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Writing a real PNG compressor in vanilla JavaScript (no WASM, no libraries)
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17 Sept
Writing a real PNG compressor in vanilla JavaScript (no WASM, no libraries)
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19 May
I benchmarked 6 WASM image codecs in the browser. Here is what beats the server.
<h2> TL;DR </h2> <p>Modern WebAssembly codecs (MozJPEG, libavif, OxiPNG/imagequant, libwebp, gifsicle, SVGO) now run fast enough in the browser that you can ship a real
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19 May
I replaced a $200/month audio processing server with 40 lines of browser JavaScript
<p>Last year I was paying $200/month for an EC2 instance that did one thing: accept audio file uploads, run FFmpeg, and return the converted file. FLAC to MP3. WAV to OGG. Bitrate
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14 Sept
I hand-rolled a PDF engine in vanilla JS so our invoice app needs zero dependencies
<p><em>This is a build-in-public deep dive from <a href="https://monkeetools.surge.sh" rel="noopener noreferrer">MonkeeTools</a>, a free invoice generator that runs entirely in
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