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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SVG to PNG — when you genuinely need pixels (and when you shouldn't)
An SVG scales forever and stays tiny, so rasterizing it feels like a downgrade. Sometimes it is. Here's when you actually need PNG pixels out of a vector, and when to leave the SVG alone.
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.
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.