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Main event hasn’t even started yet. Traffic will probably 10x for that. They’re screwed. Should have picked something lower profile to get started with live streaming.
Oddly having watched PPV events via the high seas for years, it feels normal...
I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically. This sure do…
I love how I can come to HN to instantly find out if it’s Netflix or my WiFi.
Wifi wifi or wifi as in your ISP Internet connection? Sp many people now call an Internet connection "wifi". Anyway, network cable is the only way to go!
I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically. This sure do…
> their streaming service normally seems very solid Not trying to downplay their complexity, but last I heard Netflix is splitting the shows in small data chunks and just serves them as static files. Live streaming is a different beast
With the way that they are designed, you can even use a regular CDN.
I'm an engineering manager at a Fortune 500 company. The dumbest engineer on our team left for Netflix. He got a pay raise too. Our engineers are fucking morons. And this guy was the dumbest of the bunch. If you think Netflix hires top tier talent, you don't know Netflix.
How are you involved in the hiring process?
> Our engineers are fucking morons. And this guy was the dumbest of the bunch.
Very indicative of a toxic culture you seem to have been pulled in to and likely have contributed to by this point given your language and broad generalizations.
Describing a wide group of people you're also responsible for as "fucking morons" says more about you than them.
I'm an engineering manager at a Fortune 500 company. The dumbest engineer on our team left for Netflix. He got a pay raise too. Our engineers are fucking morons. And this guy was the dumbest of the bunch. If you think Netflix hires top tier talent, you don't know Netflix.
It's down permanently for me in India. We have Hotstar, which has a record of 58 million viewers during the cricket World Cup final. Way ahead.