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A multi-cloud, S3-compatible object storage service for low latency data access anywhere.

How fal.ai offers the fastest generative ai in the worldHow fal.ai offers the fastest generative ai in the world

Learn how fal.ai offers the fastest generative ai in the world by using Tigris for object storage. Finding a storage solution built for an extremely performant global deployment was essential to keeping fal.ai accessible to a broad range of developers. Tigris not only was just crazy fast, it saved fal.ai 85% on their object storage costs as compared to other clouds.
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Snip, Snap, Serve: Effortless Global Image Delivery with TigrisSnip, Snap, Serve: Effortless Global Image Delivery with Tigris

Exploring Tigris' shadow bucket feature for fun and thumbnails. In the blog post the feature will be used in an less conventional fashion. An additional elixir service will generate thumbnails, where source files as well as generated thumbnails are stored on Tigris, while making use of the included CDN features of Tigris.
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What’s the Big Deal with Conditional Writes Support in S3?What’s the Big Deal with Conditional Writes Support in S3?

There has been a lot of enthusiasm about the recent announcement by AWS about support for Conditional Writes in S3. We will dive into why this is a big deal and what it means for developers. We will also explore CAS operations and how they relate to S3 Conditional Writes feature. Finally, we will discuss whether developers can now avoid client-side consensus mechanisms completely when using S3.
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Metadata Querying for Object Storage feat. ElixirMetadata Querying for Object Storage feat. Elixir

Now we get to the significantly more disruptive stuff. The things that while Tigris is an S3-compatible API it also provides features that enable entirely new use-cases and push the boundaries of what you can do with object storage. Let's see if we can't set your internal constraint-solver aflame with possibilities.
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Eager & Lazy Caching feat. Elixir

At Tigris we offer a number of novel and practical improvements beyond what your typical Object Storage does. We fit these within the existing common APIs or as graceful extensions when necessary. In this post we look at how you can take control of the Tigris caching mechanism if you feel the need.
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We're enabling billing for Tigris in JulyWe're enabling billing for Tigris in July

Since we launched our public beta three months ago, our usage has skyrocketed, and hundreds of early adopters have picked Tigris as their storage solution. We've implemented tons of requested features and invested heavily in Tigris' performance, security, and reliability. With that, we will start billing for Tigris usage in July because we're confident that Tigris is reliable enough for us to justify doing that.
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AI Image Generator with Stability and Tigris

Tigris is a globally distributed S3-compatible object storage solution available that is nativeliy integrated with Fly.io. In this article, we'll explore creating AI-generated images using the Stability API and storing them in a Tigris bucket for easy and fast retrieval.
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Tigris vs. S3 & Cloudfront

Tigris is a globally distributed S3-compatible object storage solution available that can easily be hosted on Fly.io. In this article, we'll explore how Tigris fits into the existing slate of object storage options and why you might choose one over the other.
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