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Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson

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492 points storf45 | 1 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ksec ◴[16 Nov 24 04:31 UTC] No.42154253[source]▶
Netflix is good only on streaming ready made content, not live streaming, but;

1. Netflix is a 300B company, this isn't a resources issue.

2. This isn't the first time they have done live streaming at this scale either. They already have prior failure experience, you expect the 2nd time to be better, if not perfect.

3. There were plenty of time between first massive live streaming to second. Meaning plenty of time to learn and iterate.

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ilrwbwrkhv ◴[16 Nov 24 05:21 UTC] No.42154521[source]▶
You can't solve your way out of a complex problem that you have created and which wasn't needed in the first place. The entire microservices thing was overly complex with zero benefits

I spoke to multiple Netflix senior technicians about this.

They said that's the whole shtick.

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iLoveOncall ◴[16 Nov 24 08:50 UTC] No.42155338[source]▶
That's a ridiculous statement. PrimeVideo is the leader in terms of sports events streaming over internet and it is composed of hundreds of microservices.

Live streaming is just much harder than streaming, and it takes a years of work and a huge headcount to get something good.

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sgarland ◴[16 Nov 24 15:11 UTC] No.42156827[source]▶
Prime famously undid some amount of their microservices recently because it couldn’t keep up, and was hideously expensive.
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1. crop_rotation ◴[16 Nov 24 19:10 UTC] No.42158453{3}[source]▶
This comment shows how a very random blog about a very small part of a product can dominate all conversation about it. Prime video famously did not undo anything. Out of 100+ teams one team undid one service. But somehow similar comments are common on HN. I am making no judgement or microservice or not just on this particular comment.