When a Simple Streaming Bug Turned Into a Deep Engineering Lesson 🎬

When a Simple Streaming Bug Turned Into a Deep Engineering Lesson 🎬 Recently, I worked on a streaming-related issue that initially looked very small. Users reported that some long-duration videos were buffering unexpectedly during playback. The pattern was interesting: Videos started normally Playback worked fine initially After some time, buffering increased In certain cases, playback stopped completely At first, we assumed it could be: A frontend player issue Network instability Device-specif