Mark Franceschini
Senior Software Engineer
Previously worked on IBM's Kubernetes service. Loves a good peanut butter, raisin, and chocolate chip sandwich. Hates wearing shorts.
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Published on August 3, 2026 (9 days ago)
How Mux chooses a CDN in 9.9ms
By Mark Franceschini • 10 min read • Engineering
CDN selection sounds simple: pick the best CDN for each viewer. But “best” is where it gets tricky. What does best even mean? Cheapest for the business? Fastest for the customer? Most reliable? Or, the...
Published on April 13, 2023 (over 3 years ago)
We glued together content moderation to stop soccer pirates and saved $750k
By Mark Franceschini • 8 min read • Engineering • Stream security
If you had asked me two years ago which sport a video startup needs to be most worried about, I would have said American football or basketball. My US-centric mind would never have considered that socc...