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6/23/2026
Day 72 of Learning MERN Stack

Day 72 of Learning MERN Stack

Short summary

Developer built an image converter accepting PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG, AVIF and streaming output on-demand. Implemented hourly cron-scheduled cleanup deleting temporary files older than 15 minutes to prevent disk exhaustion. Practical infrastructure pattern for junior developers managing file manipulation backends.

  • Multi-format image converter with real-time processing and file streaming
  • Automated garbage collection via node-cron removes stale temporary files hourly
  • Solves disk space management for backend services handling user media

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