Simple Way to Speed up S3 🚀

It seems like common knowledge that if you want faster download speeds you should consider using AWS CloudFront instead of direct links to your S3 bucket. But, I recently moved my image uploading in Happyfeed over to S3 and it has been so slow.

I tried out multipart uploading but it didn't do much (apparently it's intended for larger files >5MB). So like any good developer, I Googled the problem.

Enter Transfer Acceleration 🚀

By adding this simple line...

AWS.config.update({ useAccelerateEndpoint: true });

you can improve your upload speeds by 50%-500% according to the AWS documentation. It's especially helpful for international users.

It's more expensive than standard uploading (negligible for an IndieHacker with AWS credits) but makes a huge difference if uploading files is a big part of your app. You'll also need to change a setting on the bucket you are using in S3. It's as simple as checking a box.

More here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/transfer-acceleration.html

Hope that helps others as much as it helped me!