Hi, I'm Brett

Marketing Specialist

Category: projects

  • You, Me, & gRPC

    gRPC you say? Think of grpc_pass as proxy_pass’ faster, cooler cousin. grpc is able to carry http2 traffic as an ingest point for connections… Upon discovering this, I ended up making some adaptations to our previous project the Plex CDN. gRPC essentially has a bunch of interesting blocks (mostly due to the way that they’re…

  • Faster and Faster: Speeding up CDN Hosts

    After my previous blog post on the CDN for media server applications, I’ve started to run into bottlenecks that result in worse performance sometimes, resulting in a huge investigation into what is slowing us down across the board. I’ve just started scratching the surface on what can be done to improve speeds to assorted parts…

  • Current Projects

    I am a recent Media, Information and Technoculture Graduate from Western University. I enjoy meeting new people, working in diverse environments, and producing cool things that elevate experiences. I have demonstrated experience in video production, communications, data analytics, and customer service. Currently, I am applying my expertise in the dynamic world of social media and…

  • Past Projects

    I have previously worked on content for both Facebook and Instagram pages with thousands to millions of followers. These portfolios include War History Online, The Vintage News, and CoupleThing, a stop motion animation project at Hive Media Group with hundreds of thousands of weekly viewers.

  • Building a Better CDN

    Over the many years that I’ve been self-hosting my own media, I’ve had a few issues, some of which include peering from a relatively cheap storage provider in the EU to Toronto. While both Germany and Toronto have major internet exchanges fairly close by, there’s nothing quite like getting content closer to the edge.