Mostly works! Image loading and caching seems slow

src/rendering/image.py

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+from PIL import Image
+from io import BytesIO
+from functools import cache
+
+@cache
+def generate_thumbnail(image_path, resize_percent, min_width):
+    # Generate a unique key based on the image path, resize percentage, and minimum width
+    key = f"{image_path}_{resize_percent}_{min_width}"
+
+    # Open the image file
+    with Image.open(image_path) as img:
+        # Calculate the new size based on the resize percentage
+        width, height = img.size
+        new_width = int(width * resize_percent / 100)
+        new_height = int(height * resize_percent / 100)
+
+        # Ensure the minimum width is maintained
+        if new_width < min_width:
+            scale_factor = min_width / new_width
+            new_width = min_width
+            new_height = int(new_height * scale_factor)
+
+        # Resize the image while maintaining the aspect ratio
+        img.thumbnail((new_width, new_height))
+
+        # Rotate the image based on the EXIF orientation tag
+        try:
+            exif = img._getexif()
+            orientation = exif.get(0x0112, 1)  # 0x0112 is the EXIF orientation tag
+            if orientation == 3:
+                img = img.rotate(180, expand=True)
+            elif orientation == 6:
+                img = img.rotate(270, expand=True)
+            elif orientation == 8:
+                img = img.rotate(90, expand=True)
+        except (AttributeError, KeyError, IndexError):
+            # cases: image don't have getexif
+            pass
+
+        # Save the thumbnail to a BytesIO object
+        thumbnail_io = BytesIO()
+        img_format = img.format if img.format in ["JPEG", "JPG", "PNG"] else "JPEG"
+        img.save(thumbnail_io, format=img_format)
+        thumbnail_io.seek(0)
+
+    return (thumbnail_io, img_format)