PixelVault Blog: Updates, Guides, and Tech Insights
Thoughts on agent-first image hosting, product updates, and engineering deep dives.
Fix UK-blocked Imgur images
Imgur was blocked in the UK and hotlinked images went blank. Here's a two-line fix that gets them back — and a way to actually own them so they never break again.
Paste-and-host, for your app
GitHub lets you paste an image into a comment and get a hosted URL. We rebuilt that flow as a drop-in you can add to any textarea — here's why and how it works.
MCP image hosting
PixelVault runs a remote MCP server — connect Claude, Cursor, or any agent and host images as a native tool call.
Image hosting API vs raw S3 + CloudFront
The DIY stack means buckets, IAM, a distribution, and a metered egress bill. An honest comparison — and when each one wins.
Why I built PixelVault
I couldn't get a company invoice for my image host, or serve images from my own domain. So I built the one I wanted.
How to host AI-generated images
DALL·E, GPT Image, Midjourney, and Flux give you URLs that expire in an hour. Here's how to make them permanent in one call.
Host Playwright & CI screenshots on a real CDN
Stop digging through zipped artifacts. Turn every test-failure screenshot into a clickable URL you can paste into a PR.
Image hosting for AI agents
Why agents get stuck hosting images, what "agent-first" really means, and how to wire it up.
The simplest image hosting API
Upload an image, get a URL. What a good image hosting API needs — with code.
Introducing PixelVault
Image hosting built for AI agents. Why we built it, how it works, and why it's free to start.