Confession time: I’m lazy. Not the "won't get out of bed" lazy, but the "there has to be an easier way" lazy. And that laziness led to my BSUIR diploma project—a free online file converter that actually works, doesn’t make you beg for your own files back, and, most importantly, doesn’t ask for your firstborn in exchange for a download button. Now, full disclosure: the grand plan is to conquer all file formats—videos, audio, documents, maybe even your grandma’s secret recipe. But for the base version, I kept it sensible. I focused on images. Pictures. Pixels. You know, the stuff we drown in every day. But here's where it got spicy. I didn’t just support JPEGs and PNGs like every other converter out there. Oh no. I went full hipster. I added support for exotic formats. And I mean exotic. We’re talking .HEIC from your iPhone that your Windows PC refuses to open. .WEBP that makes you question your life choices. And then... the crown jewel—medical DICOM files. Yep. While my friends were building yet another to-do list app, I was sitting there thinking, "You know what would be cool? Converting a CT scan into a regular picture." Because apparently, that’s how my brain works. And honestly? It was a blast. I built a clean, minimal interface—no flashy animations, no dancing unicorns. Just upload, click, download. Easy. The backend does all the heavy lifting while you sit back and sip your coffee. For the DICOM part, I wrote a module that reads those fancy medical files, extracts the actual image data, and spits out a good ol’ JPEG. It also grabs the metadata (patient name, scan type, etc.) because why not show off a little? Defending this project was actually fun. Instead of the usual nerve-wracking interrogation, the committee got genuinely curious—especially about the medical part. They asked smart questions, I gave (hopefully) smart answers, and the room felt more like a tech meetup than an exam. When they gave me the highest grade, I genuinely smiled. Not because I got an A, but because something I built—something that started as a lazy idea—could genuinely help people. Whether it’s a student trying to open a weird image or a doctor sharing a scan with a colleague. So yeah. That’s my story. No drama. No sleepless nights full of panic. Just a solid tool, a bit of curiosity, and a happy ending that even Hollywood would approve of. And the best part? It’s free. Always will be. Because some things are too good to put behind a paywall.

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1d ago

honestly this looks super useful, especially the exotic format support which is usually a pain elsewhere. one thing i'd love to see is a browser extension so i can just right click a file locally and convert it without uploading through the site first, would save a lot of time for batch stuff.

8h ago

@ysantu41358 Yep. Thank you. I have plans to create a chrome extension

2h ago

finally tried it with an obscure audio format i had lying around and it actually worked without making me sign up or hit a paywall, which is rarer than it should be these days

7h ago

Convert.bz

Support over 350 file formats (+exotic and specialized)

Support over 350 file formats (+exotic and specialized)