If this sounds like your week
Format debates are fun until you have 6,000 deliverables.
The query “Batch convert JPEG XL pipeline prep thumbnail grids CI artifacts” is usually about shipping WebP, AVIF, or sane JPEG—without a bespoke script per shoot. Large folders punish browser tools—operators need local multicore batches without quota theater.
Where tooling usually breaks
Browser converters are a queue with your files in the middle.
Upload, wait, download, repeat. That is not a pipeline; it is a ritual.