HackerNews Summary (2023-06-08 10AM)

Source: Senior Software engineer, Founding team at Aviator

Summary
Early stage YC-backed startup building developer tools for high growth companies seeks experienced engineers with a mix of software expertise, domain knowledge, and an execution-driven mindset. The company’s mission is to provide developers with superpowers to build faster and better by solving the challenges they face daily.

Facts

🚀 Engineers will have an impact from day one working closely with the founders.

💼 Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience building full-stack products and working in low-structure environments, with excellent communication skills.

👩‍💻 The successful applicant will own the product, driving the vision and building the early team working closely with users.

🔧 Benefits include the ability to solve your own problems as a software engineer and the opportunity to work with fast-growing companies like Slack, Square, Benchling, and Figma.

Source: FFmpeg Adds Support For Animated JPEG-XL

Summary
FFmpeg is now able to decode animated JPEG-XL files, and a new animated JPEG-XL demuxer has been added. Apple’s announcement of adding JPEG-XL support in their Safari browser puts pressure on Google to revert their decision to drop JPEG-XL support from Chrome.

Fact

🎞️ FFmpeg can now decode animated JPEG-XL files using the libjxl library.

🔙 Pressure on Google to change its position on JPEG-XL support after Apple’s new announcement.

🌐 Apple’s Safari browser will soon support the royalty-free image format JPEG-XL.

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