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My browser video compressor choked on a 2.2 GB AVI. Here's why

I run SquishyFile, a video compressor that works entirely in the browser. Most files go through WebCodecs with Mediabunny.

  • SquishyFile choked on 2.2 GB AVI due to memory limit in Chromium
  • readFile() failed to read large files >2 GiB, causing NotReadableError
  • WORKERFS solution reads file slices on demand, bypassing memory limits

ShelfLife-KIMS

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend What I Built I built ShelfLife-KIMS, a smart kitchen management system that helps a household decide what to cook based…

  • ShelfLife-KIMS is a smart kitchen management system
  • Application uses React, TypeScript, FastAPI, and Python
  • AI component planned to utilize Gemma models

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