Why I convert PNG to WebP (and the one time I don't)
PNG is a brilliant format to edit in and a wasteful one to ship. Here's what WebP actually saves you, where it saves you nothing, and the single rule I never break.
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How in-browser image conversion actually works (and why I built it that way)
"Your files never leave your device" is an architecture, not a marketing line. Here's how WASM does the conversion right in your browser, and the one real limit it has.
PNG or JPG? The ten-year rule I use to decide
Lossless versus lossy, edges versus photographs, transparency versus none. One simple question tells you which format a file should be — with a real size table to prove it.
Why your iPhone photos are HEIC (and when to just make them JPG)
HEIC is a genuinely better format that half the web still can't open. Here's why Apple picked it, what you actually give up converting to JPG, and when I don't bother.