The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 10, 2020

we announced our intention to stream video over 13 years ago, in January 2007?—?and In addition, with 193M members and counting, there is a huge diversity in the networks that stream our content as well as in our members’ bandwidth. It is, thus, imperative that we are sensible in the use of the network and of the bandwidth we require.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

This introductory blog focuses on an overview of our journey. Future blogs will provide deeper dives into each service, sharing insights and lessons learned from this process. Future blogs will provide deeper dives into each service, sharing insights and lessons learned from this process.

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Speed Curve

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This blog post has a simple conclusion: Load script asynchronously! Understanding the importance of loading scripts asynchronously might help increase adoption of this critical performance improvement, so we're going to walk through the evolution of async script loading starting way back in 2007.

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