"Netflix is over-engineered, it's just videos lol"
Classic HN hubris.
For example, Netflix dynamically adjusts video quality on demand. Pretty easy feature. The top HN comment will explain how they would implement that in five minutes -- hypothetically, of course!
What's important is really the distribution and caching layer, and Akamai has been offering that for a very long time for all the big internet companies.
Classic HN hubris.
For example, Netflix dynamically adjusts video quality on demand. Pretty easy feature. The top HN comment will explain how they would implement that in five minutes -- hypothetically, of course!