This “huge JPEG at low quality” technique has been widely known for years. But it is typically avoided by larger sites and CDNs, as it requires a lot more memor

This “huge JPEG at low quality” technique has been widely known for years. But it is typically avoided by larger sites and CDNs, as it requires a lot more memory and processing on the client. Depending on the client or the number of images on the site the huge JPEG could be a crippling performance issue, or even a “site doesn’t work at all” issue.