6 Years Building Video Players. 9B Requests. Starting Over
bolp Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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This article chronicles the journey of building a video player platform at Mux, which has handled over 9 billion requests in 6 years. It discusses the challenges faced, lessons learned, and the decision to start over from scratch to create a more scalable and reliable video player solution.
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