matusgallik008

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   by matusgallik008 2y ago

   You're good mate. I meant exaclty what aprilnya said. I thought you are using the Lambda just to validate the 10mb limit - and just for that you don't need the lambda :) and could save yourself some cents & effort. But if you
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   by matusgallik008 2y ago

   Well, security for starts. Having user A upload a malicious_file.png and then user B download it would not be ideal. Secondly, UX - having thumbnails for files can increase the loading speed. Arguably not the most important UX feature, but
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   by matusgallik008 2y ago

   I believe AWS S3 allows setting the Content-Length header as well. So you might not need the lambda
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   by matusgallik008 2y ago

   Thanks for the insights! I had a look at ClamAV - never heard/worked with it. This was something I was looking for. Do you also handle large files e.g. videos with lambda? Don't you struggle with Lambda limits then?
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   Ask HN: How to handle user file uploads?

   214 points by matusgallik008 2y ago|186 comments