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Your video buffers. Netflix doesn’t. Here’s the difference, and how to close it with one URL parameter. Live demo: stream-video-like-a-pro-hls-cloudin.vercel.app Source code: github.com/musebe/stream-video-like-a-pro-hls-cloudinary-nextjs The Problem: Buffering Every tutorial ships a <video src="my-video.mp4" /> and calls it done. That works fine until your user is on a train with…

AI-generated and AI-edited images have gone from novelty to everyday production tool. Marketing teams generate product backgrounds in seconds; ecommerce teams remove and replace objects at scale.  As AI becomes a central part of publishing workflows, organizations are facing a new challenge: how do you maintain trust and transparency when…

Product-led growth depends on one thing: how fast someone can go from nothing to a working result. For over a decade at Cloudinary, that someone was a developer with a free account and a few lines of code. Today, it’s just as often an agent working on that developer’s behalf.

At conference booths, developers often ask whether we support image generation at Cloudinary, given our emphasis on media management. As of now, I can say, “Yes! Yes, we do.” — here’s how! Cloudinary’s Image Generation API lets developers generate images from text prompts using multiple AI model families, then…

When we launched Cloudinary Moderation, we set out to turn static brand guidelines into automated standards that every asset entering your pipeline has to meet. Until now, that meant images. Today, we’re extending moderation to the format that’s growing fastest and is hardest to review manually: video. Video moderation…

Stunning videos can underperform. A video experimentation strategy is a structured approach to finding out what drives performance for your specific audience. It involves creating multiple versions of a video, each with specific changes, and tracking their performance.  It eliminates the guesswork about which video format, length, or style works…

Today we celebrate a Cloudinary developer community that has grown to more than four million. It’s a milestone we’re proud to report, but not one we’re willing to claim as our own.  Every developer or engineering team that ran into a real problem — a media library that outgrew its…

Luxury brands have always relied on visual storytelling to communicate craftsmanship, heritage, and aspiration. As more customer journeys move online, video has become one of the most effective ways for luxury brands to connect with their audiences and communicate their heritage and brand values. Unlike static images, video can showcase…

The World Cup is on, half my feed is football, and I wanted an excuse to build something. So I built Kickoff Cards: Upload a selfie, pick your nation, and get a playable football trading card. With it, you can battle other people’s cards, earn XP, and climb a live leaderboard.