September 2024 Summaries

At Mux we’re a little obsessed with flexibility and giving our customers more options (levers and knobs, we like to call them) to build the best video for their use cases. This past year alone, Mux has launched a new Starter plan, added features to basic assets, and introduced Automatic Cold Storage. We’re excited to announce that we have some new knobs for Mux Data customers as well — Mux Data customers will have the option to select longer storage terms for their metrics. Long-term storage includes 13 months of data retention for all engagement and Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics along with basic dimensions helpful for historical analysis. Giving you more options, Mux Data has always focused on providing rich data and toolsets to analyze your data, including streaming exports via Amazon Kinesis and Google PubSub, seamless third-party integrations, or CSV exports. This focus on data portability means we have kept your data only as long as necessary for quickly understanding and improving QoE, but also provides longer-term access to historical data for business needs such as capacity planning, tracking KPIs, or analyzing device adoption trends. We’re excited to offer this new feature in a private beta, allowing customers to try it out before its release to all customers.

The text discusses the author's experience with two different AI applications - GitHub Copilot and an AI chatbot for their docs. While they found GitHub Copilot to be extremely helpful, they had to abandon the use of the AI chatbot due to its inaccuracies. They suggest that the key difference between the two is supervision; GitHub Copilot's output is supervised by a trained human, while the docs bot was unsupervised. The author believes that supervised services are likely to become more prevalent and change how we work, allowing us to focus on higher-level tasks. However, it remains uncertain whether unsupervised services will eventually close the gap in accuracy.

The author discusses their journey with coding and how they initially dismissed PHP due to its reputation for poor design decisions and lack of scalability. However, the introduction of Laravel has changed this perception, as it offers first-class support for various web application features and is easy to use. The author demonstrates how to create a dynamic video playback app using Laravel in just a few minutes, highlighting its powerful capabilities and ease of use. They conclude that Laravel makes PHP fun again and encourages others to give it a try.

The Mux team will be attending IBC in Amsterdam this month, showcasing their latest developments in video analytics and streaming technology. They have been working on new features for Mux Data, improving its performance and capabilities. Additionally, they have added premium media features to Mux Video, such as DRM and SRT ingest. The team will be exhibiting at Hall 5, stand F88, where they will discuss topics like QoE analytics, scaling video infrastructure, AI workflows, cost management, and case studies. They will also host two happy hours and an ice cream social during the event.