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Hacker News Mar 24, 2026 at 18:03 Developer Tools

Show HN: I took back Video.js after 16 years and we rewrote it to be 88% smaller

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The author reclaimed control of Video.js after 16 years and rewrote it, reducing its size by 88%.

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