A while ago I optimized some images for the site you are looking at, by using the
webp format
because I had forgotten to do that, and
PageSpeed Insights
suggested to do so.
I forgot how to do that, so I am writing it down now. Read on if you also want to know how to convert any kind of image to webp and embed it in your site.
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I have been using tundra as template engine for this site. And I am thankful for it, but it's time to move on. I mainly chose it because it is tiny, has no dependencies and it has the features I was looking for. It just does the things I am used to from django-like template engines not well enough, misses a tiny useful feature here and there. This does especially hurt, when I want to reuse HTML sceletons, tags, HTML snippets or functions to generate them. That is where tundra stops working. Knowing the code a bit I also think I have a feeling that getting it there would be quite some work.
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I just stumbled over https://imgix.com which looks like it could speed up a website building process and reduce the time one needs to invest in preparing images.