Justin Sanford

Published on June 27, 2024 (5 months ago)

Being a provider in a pirate’s world, or: how to not get your service blocked by an entire country

By Justin Sanford • 6 min read • Video education • Stream security

From content creators to infrastructure providers, learn about the impact of piracy across the world of streaming video.

Published on March 8, 2023 (over 1 year ago)

Edge Config: first line of defense against script kiddies

By Justin Sanford • 11 min read • Engineering

Vercel's Edge Config can come in handy in many different ways. See how we used it to cut down on the amount of spam we were dealing with from our forms.

Published on April 20, 2021 (over 3 years ago)

Be the MVP of your live stream: Lessons learned from monitoring the Big Game

By Scott and Justin • 10 min read • Engineering

Maybe you’re not planning an event with millions of concurrent viewers, but our takeaways from monitoring one of the biggest sporting events of the year are applicable to live streams of all sizes.

Published on November 15, 2019 (almost 5 years ago)

New Feature: Delivery Usage API (a.k.a. tracking usage for your next big idea)

By Justin Sanford • 5 min read • Product

Appease me while I tell you a story; maybe one of you can help me. One night a few weeks ago, I woke up with a great idea for the next huge app. I know, you’ve heard this story, but stick with me for ...

Published on September 11, 2019 (about 5 years ago)

Mux Data - Same Useful Features, Just Better

By Justin Sanford • 3 min read • Product

When we launched Mux Data nearly four years ago, we included the ability to drill deeply into each individual view directly in the dashboard. We have since iterated on this feature a few times, adding ...

Published on August 9, 2019 (over 5 years ago)

Announcing Webhook Signatures - How Do I Know I Can Trust You?

By Justin Sanford • 3 min read • Product

I have the privilege of being able to work directly with Mux customers on a day to day basis, and I get to experience first hand the amazing applications that they’re building on top of our platform. O...

Published on June 16, 2017 (over 7 years ago)

Are Your Ads Worth It? - How to Measure the Effect Your Preroll Ads Have on Viewer Experience

By Justin Sanford • 12 min read • Video education

Video advertising is a complicated technology, with different systems and components working together to decide which ad to deliver. Mux is here to help

Published on February 11, 2017 (almost 8 years ago)

New Dimension - ASNs (What are those?)

By Justin Sanford • 2 min read • Product

Here at Mux, we're working hard at providing valuable insight* into your viewer's experience. One of the ways we do this is with specific dimensions, such as browser, operating system, and country (amo...