I Built an Image Optimizer That Actually Feels Fast

<p>Hey DEV Community! 👋</p> <p>As a Full-Stack Developer with 5+ years of experience building web architecture, I constantly look for ways to optimize Core Web Vitals and page

<div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight markdown"><code>privacy webdevEvery time I uploaded a file to an online PDF tool, I wondered: what happens to it

<p>Hey DEV community! 👋</p> <p>As a developer and digital marketer, I got sick of using random, ad-stuffed websites every time I needed to quickly format JSON, calculate a margin,

<p>As developers, we all have that exact same workflow. You get a massive blob of JSON from an API, or a JWT token from a staging environment, and you instinctively Google "JSON

<p>Every day, developers and power users need quick micro-tasks done:</p> <ul> <li>Formatting or minifying a raw JSON response</li> <li>Inspecting a JWT header &amp; checking

<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

<p>Images make up over 60% of average web page weight. If you're serving unoptimized, raw JPEGs or PNGs to mobile clients, your site's Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) score is

<p>Every time I needed to calculate a subnet, generate a cron expression, or decode a JWT, I'd end up on some ad-infested site that wanted me to sign up, install an extension, or