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Bsize yet Another Byte Size Crate
Type-safe byte constants beat magic numbers with manual comments every time.
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tison
2012d ago
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Handsum: An LQIP Image File Format
by nigeltao·Jul 8, 2026·2 points·0 comments
AI Analysis
●●SolidNiche GemBig Brain
Fixed-size LQIP format for database columns when Thumbhash already does smaller.
Strengths
- •Fixed 48-147 byte sizes enable fixed-width database columns for faster iteration
- •Simpler than JPEG spec (186 pages) — educational value for understanding DCT
- •Working C decoder compiled to Wasm with real benchmark comparisons included
Weaknesses
- •Thumbhash achieves 24-27 bytes — Handsum is 2-5x larger for similar quality
- •Another LQIP format in a space already served by Blurhash and Thumbhash
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Target Audience
Web developers optimizing page load times, database engineers storing thumbnails
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Thumbhash · Blurhash · SQIP
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