<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Nelenga — Blog</title><description>Notes from the journey — building products from Seginim, Bengkulu Selatan.</description><link>https://nelenga.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>AVIF vs WebP: The Next-Gen Image Format Showdown</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/avif-vs-webp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/avif-vs-webp/</guid><description>AVIF vs WebP compared: compression efficiency, image quality, browser support, and which next-gen format to ship in 2026.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lossy vs Lossless Compression: What&apos;s the Difference for Images?</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/lossy-vs-lossless-compression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/lossy-vs-lossless-compression/</guid><description>Lossy vs lossless compression explained: how each shrinks image file size, what quality you lose, and when to use which.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is EXIF Data? How to View and Remove Photo Metadata</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-exif-data/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-exif-data/</guid><description>What is EXIF data? 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A plain-English guide to choosing the best image format for the web by use case, quality, and file size.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Count Syllables in a Word (Simple Rules and Examples)</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/how-to-count-syllables/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/how-to-count-syllables/</guid><description>Learn to count syllables the easy way: the clapping method, vowel-sound rules and tricky cases, with examples like haiku and common words.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Long Is a 5-Minute Speech? Speaking Time by Word Count</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/speaking-time-words-per-minute/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/speaking-time-words-per-minute/</guid><description>Most people speak 130-150 words per minute, so a 5-minute speech is roughly 650-750 words. 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Understand the Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog and SMOG formulas and how to make writing easier to read.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is the Average Reading Speed? Words Per Minute Explained</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/average-reading-speed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/average-reading-speed/</guid><description>The average adult reads 200-250 words per minute. Learn typical reading speeds by age and purpose, and how reading time is calculated.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Many Pages Is 1000 Words? (And 500, 2000, 250 Words Too)</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/how-many-pages-is-1000-words/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/how-many-pages-is-1000-words/</guid><description>1000 words is about 2 pages single spaced or 4 double spaced. See exact page counts for 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 words at common settings.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Many Words Are on a Page? A Complete Words-to-Pages Guide</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/words-per-page/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/words-per-page/</guid><description>How many words fit on a page? See word counts for single vs double spacing, common fonts, and essay lengths, plus what actually changes the number.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PDF Metadata: What It Is, How to View It, and Why It Matters</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/pdf-metadata-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/pdf-metadata-explained/</guid><description>What is PDF metadata? See what hidden data your PDFs carry, how to view document properties, and the privacy reasons to clean it before sharing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vector vs Raster in PDFs: Why Images Decide Your File Size</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/vector-vs-raster-in-pdfs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/vector-vs-raster-in-pdfs/</guid><description>Vector vs raster inside a PDF explained: how image type, DPI, and resolution drive file size and print quality, and what you can safely shrink.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PDF/A Explained: The Format Built for Long-Term Archiving</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/pdf-a-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/pdf-a-explained/</guid><description>What is PDF/A? Understand the ISO archiving standard, how PDF/A differs from regular PDF, its sub-types, and when you&apos;re required to use it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Is My PDF So Big? What Really Bloats a PDF File Size</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/why-is-my-pdf-so-big/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/why-is-my-pdf-so-big/</guid><description>Big PDF? Learn exactly what bloats a PDF file size, embedded images, scans, fonts and metadata, and how each part drives the numbers up.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Markdown vs HTML: When to Use Each (and Mix Them)</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/markdown-vs-html/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/markdown-vs-html/</guid><description>Markdown vs HTML compared: readability, control, and speed. 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Plus a faster way to convert spreadsheet data into a table.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Markdown Syntax: The Complete Beginner&apos;s Guide</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/markdown-syntax-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/markdown-syntax-guide/</guid><description>Learn Markdown syntax from scratch: headings, bold, lists, links, code, and tables. A complete beginner-friendly cheat sheet with copy-paste examples.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>URL Encoding Explained: What %20 and Percent-Encoding Really Mean</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/url-encoding-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/url-encoding-explained/</guid><description>Why URLs use %20 instead of spaces: percent-encoding explained, which characters are reserved vs unreserved, and when to encode query strings and paths.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UTF-8 vs ASCII: How Text Becomes Bytes (and Why Encoding Matters)</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/utf-8-vs-ascii/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/utf-8-vs-ascii/</guid><description>UTF-8 vs ASCII made simple: how each maps characters to bytes, why ASCII is a subset of UTF-8, and how Unicode fixed the mess of legacy encodings.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SHA-256 vs MD5: Which Hash Should You Actually Use?</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/sha256-vs-md5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/sha256-vs-md5/</guid><description>SHA-256 vs MD5 compared: speed, collision resistance, output length, and when MD5 is still fine (spoiler: only non-security checks). 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Hash Functions Explained (No Math Degree Needed)</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-hashing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-hashing/</guid><description>A plain-English guide to hashing: what a hash function is, how it turns data into a fixed fingerprint, and why hashes power passwords, checksums and integrit...</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JSON Syntax Rules: The Complete Reference (With Examples)</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/json-syntax-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/json-syntax-rules/</guid><description>Every JSON syntax rule in one place: quotes, commas, brackets, allowed values and the mistakes that make JSON invalid, with examples.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JSON Data Types Explained: Strings, Numbers, Objects, Arrays &amp; More</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/json-data-types-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/json-data-types-explained/</guid><description>A clear guide to JSON&apos;s six data types, string, number, object, array, boolean and null, with examples of nested objects and arrays.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JSON Schema Explained: How to Describe and Validate JSON Structure</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/json-schema-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/json-schema-explained/</guid><description>JSON Schema explained: what it is, how it validates JSON structure and types, and a worked example you can adapt for your own data.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Is JSON? A Plain-English Guide to the Web&apos;s Data Format</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-json/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-json/</guid><description>What is JSON? A plain-English guide to JavaScript Object Notation, what it stands for, how it works, its file format, and real-world examples.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CSV vs Excel: What&apos;s the Difference and When to Use Each</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/csv-vs-excel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/csv-vs-excel/</guid><description>CSV vs Excel explained: what a plain-text CSV can and can&apos;t do versus an XLSX workbook, and which to pick for your data.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CSV Encoding and UTF-8: Why Your Characters Turn to Gibberish</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/csv-encoding-utf-8/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/csv-encoding-utf-8/</guid><description>Mojibake in your CSV? 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A Plain-English Guide to Comma-Separated Values</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-a-csv-file/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-a-csv-file/</guid><description>What is a CSV file? 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Scanned Files, OCR, and Selectable Text</title><link>https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-a-searchable-pdf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nelenga.com/blog/what-is-a-searchable-pdf/</guid><description>A searchable PDF looks the same but behaves differently. 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