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Engineering Notes & Architecture Articles

Original, in-depth technical writings exploring the engineering realities of video streaming protocols, high-concurrency systems, and web performance.

Streaming Architecture • 9 min read • October 2026

How I Built a Modern Sports Streaming Platform with Sub-2.5s Latency

A behind-the-scenes journey from initial napkin sketches to scaling SportyXi: transcode pipelines, handling un-cached chunk storms, and delivering broadcast-quality video over standard HTTP infrastructure.

Platform: SportyXi

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Distributed Systems • 11 min read • September 2026

Building Scalable Video Streaming Infrastructure: Lessons From Origin Shielding to Edge CDNs

Why traditional load balancing fails during live sports penalty shootouts, how single-flight request collapsing eliminates origin meltdown, and how to structure cache headers for micro-second chunk availability.

Focus: Origin Shielding & CMAF

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Frontend & Core Web Vitals • 8 min read • August 2026

Frontend Performance Lessons from SportyXi: Sub-300ms Video Boot and Canvas Overlays

How removing heavy third-party video players and leveraging native HTML5 video with transparent canvas telemetry layers achieved a 99+ Core Web Vitals score on mobile devices.

Focus: Zero-Bloat UI Engineering

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