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Architecture• 7 min read
Why a video app should not proxy the video bytes
A clean media architecture keeps control requests in the application and sends the heavy video payload directly from purpose-built delivery systems.
Field notes / Blog
The bright side of hard video problems.
Field notes about video architecture, resilient uploads, player performance, and building a calmer website-video workflow.
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Engineering• 8 min read
Designing video uploads that survive unreliable networks
Large uploads need more than a progress bar: resumable parts, measured concurrency, persisted state, and a finalization path that can recover after a tab closes.
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Web performance• 7 min read
How to keep a page full of video players from fighting itself
When every embed preloads aggressively, galleries punish the network. A shared scheduler can spend bandwidth where visible viewer intent is strongest.