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		mark-r on Nov 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blurhash: A compact representation of a placeholde... SVG would be much larger for the same image, it's XML based.

notpushkin on Nov 5, 2022 | [–]

True, but we have GZip for that, and you don't need a lib to parse it. Actually, it would be nice to compare the overall size needed for both Blurhash lib + a bunch of hashes vs a bunch of SVG placeholders glued together.

SergeAx on Nov 4, 2022 | [–]

It would be nice if there was a way to translate/transcode Blurhash directly to SVG with a small piece if TS code.

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