Mar 22 · 5 min read · TCP didn't become reliable by assuming the network was perfect. It became reliable by assuming the network would fail - and building congestion control into the protocol itself. Slow start. Congestion avoidance. Fast retransmit. Every packet gets ack...
Join discussionDec 4, 2025 · 1 min read · This recording walks you through the challenges that teams face when delivering stable live video: sudden decay in quality, unnoticed transport-level errors, timing issues around SCTE35 markers, and those small faults that quietly snowball into viewe...
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Nov 29, 2025 · 6 min read · Have you ever had your audio become robotic during a crucial Zoom call? Have you ever watched a live sports broadcast where the video abruptly cuts to the winning moment? Naturally, we all point the finger at our "internet speed." Here's a secret: ba...
AAPA9ADITYA and 4 more commentedNov 20, 2025 · 3 min read · In the OTT world, the way your content is delivered matters just as much as the content itself. Your CDN is the backbone of video delivery. Even small disruptions — like a playlist failing to load or a segment missing — can lead to buffering, playbac...
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Oct 16, 2025 · 5 min read · The network stack as we know it was built for efficiency, not emotion. Traditional networking focused primarily on throughput, latency, and packet delivery, optimizing machines rather than experiences. But as technology becomes more human-centered, t...
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Sep 10, 2025 · 3 min read · If you manage Kubernetes clusters long enough, you'll eventually notice pods sitting around in an "Evicted" state. They don’t do any harm, but they clutter up your kubectl get pods output, making it harder to focus on the resources that actually matt...
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Aug 22, 2025 · 31 min read · Have you ever wondered why some applications on your network run smoothly while others lag or buffer endlessly? That’s where QoS, or Quality of Service, comes in. QoS is all about managing network traffic so that the most important applications get t...
Join discussionJun 16, 2025 · 2 min read · Here are my personal picks of outstanding papers in various areas of systems research that interest me. Cloud and Datacenter [Serverless] Pocket, OSDI '18 | ORION, OSDI '22 [Tail] DeTail, SIGCOMM '11 | The Tail at Scale, CACM '13| Tales of the Tail...
Join discussionJun 16, 2025 · 4 min read · Robotics is increasingly integration into daily life. The size of business gets bigger with the growth of AI/ML. When you search “how to become a robotic engineer”, the programming skills are highlighted but it mainly includes Python, C++ and ROS. If...
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May 28, 2025 · 6 min read · Quality of Service (QoS) is a cornerstone of modern networking, particularly in Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN), where it ensures that critical applications like voice, video, and business-critical data receive the priority and perform...
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