Faster media delivery to optimize app performance
Article Summary
LazyPay was serving unoptimized images directly from S3, killing app performance and burning bandwidth. Their migration to Cloudinary cut image sizes by 70%.
The LazyPay engineering team shares their journey from AWS S3 to Cloudinary for media delivery. This case study reveals how they optimized mobile and web performance while reducing maintenance overhead across Android, iOS, and web platforms.
Key Takeaways
- Reduced image payload by 70% using Cloudinary's automatic transformations
- Cut maintenance from 7 image variants per asset to just 1 master
- Achieved 20% faster load times vs S3 through multi-CDN delivery
- Used Firebase Remote Config for controlled rollout and error monitoring
- Created platform-specific named transformations for Android, iOS, and web
Critical Insight
LazyPay eliminated 70% of image bandwidth and simplified asset management by replacing direct S3 delivery with Cloudinary's on-the-fly optimization.
