Notes on formats, routes, and why files misbehave
Short, specific pieces on what actually happens when a file changes format — written by the people who build the routes.
How to convert a PDF to Word without losing the table
The four things that break, in order of likelihood, and what to do about each one before you convert rather than after.
7 min · 4 Sep 2026
Step count is the wrong way to judge a conversion
A conversion that takes a beat longer can keep more of your file than a quick one. What matters is what arrives, not how it got there — so we grade the result, and tell you before you convert.
6 min · 28 Aug 2026
FormatsWhat .odt is for, and why your council insists on it
OpenDocument is not a worse Word file. It is a standard with a different set of politics behind it, and knowing which is which helps.
5 min · 21 Aug 2026
GuideWhen to send a JPEG and when to send a PNG
One of them is for photographs and one of them is for screenshots, and sending the wrong one is why your email bounced.
4 min · 12 Aug 2026
Deep diveWhy a 3 MB PNG becomes a 400 KB JPEG and looks identical
A tour of lossy compression using the only example anyone cares about: the screenshot you are trying to email.
9 min · 3 Aug 2026
FormatsSVG is not an image format
It is a drawing program that happens to live in a file. This is why converting to SVG never does what people hope it will do.
6 min · 24 Jul 2026
GuideTurning a slide deck into something people can actually open
PPTX, PPT and PDF, and which one to send depending on whether the recipient is presenting or reading.
5 min · 15 Jul 2026
ChangelogAdded: TIFF in, TIFF out, and 26 new conversions
Scanners insist on TIFF and archives insist on TIFF, so it is a first-class format now. Everything it unlocked, listed.
3 min · 8 Jul 2026
Deep diveWe deleted our logs and nothing bad happened
Building a converter that keeps no filenames means giving up some debugging comfort. It was worth it. Here is what we lost.
8 min · 1 Jul 2026