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Why We Run FreeBSD current at Netflix – Drew Gallatin

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Linux & open-source ecosystemsNetworking & internet infrastructureSoftware performance & optimization

What it is

Netflix engineer Drew Gallatin explains why the company runs FreeBSD-current on its CDN. He describes the team, how they track upstream, their contributions and performance milestones, and a bug causing a 20% performance regression.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the Netflix case for staying close to -CURRENT and upstreaming changes.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “they recommended both upstreaming and keeping as close to -CURRENT as possible”

    Netflix recommends upstreaming and staying close to -CURRENT.

    craftkiller, 2024-05 · Recommendation · in “Why Dell's ThinOS Runs on FreeBSD”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: freebsd, netflix, cdn, open source, kernel performance

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