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I Wasted 2 Hours Per Week Resizing Images. So I Built a CLI Tool in 30 Minutes.
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I Wasted 2 Hours Per Week Resizing Images. So I Built a CLI Tool in 30 Minutes.

via Dev.to PythonDevadatta Baireddy1d ago

I Wasted 2 Hours Per Week Resizing Images. So I Built a CLI Tool in 30 Minutes. Last week, I was processing images for a project. Simple task: Take 200 photos, resize them to 5 different dimensions, export as WebP. Time estimate: 30 minutes with batch processing. Actual time: 2.5 hours. Why? Because I was using Photoshop. Batch operations. Manual export settings. Watching progress bars. On the second batch, I realized: This is stupid. I could write code to do this in the time I'm spending clicking buttons. So I did. The Problem You have images. Lots of them. And you need them in different sizes: Web: 1200x800 (desktop), 600x400 (mobile), 300x200 (thumbnail) Mobile app: 2x, 3x density variants Social media: Instagram (1080x1080), Twitter (1200x675), LinkedIn (1200x627) Email: 600px width max Backup: Original + compressed archive Current solutions: Manual resize in Photoshop/Figma: 2-4 hours per batch. Expensive software. Repetitive work. Online batch resizer: Upload limits, quality issu

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