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So you want to build a real-time start up?

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Post Details
Company
Mux
Date Published
Author
Garrett Graves
Word Count
739
Company Posts That Month
5
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Post removed?
No
Summary

The text discusses various options available for building a real-time video application, highlighting the complexity involved in developing such an infrastructure from scratch. It mentions the possibility of using open-source projects like Livekit, Jitsi, or Mediasoup to reduce development time but emphasizes that deploying and scaling these solutions can still be challenging. The text then introduces real-time video APIs provided by companies like Twilio and Daily.co as a quicker and more cost-effective way to build such applications without having to worry about the underlying infrastructure. It concludes with an example of how using an API helped in building a successful prototype that secured significant funding for the project.

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Real-time 9 1,262 387 113 +28%
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