#Glossary

Every entry below: Every entry below is the same algorithm implemented independently in two or three languages. Each pair is an opportunity for silent drift. Source
The contract at every step: The contract at every step is the existing golden fixtures. The core is not "done" until it reproduces them byte-for-byte. Source
The export: The export is a flat set of files: Source
The future asset pipeline: The future asset pipeline is a Go program; it imports pixelweaver.smmh.dev/core directly -- no WASM, no cgo, no serialization. This is the cheapest and fastest consumer and needs nothing beyond the go.work/module path from section 2.1. The png package (2.2) exists mainly for this consumer and for parity tests; the browser uses the platform CanvasRenderingContext2D/CompressionStream and the server uses Pillow, so png in the core is optional and gated on the pipeline's needs. Source
This: This is the genuinely hard distribution decision. Three honest options: Source