The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

We use Python through the full content lifecycle, from deciding which content to fund all the way to operating the CDN that serves the final video to 148 million members. video streaming) takes place in the Open Connect network. We use and contribute to many open-source Python packages, some of which are mentioned below.

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The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

We are standing on the eve of the 5G era… 5G, as a monumental shift in cellular communication technology, holds tremendous potential for spurring innovations across many vertical industries, with its promised multi-Gbps speed, sub-10 ms low latency, and massive connectivity. What about UHD video? SIGCOMM’20.

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High Scalability

MARCH 15, 2019

trillion : new record for calculating digits of pi (121 days); 112Gbps : Intel's SerDes; 100M : image and video dataset; 1.5 Don't miss all that the Internet has to say on Scalability, click below and become eventually consistent with all scalability knowledge (which means this post has many more items to read so please keep on reading).

Internet 34

Internet Internet Scalability IoT 34

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The internet accounts for an estimated 3–4% of global emissions — equivalent to some countries. The carbon emissions of the internet are roughly equivalent to those generated by the entire aviation industry, or the whole of Africa. Watch the video of Jamie’s talk from Green Tech South West. Notably, this makes for 17.28

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng , Simon Ejdemyr , Stephanie Lane , and Colin McFarland This is the fourth post in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B tests to inform decisions and continuously innovate on our products. Need to catch up? Have a look at Part 1 (Decision Making at Netflix), Part 2 (What is an A/B Test?),

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Testing Latency Metrics Innovation 202

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I spent some time before the session, reading Carlota’s book, watching a video of her speak earlier this year, and producing some maps that I hoped would represent her ideas. Video is moving from download focused (Netflix, Youtube, etc.) During both talks, I live-mapped some points that I hadn’t covered in my pre-work.

Energy 52

Energy Government Innovation AWS 52

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

New topics range from additional workloads like video streaming, machine learning, and public cloud to specialized silicon accelerators, storage and network building blocks, and a revised discussion of data center power and cooling, and uptime.

Design 54

Design Education Google Internet 54

Rigor

JUNE 12, 2019

“The Best in Performance” video series from Rigor gives you the chance to eavesdrop on conversations with web performance industry experts, thought leaders, and technologists. She also shared tips on who to follow on social media for the most recent news and innovations in the web performance space. Building a culture of performance.

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Performance Social Media Internet Internet 72

Speed Curve

JUNE 14, 2021

My journey into performance started in the late 1990s, while I was working for an elearning provider and discovering the challenges of delivering rich content over the internet. Ultimately the business didn’t survive the dotcom bust, but it lit a spark. While I worked for a competitor, my exposure to SpeedCurve was limited.

Retail 52

Retail Internet Internet Education 52

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Instagram is experimenting with eliminating likes , saying users should focus on the videos and pictures, not on peer approval. Deep fakes are the newest tool for disrupting conversation and starting feedback loops, as we’ve already seen with a doctored video of House speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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Social Media Media Network Energy 53

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

And slow websites are, in a way, discrimination: The majority of the world’s population don’t have access to high-speed Internet or fast CPUs. Large images and videos aside, third-party scripts like pixel trackers, A/B testing, ads, widgets, CDNs, etc., However, it’s not always easy to maintain high performance in websites.

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The Agile Manager

APRIL 30, 2020

Regardless how bad it gets, there is a candle of hope perpetually burning in the expectation is that free human societies are resilient and will respond and innovate in the face of challenge and will ultimately be more productive and more effective on the other side.

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Social Media Innovation Internet Internet 52

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Online Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. Innovation, idea generation, and creativity. Beware also of possible technical failures like poor internet connection or not preparing relevant data in advance.

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The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2014

Each major expansion in software development - automation (60s), productivity (80s), internet (90s), mobile (00s) - has been additive to the total stock of software in the world. Software also makes its own opportunities, because it is inherently a business of invention and innovation. It's worth looking at why.

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Software Software Development Government 73

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

A whole range of innovative new services, ranging from media conversion to geo-location-context services have been developed by our customers using this flexibility and are available in the AWS ecosystem. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Recent Entries. Amazon DynamoDB â??

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Alex Russell

AUGUST 30, 2021

For example, OWNERs and experts in video and audio codecs can agree to extensive changes in their domain but cannot green-light changes in areas such as layout, networking, storage, or JavaScript engines. Competition at the frontier enables the market and competitive spirits to push innovation forward.

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Engineering Open Source Website Operating System 98

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Follow him on Twitter @ RickByers and be sure to watch the video of his conversation at Chrome Dev Summit 2016 , where he discussed the ways Chrome is “improving predictability for developers.” Check out his how-to videos on his YouTube channel as well as his performance related dispatches on Twitter @ paulcalvano.

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Performance Education Google Website 89

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper , a milestone that made me reflect on how much innovation has occurred in the area of databases over the last decade and a good reminder on why taking a customer obsessed approach to solving hard problems can have lasting impact beyond your original expectations.

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Internet Internet AWS Performance 128

Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2016

We didn’t have consoles in our house, so I only played video games when I went over to my friends. Highly recommend this book, regardless of your interest in video games. Very well worth the read if for no other reason than to make us reconsider what passes as “innovation” in the west. Console Wars by Blake J.

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Education Games Design Entertainment 40

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Fast-forward 30 years, and website technology has changed significantly — we have images, stylesheets, JavaScript, streaming video, AJAX, animation, WebSockets, WebGL, rounded corners in CSS — the list goes on. It took ideas from Nanoc and pushed them even further with two significant innovations: Front matter. More after jump!

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Ecommerce Website Government Internet 140

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Several respondents also mentioned working with video: analyzing video data streams, video analytics, and generating or editing videos. We can’t tally and tabulate all the responses, but it’s clear that there’s no shortage of creativity and innovation.

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Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 112

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Dropcam tells us that they adopted DynamoDB for seamless scalability and performance as they continue to innovate on their cloud based monitoring platform which has grown to become one of the largest video platforms on the internet today.

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Games Scalability Database Retail 130