FIELD NOTES / MEDIA ENGINEERING
Guides.
Practical writing on the decisions and failure cases behind uploads, image engineering, video workflows, and delivery.
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Caption tracks in a video publishing workflow
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Choosing a useful video poster frame
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Plan adaptive video renditions before you encode
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Build a reliable queue for video transcoding
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How to deliver a hero image without hurting LCP
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Image metadata: what to preserve and what to strip
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Focal points and aspect ratios in automated cropping
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Designing an image transformation API
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AVIF, WebP, or JPEG: choose formats by asset
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Responsive images: get srcset and sizes working together
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Signed media URLs: access control at delivery time
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Design object storage keys for a growing media library