Images taken by modern phones can be huge, ranging from 5MB to 10MB or even more.
This causes these problems:
Server running out of space
Images taking a very long time to load on slower connections
There is no reason for us to upload these massive images in their entirety to the server when they're attached.
Solution
Similar to how Signal works when uploading an image, find a way to compress the image by reducing its size so that it remains under a specific file size while keeping the quality of the image high.
For example, you could compress images so that they're no larger than 400KB.
SebinSong
commented
3 days ago
Problem
Images taken by modern phones can be huge, ranging from 5MB to 10MB or even more.
This causes these problems:
There is no reason for us to upload these massive images in their entirety to the server when they're attached.
Solution
Similar to how Signal works when uploading an image, find a way to compress the image by reducing its size so that it remains under a specific file size while keeping the quality of the image high.
For example, you could compress images so that they're no larger than 400KB.