Problem
Projects needed centralized file storage with access control instead of depending on third-party CDNs.
Developer Platform
Completed
Go Media Storage
Self-hosted media platform with vault-based file access and automatic image compression.
Case study
Solution
Self-hosted media server in Go with vault-based access, REST API, dashboard, and image compression on upload.
Technical challenges
- Vault authentication with isolated file namespaces per project
- Compression on upload without blocking the API
- In-memory caching for hot file paths
Language
Go
DB library
PgGo
API style
REST
Compression
On upload
Tech stack
Go
Fiber
pggo
PostgreSQL
Memory Cache