Active Storage image optimization at scale: lessons from 1,916 conference photos

We replaced a hosted gallery with a Rails 8.1 app on one box for Friendly.rb, then open sourced it. Nine Active Storage derivatives per photo, AVIF measured 31.6% under WebP, and the things the guides do not warn you about past a few dozen images. Read the full article on: https://avohq.io/blog/active-storage-image-optimization-at-scale-lessons-from-1-916-conference-photos