The @gmfarcaster mini app just got a glow up 💅💅

Now when you share our miniapp, the image includes thumbnail and title of our latest episode.  Thanks @deodad for the nudge to improve the image to make the app look more appealing

Gonna share the old image embed in the next cast.

https://miniapp.gmfarcaster.com/

2 issues I need to work on:

- image compression and/or caching, running up my free tier fast data transfer usage too fast 
- investigate why the cache refresh mechanism I put in place (to refresh image when we put out a new episode) isn’t actually working 

But also leaving for a road trip tonight so this may have to wait

Miniapp got a reverse glow up

Simplified the dynamic image a little bit to reduce file size down from 1 MB

Want to eek out as much traffic as possible from free tier 😅

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Miniapp got a reverse glow up

Simplified the dynamic image a little bit to reduce file size down from 1 MB

Want to eek out as much traffic as possible from free tier 😅 

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Do you run vercel OG on every request? Or do you cache that?

regarding image compression i think the vercel/og library for generating dynamic images is causing the larger size
Seems like it only ouputs to png and doesnt support webp or avif.
I was creating a dynamic image using a YT thumbnail that was about 40kb and our gmfarcaster logo that was about 60kb and the resulting image was 1 MB.  Ended up removing the background image and got it down to around 650kb.  Good improvement for now. 

Just updated cache headers to mimic browser

will monitor for next few days and see how it goes

What cache headers are you setting? Do you serve the image manually?

Image compression / caching you could post the image to say cloudflare or some where else and just return that URL instead of an image 

depending on your setup

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Because the delivery is late or because you aren’t on farcaster at the start of show ? I usually send it during the shows opening video and when I check my notifications it comes on time. 
If delivery is late, cc: @rish

For some reason I only get your notification when the show is almost over