Read BestPractices blog posts at TO THE NEW Blog https://www.tothenew.com/blog Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:00:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Building a Scalable OTT Player for Apple TV: Architecture and Best Practices https://www.tothenew.com/blog/building-a-scalable-ott-player-for-apple-tv-architecture-and-best-practices/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/building-a-scalable-ott-player-for-apple-tv-architecture-and-best-practices/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:43:58 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=80909 Introduction As streaming services continue to evolve, users expect a seamless and feature-rich viewing experience across all devices, including Apple TV. While AVPlayerViewController offers a robust playback solution out of the box, modern OTT platforms often require greater flexibility to support custom branding, advanced playback controls, personalised content recommendations, analytics, advertisements, and DRM. Building a […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/building-a-scalable-ott-player-for-apple-tv-architecture-and-best-practices/feed/ 0 Powering Real-Time Multiplayer Games on AWS: From Chaos to a Managed Backbone https://www.tothenew.com/blog/powering-real-time-multiplayer-games-on-aws-from-chaos-to-a-managed-backbone/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/powering-real-time-multiplayer-games-on-aws-from-chaos-to-a-managed-backbone/#respond Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:57:02 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=77594 Real-time multiplayer games are unforgiving. Players don’t care for your flashy server hardware and state of the art network infrastructure, they care about quick response matches, fair competition, and smooth gameplay. When that breaks, they don’t blame latency graphs; they blame the game. At TO THE NEW, we’ve seen this pattern repeatedly: studios that treat […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/powering-real-time-multiplayer-games-on-aws-from-chaos-to-a-managed-backbone/feed/ 0 Building the Backbone: Platform Guidelines for Scalable and Secure Gaming Systems https://www.tothenew.com/blog/building-the-backbone-platform-guidelines-for-scalable-and-secure-gaming-systems/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/building-the-backbone-platform-guidelines-for-scalable-and-secure-gaming-systems/#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2025 05:32:20 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=73244 In today’s gaming and wagering ecosystem, the spotlight mainly comes on shining new features users receive, innovative gameplay, or seamless user experiences.Yet, backstage, platform engineering teams work hard to ensure everything runs smoothly & securely, and can scale in very short time. While development and the product teams remains ahead with new ideas, it is […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/building-the-backbone-platform-guidelines-for-scalable-and-secure-gaming-systems/feed/ 0 Optimizing Nexus Deployment in Jenkins: Best Practices for DevOps Teams https://www.tothenew.com/blog/optimizing-nexus-deployment-in-jenkins-best-practices-for-devops-teams/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/optimizing-nexus-deployment-in-jenkins-best-practices-for-devops-teams/#respond Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:55:46 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=69214 Introduction In today’s fast-paced software development environment, DevOps teams must ensure that their deployment processes are streamlined, secure, and efficient. Nexus, a robust artifact repository, plays a crucial role in managing software dependencies and ensuring that teams have swift and dependable access to necessary resources. However, the traditional method of managing Nexus configurations through settings.xml […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/optimizing-nexus-deployment-in-jenkins-best-practices-for-devops-teams/feed/ 0 Safely Remove Kafka Brokers from Amazon MSK Provisioned Clusters https://www.tothenew.com/blog/safely-remove-kafka-brokers-from-amazon-msk-provisioned-clusters/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/safely-remove-kafka-brokers-from-amazon-msk-provisioned-clusters/#respond Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:20:07 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=65922 Introduction As companies grow and their data streaming needs change, it’s important to optimize resources to stay efficient and control costs. AWS has rolled out a new feature for Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) that enables the removal of brokers from MSK clusters. This capability enables you to adjust the size of […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/safely-remove-kafka-brokers-from-amazon-msk-provisioned-clusters/feed/ 0 Pro Jenkinsfile: Avoid These Common Mistakes – Part 2 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/pro-jenkinsfile-avoid-these-common-mistakes-part-2/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/pro-jenkinsfile-avoid-these-common-mistakes-part-2/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 12:27:21 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=62261 Introduction Hello again, DevOps Engineers! Uncle Jenkins is back, ready to dive deeper into the world of Jenkinsfiles. Our previous blog covered some important tips to avoid common CI/CD pitfalls. If you missed it, check out Part 1 of this series to catch up on those crucial points. In this blog, we’ll explore more advanced […]

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]]> https://www.tothenew.com/blog/pro-jenkinsfile-avoid-these-common-mistakes-part-2/feed/ 0 Pro Jenkinsfile: Avoid These Common Mistakes – Part 1 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/pro-jenkinsfile-avoid-these-common-ci-cd-mistakes-part-1/ https://www.tothenew.com/blog/pro-jenkinsfile-avoid-these-common-ci-cd-mistakes-part-1/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:45:58 +0000 https://www.tothenew.com/blog/?p=62205 Introduction Hello, DevOps Engineers! Uncle Jenkins here, your trusty CI/CD butler, ready to help you master the art of writing Jenkinsfiles. Just as a butler ensures everything in the household runs smoothly, I’m here to ensure your CI/CD pipelines are efficient and error-free. Let’s dive into some common pitfalls you might face and, more importantly, how […]

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