[HN Gopher] Show HN: I made a super-simple image CDN
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       Show HN: I made a super-simple image CDN
        
       Hi HN,  MageCDN is a simple and affordable image hosting service I
       have been working on for the past few weeks. The idea came out of
       my own frustration with hosting and optimizing images for my blog.
       While platforms like Imgur make it really simple to upload images,
       they don't allow you to embed them. Services like Cloudinary,
       Imagekit exist, but I found them too complex for my needs. Plus,
       they get really expensive past their free tier.  So, I started
       MageCDN with three simple goals:  - pricing should be affordable
       and scale linearly.  - basic image operations (resize, crop,
       optimize) should be doable within the app.  - uploading and getting
       a link you can use should be fast and hassle-free.  Would love to
       hear what you think!
        
       Author : shubhamjain
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-10-03 15:34 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | m-p-3 wrote:
       | Hosting user-generated content makes it inevitable that someone
       | will upload unsavory or even illegal content, are you using some
       | kind image processing to identify that content proactively and
       | flag it for review?
       | 
       | And best of luck in your endeavor!
        
       | ruckusing wrote:
       | Good on you to build a tool to scratch your itch!
       | 
       | As another poster highlighted, hosting other people's content is
       | tricky. Its certainly not a business I would rather be in. I bet
       | the management of this SaaS service is going to quickly take over
       | your day job.
       | 
       | If you are just hosting your own content you can do it pretty
       | cheaply using the AWS Serverless Image Handler stack:
       | 
       | https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/serverless-...
        
       | janalsncm wrote:
       | The only thing that worries me about usage-based pricing is
       | denial of wallet attacks. You mention there won't be any surprise
       | bills but if someone decides to hammer my image for 85 TB worth
       | of traffic I don't see any mechanism that would cap my spend in
       | any way.
        
         | coolspot wrote:
         | They might be using a hosting that doesn't charge insane prices
         | for egress. Both Hetzner and DigitalOcean give first 20-23 TB
         | of egress per month for free and then charge $10/TB overage.
        
           | tredre3 wrote:
           | They use Bunny CDN who charge about $10/TB (it can be more or
           | less depending on network choice and bulk).
           | 
           | If magecdn doesn't support setting a cap then their "no
           | surprise charges" is misleading. But if they do support caps
           | then it should be mentioned in the FAQ imho, it's a selling
           | point.
        
       | yawnxyz wrote:
       | interesting, is this an interface on top of BunnyCDN? Would they
       | be cheaper than Cloudflare image CDN?
        
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