I understand the need for compression and re-encoding but I stand by the claim we should not use a container that will eat itself alive a little bit every time it’s edited.

https://uploadcare.com/blog/jpeg-quality-loss/

It happens when the image is edited and re-encoded on save. Who taught you they didn’t?

Files should be at reasonable resolutions and sizes for their purpose but not in file formats that slowly deteriate in an internet of remixing ideas.

Lossy compression is antiquated. Jpg should no longer be used as it’s not 1999. I will die on this mole hill.

Here’s a secret I wish someone told me in high school: literally everything is pass by value, it’s just that sometimes the value is an address. It demystified pointers for me.