· 7 min read
Image transformations for an R2 bucket: Cloudflare Images vs Lambda and Sharp vs Dreep
Three ways to resize and convert images kept in your own Cloudflare R2 bucket, with worked costs, setup effort and honest trade-offs.
Dreep engineering blog
Practical write-ups on handling user media in production: direct uploads, image and video transformations, signed URLs, migrations and what each approach costs. Every example uses the real Dreep SDKs or plain REST.
· 8 min read
Direct browser uploads without exposing your bucket or API key
How the presign, PUT, confirm pattern lets browsers upload straight to storage while your backend keeps the keys and decides who may upload what.
· 7 min read
A Cloudinary migration checklist for a small SaaS
Inventory, import, URL mapping and a reversible cutover plan for moving a small SaaS from Cloudinary to Dreep without broken images.
· 7 min read
Designing a video upload and transcoding pipeline
The stages of a video pipeline, from large uploads to HLS and thumbnails, and how Dreep's 202-then-poll model works without webhooks.
· 6 min read
On-demand vs pre-generated image variants: trade-offs, caching and presets
When to resize images at upload and when to resize on request, how variant caching really behaves, and how presets keep URLs maintainable.
· 6 min read
Signed URLs for private images and video
How HMAC-signed, expiring URLs protect user media, how to choose expiry times, and how to generate them in JavaScript and Go with Dreep.
· 7 min read
Image uploads in Go with presigned URLs and on-demand variants
A Go walkthrough with dreep-go: server-side uploads, presigned browser uploads, error handling and responsive variants, using only the standard library.
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