EPIC: Clarifying Goals/Roadmap for Image Uploads Project about imgup HOT 3 OPEN

Long time friend @jupiter 🪐 created https://github.com/jupiter/rust-image-worker a few years back. ⭐
The demo still works: https://factorymethod.uk/image.png?mode=fill&width=400&height=400&origin=http://factorymethod.uk/Apollo_17.jpeg

400px:

40px:

This looks like a very good starting point for what we want in terms of dynamic (URL param) re-sizing. 🎉

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For URL param re-sizing, I've found https://dev.to/horaceshmorace/an-open-source-and-completely-serverless-image-resizing-service-in-aws-589b (with an accompanying https://github.com/HoraceShmorace/Image-Flex repo) for image re-sizing on AWS (what we're using).

It might entail a revamp of what we have and discarding essentially our resizing lambda function, compressed bucket and a few other services.

However:

While Image-Flex allows you to indicate a region to use other than us-east-1, CloudFront requires us-east-1. Until I figure out a workaround, don't attempt to deploy in any region other than us-east-1.

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Consider the following image:
https://world-celebs.com/public/media/resize/800x-/2019/8/5/porter-robinson-3.jpg

We can resize it dynamically without owning/hosting it:
https://factorymethod.uk/image.png?mode=fill&width=200&height=200&origin=https://world-celebs.com/public/media/resize/800x-/2019/8/5/porter-robinson-3.jpg

The only drawback I can see is that it doesn't yet work for GIF or webp as per: jupiter/rust-image-worker#3
But this is preferable to being forced to use the us-east-1 AWS region and then having to get consent from people in the EU because of GDPR ... 🙃
I would much rather use Cloudflare than AWS.

Full disclosure: 2% of my holdings are Cloudflare (NYSE: NET 📈
We know a few people that work there and love the work they're doing! 😍
Not saying AWS, S3 and Lambda are "bad", they are "fine". 👌
Oh and Jeff is more than rich enough already! 🤑

But this is definitely side-tracking and we should discuss implementation of "advanced" resizing in a dedicated issue rather than this EPIC. 💭

Did you have any further thoughts on any of the items in the list above?

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