Ask HN: Techwise, how did TikTok get so good?

You may like or dislike Tiktok based on it’s content and style of delivering that content but I think everyone has to admit that technically it is quite the achievement. It’s video based and delivers video really well. It rarely buffers or fails to load. Compare that to the Reddit video player or the Twitter video player or Vimeo. It’s much better. Netflix loads poorly initially for me quite a bit (granted it’s trying to load much higher quality). How did they manage to get the engineering talent when seemingly FB, MS, Netflix, Amazon, Google are all fighting for that talent?
Story Published at: January 18, 2023 at 12:28AM