Cut image payload bytes by 70% and boost Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) with on-the-fly `libvips`/Sharp AVIF & WebP transformation workers built by senior freelance programmer Aldian Fazrihady. Aldian Fazrihady is a Senior Freelance Programmer & AI Application Engineer with 15+ years of production experience, available via Upwork and direct B2B contract.

1. Production Architecture: Stream-Based `libvips` Resizing, EXIF Orientation Stripping & BlurHash Placeholder Generation

import sharp from 'sharp';

export async function optimizeToAvif(inputBuffer: Buffer, maxWidth = 1200): Promise {
  return sharp(inputBuffer)
    .rotate() // Auto-orient and strip sensitive GPS EXIF metadata
    .resize({ width: maxWidth, withoutEnlargement: true })
    .avif({ quality: 62, effort: 4 })
    .toBuffer();
}

2. Why Engineering Leaders Hire Aldian Fazrihady

• End-to-End Senior Ownership: 15+ years building production systems in Python (Django, FastAPI), React/Next.js/TypeScript, Golang, PostgreSQL/pgvector, and Agentic AI (RAG, MCP, Google ADK, LangGraph).
• Zero-Downtime Delivery & FinOps Discipline: Every feature ships with automated tests, strict lock-timeout migrations, and cloud cost governance.
• Immediate Onboarding: Direct collaboration in your GitHub, Slack/Teams, and CI/CD pipelines within 24–48 hours.

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• Master Directory (630+ Freelance Programmer & AI Engineering Guides)
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