48: A 94% reduction for basic video compute time on Instagram

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ryan and his team found a quick way of reducing the compute resources spent on encoding videos for Instagram by 94%, but that was actually the easy part. Tune in to learn what the fix was and how you roll out changes that can affect the user experience of billions of users.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Got feedback? Send it to us on Twitter (</span><a href= "https://twitter.com/metatechpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/metatechpod</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Instagram (</span><a href= "https://instagram.com/metatechpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://instagram.com/metatechpod</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">) and don’t forget to follow our host @passy (</span><a href= "https://twitter.com/passy"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/passy</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://mastodon.social/@passy"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://mastodon.social/@passy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). Fancy working with us? Check out</span> <a href= "https://www.metacareers.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.metacareers.com/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Reducing Instagram’s basic video compute time by 94 percent - Meta Engineering Blog:</span> <a href= "https://engineering.fb.com/2022/11/04/video-engineering/instagram-video-processing-encoding-reduction/"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://engineering.fb.com/2022/11/04/video-engineering/instagram-video-processing-encoding-reduction/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Diff:</span> <a href= "https://thediffpodcast.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://thediffpodcast.com/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">