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george_max • today at 8:22 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Nice concept, but why not generate one video per post rather than re-generating the video for each click per user? The result is going to be the same, and it will be significantly cheaper to run.


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mrborgen • today at 8:33 PM

We do cache them like that! As I wrote:

"We create them on-the-fly the first time someone clicks on a link."

Though I realise it could have been said more explicitly. But the second time someone clicks the link we re-use the same explainer.