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Building an Image-to-Text API Using Cloudinary

Topics Accessibility, API
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Building an image-to-text API using Cloudinary for image storage and manipulation and an OCR (optical character recognition) service to extract text from images can be a powerful tool. In this blog post, we’ll create a simple image-to-text API that uploads images to Cloudinary, processes them to extract text, and returns…

Modern Image Formats Explained: Choosing the Best for Web Use

Topics Image Formats, Performance Optimization
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The effectiveness of web content delivery depends on the choice of image formats. Modern image formats such as WebP, AVIF, JPEG XL, and JPEG LI offer advantages over traditional formats such as JPEG and PNG. This blog post examines these formats, their use cases, performance metrics, browser support, and application…

Add a Transcription to Your Video in Next.js

Topics AI, Video
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Accessibility is a core factor of software development, and for websites, video transcriptions improve the user experience. Video transcriptions are instrumental in many cases, such as for viewers with hearing impairments, those in noisy environments, language learners following along with lectures, and people who prefer to consume information by reading.

How to Upload a Video to Cloudinary in Next.js App Router

Topics Next.js, Video
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This blog post introduces a developer-friendly approach to client-side media handling challenges, leveraging Next.js App Router for video uploads to Cloudinary.  The complete source code of this project is on GitHub.  Working With Next.js…

Strategic IT Leadership in the Age of Digital Transformation

Topics AI, Asset Management
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IT leaders are a special breed. Uniquely positioned as both technical experts and strategic business partners, today’s IT leaders and CTOs hold pivotal roles that can significantly influence and impact an organization’s success. In the age of digital transformation where smarter, more efficient, and often AI-powered technologies are becoming more…

Create a Video Snipper for TikTok in Next.js App Router

Topics Next.js, Video, Video Transformation
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TikTok is one of the biggest social media platforms in the world for sharing video content. Users create short-form videos to entertain their viewers, but they often have to find tools to customize and resize their videos to suit TikTok. Imagine building a tool that allows users to customize their…

MACH Architecture in Practice

Topics Asset Management, e-commerce, MACH Alliance
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Today’s businesses are constantly seeking ways to build technology stacks that are flexible, scalable, and future-proof. This is where MACH architecture comes in. MACH stands for Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, and Headless. It’s a set of principles that, when implemented together, enable companies to compose best-in-class solutions and adapt quickly…

Leveraging React’s Compiler With Cloudinary for Optimized Image Handling

Topics Guest Post, Image Transformation, Performance Optimization, React
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React’s new compiler introduces a groundbreaking advancement in performance optimization by automatically memoizing components and hooks during the build process. This reduces unnecessary re-computations, enhancing the efficiency of updates. Memoization is crucial for optimizing performance, especially in applications with heavy rendering requirements. In this blog post, we’ll explore React’s new…

Generating Social Images With Node.js and Hosting With Cloudinary

Topics API, Node(JS), Performance Optimization
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When you share a link on social media, the platform often displays a preview of the content. Creating these images manually can be time-consuming, especially if you have a lot of content to share and want a consistent style for each page. Wouldn’t it be better if we could automate…

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