Carrierwave: always limit images to a reasonable size
Today's cameras create huge images, some beyond 50MB. Unless you need to offer this large files, you should always shrink uploaded files to a reasonable resolution.
class ImageUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
process resize_to_limit: [3000, 3000]
# ...
end
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