunk in addition to the full pattern, storing
+  them for quick lookup.
+
+### Sliding Window Search in the Buffer
+
+- Compute the rolling hash for each window of size chunk_size.
+- Compare the first chunk’s hash with the buffer window.
+- If no match, skip boundary_length - chunk_size bytes.
+
+### Progressive Chunk Verification
+
+- If the first chunk matches, verify the next chunk sequentially.
+- Continue matching chunks until the full boundary is confirmed.
+- Perform final character-by-character validation to rule out hash collisions.
diff --git a/src/byteb4rb1e_utils/string.py b/src/byteb4rb1e_utils/string.py
index 800a5bc..88e117d 100644
--- a/src/byteb4rb1e_utils/string.py
+++ b/src/byteb4rb1e_utils/string.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from typing import Optional
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import math
+from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
 
 
 class RollingHash:
@@ -89,3 +91,138 @@ class RollingHash:
         self._hash = (self._hash * self.base + new_byte) % self.mod
 
         return self._hash
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ChunkedRollingHashOptions:
+    """
+    """
+    max_chunk_size: int = 10
+    base: int = RollingHash.base
+    mod: int = RollingHash.mod
+
+
+class ChunkedRollingHash:
+    """Chunked Rolling hash for linear and circular buffers
+
+    This implementation was inspired by the Rabin-Karp rolling hash
+    algorithm.
+
+    A search pattern is chunked and for each chunk its hash is calculated.
+
+    I came up with this approach as the requirement for efficient RFC1341 HTTP
+    multipart entity boundary matching for stream data in a circular/ring
+    buffer. I've tested a couple of algorithms, but none gave me any real
+    performance improvements over a naive/bruteforce search.
+
+    That's how this algorithm came to be. Big O? I don't know (yet)...
+
+    Why this is more performant for my specific use-cases?
+    ------------------------------------------------------
+
+    #. Precompute hashes for evenly sized chunks of a search pattern, in
+       addition of a hash of the full search-pattern.
+    #. First, match only the hash of the first chunk → immediately skip
+       unnecessary buffer sections if no match.
+    #. If the first chunk matches, progressively verify subsequent chunks,
+       until the full search pattern is confirmed.
+
+    Benefits Over Full Matching
+    ---------------------------
+
+    - Reduces comparisons significantly → eliminates large sections early when
+      non-matches occur.
+    - Balances preprocessing cost vs runtime → faster elimination means fewer
+      wasted cycles.
+    - Integrates seamlessly into circular buffers → allows skipping
+      intelligently.
+    """
+    _chunk_count: int
+    #: hashes of chunks of search string
+    _chunks_hash: List[int]
+    #: hash of the full search string
+    _hash: int
+    #: length of search string
+    _length: int
+    #: remainder for calculating the actual size of the last chunk
+    _remainder: int
+
+    _base: int
+
+    _mod: int
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        data: bytes,
+        options: ChunkedRollingHashOptions = ChunkedRollingHashOptions()
+    ):
+        """
+        """
+        self._base = options.base
+        self._mod = options.mod
+        self._max_chunk_size = options.max_chunk_size
+        self._chunks_hash = []
+        self._hash = RollingHash.compute_initial_hash(
+            data,
+            base = self._base,
+            mod = self._mod
+        )
+        self._length = len(data)
+
+        # only the last chunk differs in size; store its remainder separately
+        # for optimized handling
+        self._remainder = self._length % self._max_chunk_size
+
+        self._chunk_count = math.ceil(self._length / self._max_chunk_size)
+        # tracks chunk progression during matching
+        self._current = 0
+
+        # precompute hashes for all chunks to enable rapid comparison
+        for i in range(0, self._chunk_count):
+            chunk = data[i*self._max_chunk_size:(i+1)*self._max_chunk_size]
+
+            self._chunks_hash.append(
+                RollingHash.compute_initial_hash(chunk, base=self._base, mod=self._mod)
+            )
+
+    def match(
+        self,
+        data: bytes
+    ):
+        """match a buffer against a search string through chunked hashing
+        """
+        # progressively match each chunk
+        for i in range(self._current, self._chunk_count - 1):
+            chunk = data[i*self._max_chunk_size:(i+1)*self._max_chunk_size]
+
+            # no more data left to process
+            if chunk == b'': break
+
+            chunk_hash = RollingHash.compute_initial_hash(
+                chunk,
+                base = self._base,
+                mod = self._mod
+            )
+
+            if chunk_hash != self._chunks_hash[i]:
+                self._current = 0
+                return False
+
+            self._current += 1
+
+        # processing hasn't completed for last chunk to be processed yet
+        if self._current != self._chunk_count - 1:
+            return
+
+        last_chunk = data[-self._remainder:]
+        last_chunk_hash = RollingHash.compute_initial_hash(
+            last_chunk,
+            base = self._base,
+            mod = self._mod
+        )
+
+        if self._chunks_hash[self._current] == last_chunk_hash:
+            return True
+
+        self._current = 0
+        return False
diff --git a/tests/unit/byteb4rb1e_utils/string/test_chunked_hash.py b/tests/unit/byteb4rb1e_utils/string/test_chunked_hash.py
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+++ b/tests/unit/byteb4rb1e_utils/string/test_chunked_hash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import unittest
+
+from byteb4rb1e_utils.string import (
+    ChunkedRollingHash,
+    ChunkedRollingHashOptions,
+    RollingHash,
+)
+
+class test___init__(unittest.TestCase):
+    """ChunkedRollingHash.__init__()"""
+    def test_default(self):
+        """default options"""
+        result = ChunkedRollingHash(b'abcdefgh')
+
+        self.assertEqual(result._mod, ChunkedRollingHashOptions.mod)
+        self.assertEqual(result._base, ChunkedRollingHashOptions.base)
+        self.assertEqual(result._max_chunk_size, ChunkedRollingHashOptions.max_chunk_size)
+
+        control_hash = RollingHash.compute_initial_hash(
+            b'abcdefgh',
+            base = result._base,
+            mod = result._mod
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(result._length, 8)
+        self.assertEqual(result._chunk_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(result._chunks_hash), result._chunk_count)
+        self.assertEqual(result._hash, control_hash)
+        self.assertEqual(result._chunks_hash[0], control_hash)
+
+    def test_override(self):
+        """override of options"""
+        options = ChunkedRollingHashOptions(
+            mod = 4,
+            base = 10,
+            max_chunk_size = 5,
+        )
+        result = ChunkedRollingHash(b'abcdefgh', options)
+
+        self.assertEqual(result._mod, options.mod)
+        self.assertEqual(result._base, options.base)
+        self.assertEqual(result._max_chunk_size, options.max_chunk_size)
+
+        control_hash1 = RollingHash.compute_initial_hash(
+            b'abcde',
+            base = result._base,
+            mod = result._mod
+        )
+        control_hash2 = RollingHash.compute_initial_hash(
+            b'fgh',
+            base = result._base,
+            mod = result._mod
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(result._chunks_hash[0], control_hash1)
+        self.assertEqual(result._chunks_hash[1], control_hash2)