Image Optimization Beyond Compression: Lazy Loading, Modern Formats, and the Rendering Pipeline Tricks That Actually Help

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Most developers stop at squishing a JPEG and calling it done. Run it through ImageOptim, drop it into the public/ folder, ship it. Job done. Except it's not — because image optimization in 2025 is a multi-layered problem that spans format selection, delivery strategy, browser rendering behavior, and server-side generation pipelines. Get any one of those layers wrong and you're leaving real performance on the table, even if your file sizes look great.

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