Changelog Master Feed Kaizen! Mop-up job (Changelog & Friends #114)
Oct 24, 2025
The discussion kicks off with a recap of the exhilarating Pipely launch in Denver, followed by personal updates from the hosts. They dive into performance metrics, revealing impressive cache hit ratios and response time improvements. The exploration of open video standards leads to insights on transcoding challenges. A lively debate about future gatherings arises, while Gerhard showcases his astonishing 100Gbps home lab. They also touch on innovative home automation projects and conclude with light-hearted banter, leaving listeners eager for more!
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Hike While Rollback Saved The Day
- While Pipely was overwhelmed, the hosts went hiking and avoided a production firefight because they had blue-green fallback.
- The issue was fixed by restoring previous DNS records, routing traffic back to the old CDN within minutes.
Scale Up Instance Size First
- If instances underperform, increase instance size and memory before scaling horizontally.
- Bumping to one performance CPU and 8GB RAM allowed them to serve 50% of traffic reliably.
Owning The CDN Improved Hits And Control
- Moving Pipely onto their own CDN raised cache hits from ~70% to ~89.5%, giving far more control over performance.
- Owning the CDN lets the team directly improve cache hit ratios and response times instead of just complaining.