> but I do have what can be said to be an irrational preference for JXL.

Is it irrational to follow the collective "one format to rule them all" dream? Sure, the codec itself needs work, but seeing how long we've been stuck with the JPEG/PNG/GIF trio (even with better encoders like mozjpeg/jpegli or optipng/zopfli) with TIFF as a catch-all backup, getting the format right once and for all really matters.

I'm still weirded by the low amount of workforce in libjxl/jxl-rs; sure, too many cooks do ruin the broth, but too few too, in that domain.