Formats

What a file format actually does, and when it is the wrong choice.

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The audio inside an MP4 is usually AAC. Turning it into MP3 decodes it and encodes it again, and that second pass is where the quality goes.

Vashist Nagori·Jul 11, 2026·4 min read

WebP wins on file size almost every time. That is not the whole question, and for some images PNG is still the right answer.

Vashist Nagori·Jul 4, 2026·4 min read

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