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Introducing Netlify Image CDN

What's this blog post about?

Netlify has introduced its Image Content Delivery Network (CDN), designed to optimize images on websites, improving performance and user experience. The new feature allows developers to resize, crop, and reformat any image using a simple API. It also automatically delivers the best format supported by users' browsers, such as AVIF and WebP, while maintaining image quality. Netlify Image CDN supports both local and remote images, with allow rules for source domains and paths to prevent abuse and improve security. The service is compatible with all major frameworks and will soon have automatic integrations for most of them.

Company
Netlify

Date published
Nov. 17, 2023

Author(s)
Matt Kane

Word count
953

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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