imgproxy VS Smithereen

In my project[1], I convert all user-uploaded images to high-quality webp and store them like that. I discard the original files after the conversion. I use imgproxy[2] to further resize and convert them on the fly for actual display.

I don't do videos yet, but I'm kinda terrified of the idea of putting user-uploaded files through ffmpeg if/when I'll support them.

[1] https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen

[2] https://github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy

We use imgproxy which does 2->4 and all you need to do is change the URL on your site.

imgproxy interactive demo

You should also be using a variety of formats. Unless you need support for old browsers and transparency in the same image, don't use PNG. Stick with jpg, webp and avif. You can setup something like imgproxy to automatically resize and change format of images, or even fit into the space requirements you set.

If you look for something universal, you can try API for image optimization (e.g. imgproxy). However, the mechanism is different from build-time optimization.

Hey everyone, seeking some feedback about how to improve our project, imgproxy, an open source image processing tool.It’s designed to reduce costs and remove pricey requirements for all saved images to conform to specific formats. You can read the full list here if you’re curious: https://github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy In addition to crucial image processing stuff (like resizing, cropping, rotating), it can also sign urls, add watermarks, and a ton of other things.A ton of developers use it, and that’s great. We’re trying to improve it further, so wanted to put out the feelers and see if there is anyone using it (or a similar tool) who could suggest some additional features (or tell about the essential features of your current image processing tool).

In my project[1], I convert all user-uploaded images to high-quality webp and store them like that. I discard the original files after the conversion. I use imgproxy[2] to further resize and convert them on the fly for actual display.

I don't do videos yet, but I'm kinda terrified of the idea of putting user-uploaded files through ffmpeg if/when I'll support them.

[1] https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen

[2] https://github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy

They do, or rather not old Facebook, but old VK: https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen

As a bonus it's an ActivityPub enabled application, so any specific instance of it requires less work to get the network effect going. :)

https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen

A Facebook-style ActivityPub server. Has wall posts, groups, and events.

Not yet "ready" — 1.0 would need much better moderation tools, photo albums (with tagging), discussion boards (in groups), and a client API. Direct messages are a work in progress right now.

I myself use it daily for my participation in the fediverse.

Unfortunately I don't think it fits any of the projects I work on (and I don't use VSCode to begin with, never had it installed, bit I do see an IntelliJ plugin as well).

I have one project that's a server application (https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen), but since it uses lots of custom stuff on top of the Spark micro-framework, your plugin would probably not work on it. I imagine it does expect projects to be structured idiomatically for the framework they use, at least to some degree. Spark also doesn't know anything about databases, so that is all custom as well. Oh and I also hacked it a bit with reflection to allow streaming responses.

I'm building a fediverse project that aims to fill this exact niche. It's basically a recreation of an early-ish version of VKontakte (Russian Facebook) but federated. It's not really ready yet, and there are lots of important features missing, but I do use it daily for my primary fediverse account.

I, too, am sick of all the existing social media companies trying their damnest to cater to the entertainment use case no one ever asked for.

https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen

I'm building an ActivityPub thing of my own: https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen

It's not quite ready for mainstream use just yet, but I'm getting there. The next update will improve moderation tools by a lot. One after that will, at last, add private messages.

Well, for one, fediverse is a thing, and I'm doing my part

I know of Smithereen[1] that is an attempt at a full fledged social network similar to VK on top of the ActivityPub vocabulary.

[1] https://github.com/grishka/Smithereen