Stealing from Google (taqib.dev)

Nice, but doesn't automatically update when the Google avatar changes. Cache invalidation strikes again.

This seems problematic to me. Beyond just caching issues, did you ever get permission from users to store their personal data? They gave google permission, but not you.

If I wanted to achieve the same result, that is to serve assets of others from my own domain, I'd just create a custom endpoint like /api/user-avatar/:userId and an action proxies the actual image from google, maybe keep a cached copy for some time to not have to redownload the image on every request.

<Furiously typing GDPR data request..>

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I really didn't get what the post was about. I'm getting old or? And I thought I was clever because I work with distributed databases...

Isn't this just passthrough caching with some persistence?

Irony: Claim you're stealing from Google, then post it on a .dev domain, of which Google is the operator.

Note to the developer: you may want to consider simplifying the CSS you're using to display the "clever" dot in the background of your page. On my computer, opening viewing your site in Firefox, scrolling the page has a nearly 2000ms delay caused by whatever is going on. This is improved but not fixed by disabling the `.bg-dot::before` background CSS property.

> But there’s a catch: anyone can abuse your app to optimize their own images, which costs you compute.

Could anyone explain this?

Please post again when you get the cease and desist letter!