Articles tagged compression

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June 19, 2026

Why your screenshots are 2 MB, and how to shrink them 60–90%

A screenshot of a mostly-empty dashboard has no business being 2 MB. Here's why PNG does that to you, and how converting to WebP cuts it 60–90% with nothing visible lost.

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June 3, 2026

AVIF vs WebP — the smaller file isn't always the right one

AVIF usually beats WebP on size, sometimes by 20% or more. Here's what that extra compression costs you in encode time and edge cases, and when I still reach for WebP.

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