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> We added a new synchronous HTTP API that makes all image models much faster on Replicate.

ooh why is synchronous fast? i click thru to https://replicate.com/changelog/2024-10-09-synchronous-api

> Our client libraries and API are now much faster at running models, particularly if a file is being returned.

... thanks?

just sharing my frustration as a developer. try to explain things a little better if you'd like it to stick/for us to become your advocates.

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I mean it literally explains why in the second paragraph. It returns the actual file data in the response rather than a URL where you have to make a second request to get the file data

thats not "making the image models much faster", thats just making getting the image back slightly faster

The "making the image models much faster" part is model optimizations that are also explained in the post.

Where? I don't see any explanation of model optimizations in the linked post.

In all practical senses it is the same thing

You're right -- this wasn't clear. Added another paragraph to explain what you had to do before.

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