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I'm curious as to what the use cases are for services like this. When we build a site, we know what sizes our images are going to be needed at and we create tho
by drcongo 7y ago
I'm curious as to what the use cases are for services like this. When we build a site, we know what sizes our images are going to be needed at and we create those at the point of upload and stick them behind a CDN. What kind of sites would need this kind of on-the-fly processing?
- chrisweekly 7y agoUCG (User-Generated Content). Also, even for your embedded 1st-party images, even if you really know every variation you want to deliver (putting you in a small minority), and you already have an asset pipeline you're happy with (a smaller minority), there are still potential use cases (test automation, R&D, prototyping, DX shortcuts...) I can think of off the top of my head. No affiliation (I haven't even tried Pixaven), just replying to your question per se. :) Edit: also, some of the listed features (eg face detection and blurring) might not be part of your extant pipeline's capabilities.
- matylla 7y agoYes, exactly that. Pixaven is a service meant (ideally) for businesses running at scale. If you're a large e-commerce platform with literally millions of new images (and their variants) created per day you would be looking for a solid platform to process this visual content for you.