ARENAPLAY
“Existing streaming solutions in the target market either couldn't handle concurrent load, had unacceptable latency for live events, or priced out smaller content creators. ArenaPlay needed to deliver broadcast-quality streaming with a creator-first economic model.”
ArenaPlay is a live streaming platform designed around concurrent viewer load and low-latency delivery. The infrastructure runs on AWS with Mux for video processing and Cloudflare for CDN distribution and DDoS protection.
Mux handles transcoding and adaptive bitrate streaming — the client player automatically steps down quality based on viewer bandwidth without interruption. The live event architecture keeps end-to-end latency under 5 seconds under normal load.
The backend is Node.js with a PostgreSQL database and Redis for real-time presence (viewer counts, live chat state). A React/Next.js frontend handles the creator dashboard, viewer experience, and subscription management.
The biggest technical challenge was the scaling test: ensuring the system could absorb a 10x spike in concurrent viewers without degrading the experience for existing viewers. This led to a complete rearchitecture of the ingestion and distribution pipeline midway through the build.