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[Media uploading] Generate blurhash for media uploads
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Description
While certain media uploading preprocessing tasks are more easily done on the final client (e.g. video file thumbnail generation) the blurhash generation for images and thumbnails should be done rust side.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the Rust-side media-upload preprocessing path and its image and thumbnail handling, then determine how blurhash output should be represented; completion means blurhash values are generated in Rust for both images and thumbnails.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100