Performance degradation when generating high-resolution party parrots

[mayberryzane]

Issue Description

We've observed significant performance degradation when generating party parrots at resolutions above 512x512 pixels. The service response time increases exponentially with resolution, causing timeouts for enterprise customers.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Make a POST request to /api/parrot/generate with the following payload:

   {
     "resolution": "1024x1024",
     "animation_speed": "fast",
     "party_mode": "extreme"
   }

2. Observe response time exceeding 30 seconds
3. Service returns 504 Gateway Timeout

Expected Behavior

The service should generate high-resolution party parrots within 5 seconds, regardless of resolution up to 2048x2048.

Actual Behavior

• 256x256: ~500ms response time ✅
• 512x512: ~2s response time ✅
• 1024x1024: ~35s response time ❌
• 2048x2048: Request timeout ❌

Environment

• Service version: v2.3.1
• Node.js: 18.17.0
• Instance type: m5.large
• Region: us-east-1

Impact

This issue is affecting our enterprise customers who require high-resolution party parrots for their marketing campaigns. Customer satisfaction scores have dropped by 15% this quarter.

Possible Root Cause

Initial investigation suggests the image processing library might be using an inefficient algorithm for scaling. Memory profiling shows excessive allocations during high-resolution rendering.

Suggested Solution

Consider implementing:

1. Image processing optimization using WebAssembly
2. Caching layer for commonly requested resolutions
3. Background job queue for large resolution requests
4. Progressive rendering for real-time feedback

Additional Context

Performance metrics from our monitoring:

• CPU usage spikes to 100% during high-res generation
• Memory usage increases by 4GB per request
• Database query time remains constant (~50ms)