How Nemi works,
measured.

The benchmarks we ran, with the harness to run them yourself. Why the privacy decisions are the ones they are. And plain guides to doing more with less. Every number here was measured or counted, and every post says where.

We rebuilt our file converter. Here is every benchmark we ran

Twelve real file conversion jobs timed before and after we rewrote Nemi's converter: up to 51 times faster, plus the one slowdown we found and fixed.

Engineering · 3 October 2026 · 10 min read

Every post

What encrypted at rest protects, and what it does not

What does encrypted at rest mean? It keeps a stolen copy of your data unreadable, not the data from whoever holds the key. See where Nemi draws that line.

Security · 3 October 2026 · 9 min read

How to make a video small enough to send

How to make a video smaller for email: work out the bitrate that fits the limit, shrink it with the right settings, or skip the attachment and send a link.

Guides · 1 October 2026 · 7 min read

A file you give Nemi AI is staged, not uploaded

Is it safe to upload files to an AI assistant? In Nemi AI an attachment is held 24 hours on your account, in no workspace, then deleted. See where it goes.

Privacy · 30 September 2026 · 8 min read

How to send large files securely: a practical guide

How to send large files securely: who can open the link, passwords, expiry, download limits and previews, step by step, plus what the recipient sees.

Guides · 30 September 2026 · 8 min read

Why Nemi encodes your photos on your own device

AVIF vs JPEG, measured: Nemi Gallery encodes photos as AVIF in your browser before upload, and keeps no originals. See what it saves and compare the pixels.

Engineering · 29 September 2026 · 8 min read

Why blocks on a Nemi share page never overlap

A branded download page is one you design once and every client opens. Why two blocks on a Nemi share page never share a cell, and what moves instead.

Design · 28 September 2026 · 7 min read

Convert almost any file: every format pair Nemi supports

Look up any of 2,778 file conversions, from HEIC to JPG and MOV to MP4 to PDF to Word, before you upload, with the route each one takes and what it costs.

Guides · 25 September 2026 · 7 min read

Live captions: exactly where your meeting's audio goes

How do live captions work in a video call? In Nemi Meet the host's browser sends the mixed audio to a speech service in the EU. Every path, and what is kept.

Privacy · 24 September 2026 · 10 min read

A presence ring that remembers nothing

Online status privacy, done properly: Nemi shows if a colleague is online or in a call, keeps no history of it, and shows nobody else. See how it works.

Privacy · 18 September 2026 · 9 min read

What happens to your files when you stop paying

What happens to your files if you cancel a subscription? On Nemi nothing goes that day: everything gets 30 days from the plan's end. See the date for any file.

Product · 15 September 2026 · 7 min read

How a 10 GB upload survives a closed tab

Why big uploads restart from zero, and how Nemi resumes an interrupted upload, even after a closed tab: a dropped connection costs only the parts in flight.

Engineering · 11 September 2026 · 8 min read

How to collect files from clients without chasing them

How to collect files from clients: one page that lists what you still need, lets them answer each line in place, and shows what is missing. No more chasing.

Guides · 9 September 2026 · 8 min read

Why your own domain serves your links and never a sign-in page

A custom domain for file sharing puts your name on every link. Why Nemi serves only public links there, keeps sign-in on nemilab.com, and how to set it up.

Security · 28 August 2026 · 7 min read

From 63 font sizes to 14: a design system the build enforces

How many font sizes should a design system have? How Nemi cut 63 accidental sizes to a type scale of 14, and why a failing build keeps it that way.

Design · 27 August 2026 · 9 min read

Every change in a workspace checks your role

Role based access control, explained: membership lets you look, your role decides what you may change. How Nemi checks the role on every write, and proves it.

Security · 20 August 2026 · 8 min read

Two-way calendar sync that keeps the edit you have not sent yet

How Google Calendar and Outlook two-way sync can undo your edit, and how Nemi Calendar prevents it: push before pull, and one row for every repeating series.

Engineering · 19 August 2026 · 8 min read

Download statistics without tracking the people who download

Want to know who downloaded your file? Nemi counts opens and downloads with a salted hash, not the IP address. See what is kept, and what Trace adds.

Privacy · 14 August 2026 · 7 min read

Why a Nemi meeting stops at ten people

WebRTC mesh vs SFU: Nemi Meet has no media server, so every browser sends to every other. What that buys, what it costs, and why no plan goes past ten.

Engineering · 12 August 2026 · 6 min read

How a document saves itself without losing your last sentence

How does autosave work in a shared editor? Four timers decide when Nemi Docs stores your words, and one guard refuses to save a page that suddenly went blank.

Engineering · 29 July 2026 · 7 min read

Downloading a folder as one zip without holding it in memory

How to download a folder as a zip of any size: Nemi builds it while you download, one file at a time, and resumes storage hiccups at the exact byte.

Engineering · 14 July 2026 · 8 min read

Use the thing we write about.

Files, docs, sheets, photos, calendar and meetings in one account, built the way these posts describe.