Philipp Hancke
@hcornflower.bsky.social
Working on WebRTC. Opinions are my own and I have plenty of them.
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I think I am going to use this meme quite a few times in the future 🤣
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think I am going to use this meme quite a few times in the future 🤣
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The #MoQ vs. #WebRTC debate has been missing use case details. See our new post for an analysis of:
* 1:1 calls
* #VoiceAI
* Meetings
* Streaming
* Live streaming
* Webinars / Townhalls
* 1:1 calls
* #VoiceAI
* Meetings
* Streaming
* Live streaming
* Webinars / Townhalls
WebRTC vs. MoQ by Use Case - webrtcHacks
WebRTC vs. MoQ by use case—1:1 calls, Voice AI, meetings, and live 1→many. See where MoQ, WebRTC, and HLS each win with details.
webrtchacks.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
IM works with 500ms latency. Relaying audio or video in a call does not which is why one wants to run relay servers (TURN) really close to the user which means AWS, Azure or GCP.
Instant messaging demands near-zero latency. Voice and video in particular require complex global signaling & regional relays to manage jitter and packet loss. These are things that AWS, Azure, and GCP provide at global scale that, practically speaking, others (in the western context) don’t. 5/
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
IM works with 500ms latency. Relaying audio or video in a call does not which is why one wants to run relay servers (TURN) really close to the user which means AWS, Azure or GCP.
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The (super)bad news is that they rejected the #RTC devroom, though... 😢 I can't remember the last time that happened, I think it's always been there? No room for #webrtc #sip and other stuff this time around... or #moq, since I'm pretty sure we would have seen submissions on that too
2/2
2/2
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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New post: Is everyone switching to #MoQ? Fippo responds to some FUD about #WebRTC in a recent MoQ launch post with some historical perspective & Chrome Status data
Is everyone switching to MoQ from WebRTC? - webrtcHacks
Media over QUIC (MoQ) hype check: WebTransport usage data with a rebuttal to Cloudflare’s post—why no one has switched to MoQ from WebRTC.
webrtchacks.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
They tried...
How is it that despite Slack being (probably?) the most loved chat tool, it has no usable video calling product?
All companies I know using Slack use Meet / Zoom / or even MS Teams for video calling.
Why did Slack never build anything? (no, Slack Huddles does not count as one)
All companies I know using Slack use Meet / Zoom / or even MS Teams for video calling.
Why did Slack never build anything? (no, Slack Huddles does not count as one)
August 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They tried...
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Really missing Bernard Aboba today. Tell the co-workers you appreciate how great they are while you can, because life is short.
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Really missing Bernard Aboba today. Tell the co-workers you appreciate how great they are while you can, because life is short.
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mediasoup-client 3.15.0 has been released and you should update to it ASAP, otherwise your app will stop working due to changes in the way Chrome M140 assigns IDs to RTP extensions.
All the info here:
mediasoup.discourse.group/t/urgent-upg...
All the info here:
mediasoup.discourse.group/t/urgent-upg...
URGENT: Upgrade to mediasoup-client 3.15.0 ASAP
mediasoup-client 3.15.0 has been released and everyone should upgrade to it ASAP. In Chrome M140, the way codec payload types and RTP extension IDs are assigned in the local SDP will dramatically cha...
mediasoup.discourse.group
August 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
mediasoup-client 3.15.0 has been released and you should update to it ASAP, otherwise your app will stop working due to changes in the way Chrome M140 assigns IDs to RTP extensions.
All the info here:
mediasoup.discourse.group/t/urgent-upg...
All the info here:
mediasoup.discourse.group/t/urgent-upg...
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Perplexity just offered $34.5B to buy Chrome!
🚨The big question: without a legal obligation, will they fund the web platform that the world relies on at anywhere near Google’s ~$1B/year level?
Our answer: probably not.
New OWA Article: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/can-per...
🧵 Let's break it down
🚨The big question: without a legal obligation, will they fund the web platform that the world relies on at anywhere near Google’s ~$1B/year level?
Our answer: probably not.
New OWA Article: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/can-per...
🧵 Let's break it down
Can Perplexity Afford to Fund the Web? The $34.5 Billion-Dollar Question - Open Web Advocacy
open-web-advocacy.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Perplexity just offered $34.5B to buy Chrome!
🚨The big question: without a legal obligation, will they fund the web platform that the world relies on at anywhere near Google’s ~$1B/year level?
Our answer: probably not.
New OWA Article: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/can-per...
🧵 Let's break it down
🚨The big question: without a legal obligation, will they fund the web platform that the world relies on at anywhere near Google’s ~$1B/year level?
Our answer: probably not.
New OWA Article: open-web-advocacy.org/blog/can-per...
🧵 Let's break it down
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Voluntary web SDOs like W3C, IETF, and ECMA are premised on the idea that vendors who step into their ring can step out and ship what they like in their own products.
So why do they allow Apple to remain in good standing when Cupertino dynamited the foundations?
/cc @open-web-advocacy.org
So why do they allow Apple to remain in good standing when Cupertino dynamited the foundations?
/cc @open-web-advocacy.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Voluntary web SDOs like W3C, IETF, and ECMA are premised on the idea that vendors who step into their ring can step out and ship what they like in their own products.
So why do they allow Apple to remain in good standing when Cupertino dynamited the foundations?
/cc @open-web-advocacy.org
So why do they allow Apple to remain in good standing when Cupertino dynamited the foundations?
/cc @open-web-advocacy.org
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Ok, fine.
Computers were a mistake.
Computers were a mistake.
Reproductive Rights Alert 🚨: Walmart is collecting your BC, period product data and selling it.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
July 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Ok, fine.
Computers were a mistake.
Computers were a mistake.
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Your job as an engineer is not just to make things, but to construct an understanding of the underlying systems so that you build *appropriate* and *durable* things.
Reject silver bullets. Question marketing to the point of disbelief or nuanced partial acceptance. It's the job.
Reject silver bullets. Question marketing to the point of disbelief or nuanced partial acceptance. It's the job.
April 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Your job as an engineer is not just to make things, but to construct an understanding of the underlying systems so that you build *appropriate* and *durable* things.
Reject silver bullets. Question marketing to the point of disbelief or nuanced partial acceptance. It's the job.
Reject silver bullets. Question marketing to the point of disbelief or nuanced partial acceptance. It's the job.
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New post: Measuring the response latency of OpenAIs WebRTC-based Realtime API by @hcornflower.bsky.social
Fippo shows how to measure OpenAI's response latency using #WebRTC and VoIP tools with an analysis of the results.
webrtchacks.com/measuring-th...
Fippo shows how to measure OpenAI's response latency using #WebRTC and VoIP tools with an analysis of the results.
webrtchacks.com/measuring-th...
Measuring the response latency of OpenAIs WebRTC-based Realtime API - webrtcHacks
How to measure OpenAI's response latency using WebRTC and VoIP tools with an analysis of the results
webrtchacks.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New post: Measuring the response latency of OpenAIs WebRTC-based Realtime API by @hcornflower.bsky.social
Fippo shows how to measure OpenAI's response latency using #WebRTC and VoIP tools with an analysis of the results.
webrtchacks.com/measuring-th...
Fippo shows how to measure OpenAI's response latency using #WebRTC and VoIP tools with an analysis of the results.
webrtchacks.com/measuring-th...
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Me to a product leader: your product sucks compared to your competition, here's the side-by-side.
The competition: ~2MB of critical path JS (>6MB unzipped) with React and an effing rainbow table (380K, 770K unzipped) in the main bundle.
Average is now so bad you don't even have to be good to win!
The competition: ~2MB of critical path JS (>6MB unzipped) with React and an effing rainbow table (380K, 770K unzipped) in the main bundle.
Average is now so bad you don't even have to be good to win!
March 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Me to a product leader: your product sucks compared to your competition, here's the side-by-side.
The competition: ~2MB of critical path JS (>6MB unzipped) with React and an effing rainbow table (380K, 770K unzipped) in the main bundle.
Average is now so bad you don't even have to be good to win!
The competition: ~2MB of critical path JS (>6MB unzipped) with React and an effing rainbow table (380K, 770K unzipped) in the main bundle.
Average is now so bad you don't even have to be good to win!
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Next is Rabots Glaciers #TarfalaResearchStation @stockholm-uni.bsky.social #WorldGlacierMonitoringService wgms.ch bolin.su.se/data/tarfala-rabot-surface-mass-balance-1 Annual surface mass balance 2023/24 was negative across the entire glacier. Lets hope for a better glacier #IYGP year 2024/25.
February 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Next is Rabots Glaciers #TarfalaResearchStation @stockholm-uni.bsky.social #WorldGlacierMonitoringService wgms.ch bolin.su.se/data/tarfala-rabot-surface-mass-balance-1 Annual surface mass balance 2023/24 was negative across the entire glacier. Lets hope for a better glacier #IYGP year 2024/25.
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New post: 2024 WebRTC in Open Source Review: A Quantitative Analysis by Chad Hart - data analysis of millions of GitHub events to uncover #WebRTC developer and technology trends.
Edited and annotated transcript of Dec's live stream on this topic.
webrtchacks.com/2024-webrtc-...
Edited and annotated transcript of Dec's live stream on this topic.
webrtchacks.com/2024-webrtc-...
2024 WebRTC in Open Source Review: A Quantitative Analysis - webrtcHacks
Data analysis of millions of GitHub events to track developer activity and tech trends driving the evolution of open-source WebRTC
webrtchacks.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New post: 2024 WebRTC in Open Source Review: A Quantitative Analysis by Chad Hart - data analysis of millions of GitHub events to uncover #WebRTC developer and technology trends.
Edited and annotated transcript of Dec's live stream on this topic.
webrtchacks.com/2024-webrtc-...
Edited and annotated transcript of Dec's live stream on this topic.
webrtchacks.com/2024-webrtc-...
hey @lminiero.it can you provide a tl;dr of the differences between the Janus the #webrtc folks know and the Janus-Pro-7B version? Keep it brief!
January 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
hey @lminiero.it can you provide a tl;dr of the differences between the Janus the #webrtc folks know and the Janus-Pro-7B version? Keep it brief!
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I'm lucky that early in my professional software career, @fritzy.io taught me:
"Writing code is the easy part.
Understanding the problem is the hard part."
The implications of this truth are massively and quickly compounding when it comes to AI-assisted development.
"Writing code is the easy part.
Understanding the problem is the hard part."
The implications of this truth are massively and quickly compounding when it comes to AI-assisted development.
January 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm lucky that early in my professional software career, @fritzy.io taught me:
"Writing code is the easy part.
Understanding the problem is the hard part."
The implications of this truth are massively and quickly compounding when it comes to AI-assisted development.
"Writing code is the easy part.
Understanding the problem is the hard part."
The implications of this truth are massively and quickly compounding when it comes to AI-assisted development.
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We are switching to a new hosting provider. If you see any problems with webrtchacks.com, please let me know!
webrtchacks.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
We are switching to a new hosting provider. If you see any problems with webrtchacks.com, please let me know!
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As of today, Stockholm University's #TarfalaResearchStation is on this platform, migrating from X. We are proud that our second ScienceCafe, this year together with the Swedish Polar Secretariat, held in Kiruna on Sat 18 Jan was a great success with more than 90 attendees! Thank you for coming!
January 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
As of today, Stockholm University's #TarfalaResearchStation is on this platform, migrating from X. We are proud that our second ScienceCafe, this year together with the Swedish Polar Secretariat, held in Kiruna on Sat 18 Jan was a great success with more than 90 attendees! Thank you for coming!
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New post from @HCornflower: 2025 update and step-by-step guide on how to use the video_replay #WebRTC tool to playback captured audio and video for debugging and analysis.
Use this to up your WebRTC bug report game!
webrtchacks.com/capture-and-...
Use this to up your WebRTC bug report game!
webrtchacks.com/capture-and-...
Capture & Replay WebRTC video streams for debugging – video_replay 2025 update - webrtcHacks
Learn how to capture and replay video streams for effective debugging in this step-by-step guide on WebRTC's video_replay tool.
webrtchacks.com
January 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
New post from @HCornflower: 2025 update and step-by-step guide on how to use the video_replay #WebRTC tool to playback captured audio and video for debugging and analysis.
Use this to up your WebRTC bug report game!
webrtchacks.com/capture-and-...
Use this to up your WebRTC bug report game!
webrtchacks.com/capture-and-...
It must have been tempting to call it "LMQUIC" but ... "IMQUIC" is so much better!
Whether you celebrate it or not, we have an early #Christmas gift for you... the #QUIC library I've been working on is now open source! Learn more about it and how I've been using it as a playground for #RoQ and #MoQ!
Happy holidays! 🎄
www.meetecho.com/blog/imquic/
Happy holidays! 🎄
www.meetecho.com/blog/imquic/
Introducing imquic! | Meetecho Blog
These past few months I've shared a lot of info on my experiments with QUIC as a new transport for real-time media. I detailed my efforts on writing a basic QUIC stack, followed by deeper dives in RTP...
www.meetecho.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:34 AM
It must have been tempting to call it "LMQUIC" but ... "IMQUIC" is so much better!
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Der Strand von #Warnemünde dick verschneit am 30. November 2023 - die Winterperiode hielt bis zum 09. Dezember an. Zeitweise betrug die mittlere #Schneedecke im Ostseebad 15 cm.
Das war schon bemerkenswert für die Jahreszeit direkt an der Küste.
Webcam:
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
Das war schon bemerkenswert für die Jahreszeit direkt an der Küste.
Webcam:
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
November 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Der Strand von #Warnemünde dick verschneit am 30. November 2023 - die Winterperiode hielt bis zum 09. Dezember an. Zeitweise betrug die mittlere #Schneedecke im Ostseebad 15 cm.
Das war schon bemerkenswert für die Jahreszeit direkt an der Küste.
Webcam:
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
Das war schon bemerkenswert für die Jahreszeit direkt an der Küste.
Webcam:
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
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📷❄️Was für ein traumhaftes Panorama heute zum Sonnenuntergang über dem verschneiten Ostseebad #Warnemünde - eingefangen von der Webcam auf dem
Hotel NEPTUN.
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
#Winter #Ostsee #Rostock #Schnee #sunset
Hotel NEPTUN.
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
#Winter #Ostsee #Rostock #Schnee #sunset
November 30, 2023 at 3:01 PM
📷❄️Was für ein traumhaftes Panorama heute zum Sonnenuntergang über dem verschneiten Ostseebad #Warnemünde - eingefangen von der Webcam auf dem
Hotel NEPTUN.
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
#Winter #Ostsee #Rostock #Schnee #sunset
Hotel NEPTUN.
hotel-neptun.de/hotel/webcam/
#Winter #Ostsee #Rostock #Schnee #sunset