A narrative description of tracking down a difficult bug which broke Netflix playback on a certain Android TV device.

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The Netflix application runs on hundreds of smart TVs, streaming sticks and pay TV set top boxes. The role of a Partner Engineer at Netflix is to help device manufacturers launch the Netflix application on their devices. In this article we talk about one particularly difficult issue that blocked the launch of a device in Europe.

Life of a Netflix Partner Engineer — The case of extra 40 ms

“I know when people enjoy Netflix in their living room, I’m an essential part of the team that made it happen.”
The perfect way to end!

Wow! Such a great debugging story. Highly recommended