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Memory problems with MozJPEG and Pillow

Peter van der Does — Sun, 19 Aug 2018 15:08:00 -0400

After implementing MozJPEG to create smaller files we noticed it would not always work as we got the message “I/O suspension not supported in scan optimization”

Replace JPEG libraries with MozJPEG

Peter van der Does — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 09:03:00 -0400

For a project in Python we had to squeeze more bytes out of JPG files using Pillow. Currently MozJPEG fits that bill but there isn’t a repository available to install it on Ubuntu.

Create a custom 410 error page in NGINX

Peter van der Does — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:03:00 -0400

I had a need to create a 410 page for a whole bunch pages. As it turns out it was not as easy as it sounds

Move from WordPress to Pelican

Peter van der Does — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 22:15:24 -0400

I have been playing with the thought of moving my blog from WordPress to a static website generator for years and I finally pulled the trigger.