Imgix Sandbox
Infrastructure
image processing service
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Execution: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Saves infrastructure work and gives a strong image layer at a good price
From 3 comments
I'd like to give a big shout-out to Imgix, they've built a truly useful service. Their landing page copy features lines like "You can't build this in a weekend" and "This isn't…
notduncansmith on HNI was skeptical about imgix, but I recently plugged it into a CMS for a startup I was helping out as a simple image editor + transcoding service. It did pretty much all the work:…
mmastrac on HNLooks very similar to Cloudinary (http://cloudinary.com) which I use for my startup. The pricing at lower end of images looks better for Imgix but doesn't scale as well. Still, I…
cscharenberg on HN
Fast renders and smaller images via automatic content negotiation
From 1 comment
(Employee of imgix here.) Most of our feature benefits are derived from being a "full-stack" imaging solution. Because we know a lot more about the request and the client, we're…
kellysutton on HN
Objections
Pricing scales poorly at higher volumes compared with Cloudinary
From 1 comment
Looks very similar to Cloudinary (http://cloudinary.com) which I use for my startup. The pricing at lower end of images looks better for Imgix but doesn't scale as well. Still, I…
cscharenberg on HN
Not a self-hostable option
From 1 comment
having an image server with apis solves 80% of the problem. having a client counterpart lib to ease you in solves the other 80% https://github.com/choonkeat/attache_rails being…
choonkeat on HN
Requests
Benchmarks against ImageMagick and libvips
From 2 comments
Assuming you're not using ImageMagick, what are you using and what makes your solution superior? Do you have any benchmarks comparing against ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick?
n0thing on HNRather than ImageMagick, how do your benchmarks compare against libvips? http://sharp.dimens.io/en/stable/
mc74 on HN
Questions
Is it ImageMagick as a service?
From 1 comment
So this is imagmagik as a service?
monksy on HN
How hard is it to migrate from Cloudinary?
From 1 comment
I'm on Cloudinary and looking to migrate out. How difficult was it to switch? I'm at the Enterprise level at Cloudinary
tortilla on HN
Alternatives named
Cloudinary
From 2 comments
Looks very similar to Cloudinary (http://cloudinary.com) which I use for my startup. The pricing at lower end of images looks better for Imgix but doesn't scale as well. Still, I…
cscharenberg on HNI'd like to give a big shout-out to Imgix, they've built a truly useful service. Their landing page copy features lines like "You can't build this in a weekend" and "This isn't…
notduncansmith on HN
ImageMagick
From 2 comments
So this is imagmagik as a service?
monksy on HNIf ImageMagick meets your needs, use it. However, after doing so, you may find that it's terrible code, slow, leaky, and a giant pain to use in production at any real scale.
kogir on HN
libvips (sharp)
From 1 comment
Rather than ImageMagick, how do your benchmarks compare against libvips? http://sharp.dimens.io/en/stable/
mc74 on HN