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Image Compression for People Who Just Want Smaller Photos

Most email providers cap attachments at 20–25 MB. Modern iPhone photos range from 3 MB to 12 MB, so a handful will hit the limit. Here's how compression helps without requiring any technical knowledge.

May 2026

What the JPEG Quality Slider Actually Does (It's Not What You Think)

Most people treat the JPEG quality slider as a simple fidelity percentage. In reality, the quality parameter controls the quantization tables — and the relationship between the number and the visual result is far from linear.

May 2026

Your Images Are Probably the Slowest Thing on Your Website

Developers usually look at code first when a page feels slow, but the bottleneck is more often the media library. A homepage that takes over four seconds to load frequently has fine HTML, CSS, and JS — and massive unoptimized images.

May 2026