Blog - Gumlet
Thoughts, stories and ideas about video transcoding and delivery.
SaaS products we use to build our SaaS
6 min read
It takes a village (and a lot of SaaS tools) to build a SaaS. Here is a list of all tools we use at Gumlet.
HTTP/3 - Gumlet is 10% faster!
2 min read
Last month, we changed our congestion control algorithm to BBR and ralised 21% performance improvement in p99 response times. Using same method to measure performance, we enabled HTTP/3 for all of our customers at start of April 2022. We were obviously expecting some performance gains but were pleasantly surprised to see almost 10% performance improvement on top of what we delivered last month using BBR. For starters, HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to
BBR vs CUBIC: BBR improves performance by 21%
4 min read
We at Gumlet handle more than a billion video requests per day. Serving these requests with the best performance is one of our top KPIs. Reducing latency in video serving can bring improvements in video startup times, seek time, and re-buffering times. All this put together can result in smooth playback of videos and elevate the customer experience. We use Fastly as our primary CDN provider. Fastly uses the CUBIC congestion control algorithm by default. They, however, allow changing congestion
New Year, New Gumlet
4 min read
We have helped 6000+ companies optimize their images and improve user experience. We are now expanding our product suite to videos!
Website emissions: How can you reduce them?
4 min read
What is a carbon footprint, and how to calculate it for your website?
Summer of Code Update
3 min read
We launched video transcoding, Fastly CDN, easy custom domains, new docs and website, and many other enhancements in our Sumer of code release.
Gumlet Facelift Update
4 min read
We have launched a new dashboard, unlimited websites on the Pro plan, migrations from Cloudinary and Imgix, contextual help links, multiple API keys, and 2FA.
Launching Gumlet Affiliate Program
2 min read
We are happy to open our affiliate program to all of our users and influencers. When anyone you refer subscribes to any Gumlet plan, You get 30% of all the payments made in the 1st year and 15% of all payments for all subsequent payments FOREVER!
World's first AVIF support for image optimization and delivery
3 min read
Gumlet is World's first to support one of the best image format AVIF for image delivery and image optimization