I Built a Passport Photo Maker Because a Visa Photo Took Me Two Hours

A few months ago, I was preparing for a New Year trip to Vietnam. The flight was booked. The hotel was booked. The only thing I had left until the last minute was the visa. I thought it would be a quick online form. So I went to a coffee shop, opened my laptop, and expected to finish everything in one sitting. Then the photo upload step stopped me for almost two hours. The e-visa photo had all the usual requirements: the right size, the right file dimensions, the right background, the right head