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OP has a resolution of 195x53, so I had very similar, but slightly worse i think? mostly a different aspect ratio + map projection i think. playing with Squoosh.app is very fun, and you can very easily see how the jump from 500b to 1-2kb turns a map from ", "context": "", "use_case": "image compression", "switched_from": "", "story": "Can you build a recognizable World Map in under 500 bytes?"}, {"id": 740469488, "item_id": 46279343, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279343", "by": "StoneAndSky", "date": "2025-12-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Squoosh. I have used it since it launched.", "excerpt": "I love Squoosh. I have used it since it launched. However, IIRC, Squoosh was built largely by Surma and Jake; or maybe they were just the \"face\" of the project. Either way, at one point it even had a CLI. Since their departure from Google, the CLI project was abandoned and it feels like the web app is as well. 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It\u2019s been good enough for all my practical needs, but I know it\u2019s been around for a while and there may be better techniques for some file types now.", "context": "", "use_case": "image compression", "switched_from": "", "story": "Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, right in the browser"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["image compression", "image compression and comparison"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173762", "title": "Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, right in the browser", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421758", "title": "Firefox intent to ship: JPEG XL", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48747762", "title": "Can you build a recognizable World Map in under 500 bytes?", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 790765984, "item_id": 49422874, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422874", "by": "ComputerGuru", "date": "2026-08-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love your editor/comparison tool.", "excerpt": "I love your editor/comparison tool. 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OP has a resolution of 195x53, so I had very similar, but slightly worse i think? mostly a different aspect ratio + map projection i think. playing with Squoosh.app is very fun, and you can very easily see how the jump from 500b to 1-2kb turns a map from ", "context": "", "use_case": "image compression", "switched_from": "", "story": "Can you build a recognizable World Map in under 500 bytes?"}, {"id": 740469488, "item_id": 46279343, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279343", "by": "StoneAndSky", "date": "2025-12-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love Squoosh. I have used it since it launched.", "excerpt": "I love Squoosh. I have used it since it launched. However, IIRC, Squoosh was built largely by Surma and Jake; or maybe they were just the \"face\" of the project. Either way, at one point it even had a CLI. Since their departure from Google, the CLI project was abandoned and it feels like the web app is as well. 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