Scaley
Infrastructure
image processing service
SHOW HN2017
171points
81comments
#211of 2,242 in 2017
Top 10%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
5 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 15 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Pricing: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple URL-based usage
From 2 comments
The main thing I've tried to focus on is simplicity - you can just use it by changing some URLs. There are definitely other services out there which address the same thing, the…
hoahluke on HNLooks nice. Is the service smart enough to figure out the file type, for example, image from facebook…
dk8996 on HN
Clean presentation
From 2 comments
Nice features and presentation. Looks great. But those aren't URLs. Do you document how images are retrieved, http or https?
donut on HNPretty slick. Have any signups yet?
kejaed on HN
Objections
100% uptime guarantee is unrealistic
From 2 comments
I'd like to echo the sentiment that offering 100% uptime and 3x, 5x, 10x refunds is a dangerous decision and actually will not increase paid signups. I've been doing…
nodesocket on HNThis looks like a great service, but the 3x, 5x, and 10x refunds make me very very nervous for you. 100% uptime is practically impossible. Good luck!
aarondf on HN
Cloudflare terms prohibit caching non-HTML content at scale
From 2 comments
Cloudflare does not permit storing just images in any of their plans. Their terms state that serving disproportionate amount of image or video via their service will be violation…
adityapatadia on HNIt's not bandwidth that is restricted by our terms of service it's... SECTION 10: LIMITATION ON NON-HTML CACHING You acknowledge that Cloudflare’s Service is offered as a…
jgrahamc on HN
Free unlimited CDN bandwidth is risky for costs
From 1 comment
CloudFlare doesn't allow this kind of use of their service. Once you start pushing enough bandwidth they will ask you to go away. And since you offer free unlimited CDN…
jimaek on HN
Resize output has gamma/linear color blending errors
From 1 comment
My acid test for image scaling software: http://i.imgur.com/X9vKa2s.png https://i.scaley.io/png-256x128/i.imgur.com/X9vKa2s.png This means that you don't use a linear color space…
leni536 on HN
Requests
Use linear gamma by default
From 1 comment
Nice! I think it should be the default. Some software might treats as a compromise between correctness and cost (doing the rescaling in linear space is usually more costly). In…
leni536 on HN
Smart content-aware cropping
From 2 comments
Fun feature you should add: the ability to crop around faces. I.e say you have a long and tall image and you need it to be square, you could pick the center, top, or bottom to…
jastanton on HNMy problem is usually making the cropping "smart". I need a content-aware cropping so that the resulting image looks good. It doesn't seem to come up too often as a known and…
mderazon on HN
Rotate from EXIF data
From 1 comment
Maybe you could implement Rotate from EXIF data.
GoToRO on HN
Implement IIIF
From 1 comment
Have you considered implementing IIIF? That's an emerging standard for constructing image URLs which has a growing amount of existing client support: http://iiif.io/api/image/2.1/
acdha on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Imgix
From 2 comments
Looks really well done! Can someone compare/contrast with Imgix?
hashkb on HNHow does this differ from Imgix?
dbbk on HN
How to prevent abusive uploads
From 1 comment
As someone who has never hosted an image service like this, what actions do you have to take to stop "bad" people from using your service? For example, uploading inappropriate /…
mgottein on HN
Is the URL protected against DoS via looped requests
From 2 comments
This is the tester/hacker in me talking, but have you checked for cases where one can loop your own images hundreds of times? (e.g.…
tonmoy on HNTheoretically, I could sign up then DoS the site myself for a nice payout.
wingerlang on HN
Alternatives named
imgix
From 2 comments
Well, from first glance, you're lowest plan is more expensive than imgix's $10/mo minimum. I see now that you have a free plan and I get that you're following the SaaS pricing…
callmeed on HNHow does this differ from Imgix?
dbbk on HN
Filestack
From 1 comment
Very cool! How is this different from some of the alternatives like Filestack https://www.filestack.com/. I'm not trolling, genuinely curious.
ferrantim on HN
Kraken.io
From 1 comment
Related: https://kraken.io
karim79 on HN
rsz.io
From 1 comment
The main thing I've tried to focus on is simplicity - you can just use it by changing some URLs. There are definitely other services out there which address the same thing, the…
hoahluke on HN
Cloudinary
From 1 comment
Well, from first glance, you're lowest plan is more expensive than imgix's $10/mo minimum. I see now that you have a free plan and I get that you're following the SaaS pricing…
callmeed on HN
Transloadit
From 1 comment
Related: https://transloadit.com/
pag on HN