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Ditch Puppeteer: Build Link Previews with a Single API Call
Self-hosting Puppeteer for link previews leads to memory leaks, font issues, and scaling problems. One developer switched to ScreenshotRun API, reducing complexity to a single HTTP request. The API handles rendering, scaling, and maintenance, cutting cloud costs and operational headaches.
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The article is essentially an ad for ScreenshotRun, but the underlying pain points are real for any team building link previews at scale.
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