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Let that sink in... a platform built from the ground up just streamed over 72.5MN fans at the same time. With personalized ads, real‑time commentary, rich match analytics and a tidal wave of emotions all holding steady. A double win for the @JioHotstar engineering and product teams... we broke global streaming records and then stayed on to celebrate India lifting the T20 World Cup trophy together.

@SBagaria2710 Avif - I had high hopes.

@jiten Insightful read! Minor add-ons: - AVIF(s) are often 20-50% smaller compared to WebP. Use for fallbacks. Browser support is strong now. Refer: ctrl.blog/entry/webp-avi… - Responsive srcset + sizes lets browser pick perfect variant (so no huge desktop images on mobile)

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If you folks ever wonder how live streaming works and what goes on behind the scenes, this is what you should watch: my conversation with Prachi - the absolute best person to talk about live streaming. Her career is all-things-live-streaming. Here's the pod - youtube.com/watch?v=36N1Bz…

@ZoroTheBuilder Not at the moment unfortunately.

@jiten Any position for junior or intern role ?

I am hiring senior engineers for my Live Streaming team. Please apply directly and retweet so that good candidates can discover this opportunity. jobs.lever.co/jiostar/f482a7…

History, streamed. JioHotstar has set a new global benchmark in live streaming, recording 65.2 million peak concurrent viewers and 619 million views during the India vs England semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026—making it the most streamed live event in the world.

@Dhruv_Learns Not at the moment. But soon!

@jiten Hi @jiten , this looks like an amazing opportunity! While I see you’re hiring senior engineers, I have about 1 year of experience in backend and AI-related work. Is there any position or pathway for someone at my level to contribute to the Live Streaming team?

@Nihit Fancy stuff 😉

@jiten In the past 2 weeks, I have stopped paying for Akiflo and Rosebud with a far superior vibe coded product for myself now.

I think I finally understand why people keep saying SAAS is dead though I keep buying more and more SAAS at workplace. (1/3)

@TheKatareKid Maybe more build vs buy decisions will change towards build. That should confirm the b2b saas theory too.

That’s not the reason. Although what you are experiencing is also true, but that was never the SaaS TG. You were the prosumer in your example. The issue with a lot of b2b saas, now, is that it doesn’t add enough value for the money they charge. And definitely not a recurring per seat value. (Comparison is va building) Then there is the issue of getting locked in to a saas. Instead companies will opt for building their own from scratch with only the specific things they need if it takes a few hours/days to do it. And occasionally maintain, iterate as well. They are anyway paying for Claude et al and not writing the code. That said, it still depends on where you are in the company lifecyle and do you have the time to do it. And if you have time why are you not chasing revenue instead of reducing this cost 😛

The bar for the type of SAAS I buy personally has gone up (I shouldn't be able to build it in one sitting). I feel enterprise SAAS will continue to thrive but b2c SAAS will have to figure out better pricing. (3/3)

It's because a lot of products I use and pay for personal use are increasingly being replaced by chrome extensions and small utilities I have now written for myself. Vibe coding has replaced shell scripts and Greasemonkey scripts for me. (2/3)

an ai for an ai makes the whole world agentic - Lol :)

Looking forward to this new meetup by our team.

Enrollments are now open for the System Design Feb Cohort. I have changed and, more importantly, added so many things in my cohort in the last 6 months that it is now deeper, crisper, and more fun than ever :) The course is not theoretical junk, but it is highly practical and filled with discussions, brainstorming, and questions. The sessions do not end until every single question is answered. Here are some key aspects of the course - Build 25+ systems in 8 weeks - 45+ hours of Live Classes on Weekends - Lifetime access to the recordings - Open forums where you discuss anything literally - A ton of brainstorming to make sure you build the intuition Given that we have a lot of experienced people (leads, staff, and even principal engineers) who join the course, they share stories and nuances about similar systems they worked on at their workplaces, and that's priceless :) We discuss all possible trade-offs and understand the right reasoning behind opting for a particular approach. We naturally evolve our solution and do not go straight from question to answer. Because there is no one way to design a system. So, if you are an SDE-2, SDE-3, staff, or even a principal engineer, and looking to build a rock-solid intuition to design any and every system, or just want to have some good technical discussions over the weekends, join the cohort. Go through other testimonials on the course page to understand what people feel about the course. The most common thing I get is how I sparked their engineering curiosity and helped them become better engineer :) Feb cohort starts Jan 31st :) And about ~64 seats are left.

@sunnykgupta Did you buy it?

Amazon, glad you know I'm an impulse buyer, but this is getting out of hand... 👀

@championswimmer @JioHotstar @akisaxena Someone expected 1b+ and coded it ;) Seems unreal. This likely doesn't include iOS and many TV installations either. Kudos to the team!

Had to rub my eyes a bit after seeing this. I went and checked all the other usual suspects (Phonepe, Paytm, Meesho, Flipkart) to be sure, and yes it does seem like @JioHotstar is the first Indian app to cross 1B+ downloads on Play Store! Congratulations @akisaxena @jiten!

@some_rohit @ThongWeeDaphne @akisaxena @duncanjriley Arre. Concept note likho ;)

@ThongWeeDaphne cc @akisaxena @duncanjriley @jiten ... standard issue camera angle selector, but with cameras symmetrically laid out around the court, it feels more surreal. Harder for large fields of cricket, football, etc. but doable for smaller arenas.

Whaaattttt 🤯😮‍💨 badminton live stream of China National Games is NEXT LEVELLLLLL 💯💯💯 u can adjust whatever angle u want 👍🏻