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jfhr's blog
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jfhr's blog is a personal blog at jfhr.me about programming and web. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Optimizing images with the HTML <picture> tag”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts cover web image optimisation, including using the HTML picture tag with AVIF, WebP and JPEG XL fallbacks, and browser support for those formats.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hi, I write blog posts about software development and little else. If you enjoy this blog, feel free to say hello :)
Most-linked posts?
- Optimizing images with the HTML <picture> tag2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-30
What Hacker News says?
This apparently goes nicely with the other article currently on the frontpage ... > I’d still recommend including JPEG XL versions of your images, because chances are that browser support will come eventually. https://jfhr.me/optimizing-images-with-the-html-picture-tag/
Comment linking /optimizing-images-with-the-html-picture-tag/
on “Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110”Submitted Optimizing images with the HTML <picture> tag as a story · 89 points
HN discussionFun fact: the "Your browser support avif" image in that post at https://jfhr.me/your-browser-supports.avif is currently... a png file. $ curl -s https://jfhr.me/your-browser-supports.avif | file - /dev/stdin: PNG image data, 400 x 100, 8-bit grayscale, non-interlaced (same for the jxl one, but firefox apparently doesn't try to load it because of the type. The webp and jpeg ones are what they say they are.)
Comment linking /your-browser-supports.avif
on “Optimizing images with the HTML <picture> tag”Submitted Consider Using CSV as a story · 2 points
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Comment linking /what-is-an-etld-+-1/
on “Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address, just for you”Submitted Fungible Tokens and Decentralized Exchanges as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Talking to Yourself as a story · 1 points
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