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Faster and more efficient uploads of small files to AWS S3 using C# with AoT, RaptorQ over UDP and a serverless backend.

7 starsC#

Raptor – fast, energy efficient small file uploads to S3

by mlhpdx·May 2, 2026·4 points·3 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidBig BrainNiche Gem

RaptorQ over UDP beats TCP overhead for small S3 uploads, requiring a serverless proxy.

Strengths
  • •Using RaptorQ fountain codes avoids TCP retransmission penalties on lossy networks.
  • •C# AoT compilation reduces startup latency for serverless backend functions.
  • •Targets specific small-file overhead pain point ignored by standard SDKs.
Weaknesses
  • •Requires deploying and maintaining a serverless proxy layer alongside standard S3.
  • •Repo has one star and no visible benchmarks to verify speed claims.
Target Audience

Backend developers handling high-volume small file ingestion

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AWS Transfer Acceleration · Rclone · AWS SDK

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