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On a gray grid are two boxes. On the left, a blue box with the MCP logo that reads 'Mux MCP', on the right a green box that reads 'Mastra'. The two boxes are connected with what looks like plugs or wires.

Published on October 3, 2025 (10 days ago)

Shaping your AI prompts: using an agent to reduce MCP overhead

Ben Chuba
By Ben Chuba • 7 min read • Engineering

Learn how to offer your clients or employees simple, plain language ways to interact with your systems by connecting a local MCP to a Mastra agent.

Illustration of a video upload interface. A hand cursor with a green plus sign is dragging a file named 'MYNEWVIDEO.MP4' toward a black upload icon with an upward arrow on a yellow background.

Published on September 9, 2025 (about 1 month ago)

Even devtools need great dashboards

Darius Cepulis
Rahim Alwer
Steve Heffernan
By Darius, Rahim, and Steve • 7 min read • Engineering & Company

We’ve made some big changes to the Mux dashboard, and learned some big lessons about developer experience along the way

Illustration of a wacky audio player interface on an orange grid background. The player includes a play button, a volume button with a shouting face emoji above it, a progress bar showing 6:05, and a playback speed control labeled “1.46x” with a location pin icon above it. Below, text reads “CURRENTLY CONNECTED 6” with two yellow connectors beside the number.

Published on September 3, 2025 (about 1 month ago)

It's not that bad; it's worse. Meet the actual worst video player.

Christina Martinez
Dave Kiss
By Christina and Dave • 16 min read • Engineering

I thought I had built the worst video player ever imagined. Then, Christina Martinez submitted her concoction to the Worst Player contest… and I was appalled.

Press still from the F1 movie

Published on June 11, 2025 (4 months ago)

How Apple made the F1 movie trailer literally shake things up

Phil Cluff
By Phil Cluff • 7 min read • Video news & Engineering

Apple released an F1 movie trailer with haptics. You can build vibrating video too (at least for Android).

A hand with a Tailwind logo, crumpling a paper with "CSS" written on it

Published on May 28, 2025 (5 months ago)

Tailwind is the worst form of CSS, except for all the others

Darius Cepulis
By Darius Cepulis • 8 min read • Engineering

Tailwind is weird, verbose, and opinionated… but it works. Here’s why it makes teams faster, more consistent, and a little less frustrated.

A retro arcade coin slot with a glowing red-lit display that reads “25¢ INSERT COIN TO PLAY,” sitting on a neon-patterned carpet with scattered pixel-style gold coins. The box is textured black with a small “Mux” logo at the bottom. A red cable snakes across the floor. On the right side of the image is a yellow smiley face sticker that says “BE KIND REWIND,” set against a vibrant hot pink border.

Published on May 13, 2025 (5 months ago)

The most annoying video player of all time

Dave Kiss
By Dave Kiss • 8 min read • Engineering

Every video player looks the same until you rebuild one with Three.js, simulated physics, and some 90s arcade chaos.

The llms.txt logo; a cursor with four petals around it

Published on April 8, 2025 (6 months ago)

We want your LLM to read our docs

Darius Cepulis
By Darius Cepulis • 3 min read • Engineering & Product • AI

llms.txt is a standard for LLMs to discover and read your website. Users can use LLMs like Claude or Cursor to talk with your docs, improving their experience.

Dave in a retro style video player

Published on April 2, 2025 (6 months ago)

How to build a Windows 98-style video player in 2025

Dave Kiss
By Dave Kiss • 6 min read • Engineering & Video education

Get your dose of nostalgia as Dave puts Media Chrome to work to build a player in the style of Windows 98.

Cats with Bats developer spotlight

Published on March 6, 2025 (7 months ago)

Developer spotlight: Cats with Bats reimagines how developers learn with AI

Dave Kiss
Hai Nghiem
By Dave and Hai • 8 min read • Customers & Engineering

Cats with Bats is reimagining developer education with AI-powered video tutorials, code extraction, and Mux-powered video for a modern way to learn to code.

Lee Robinson on a background that shows the Vercel Marketplace

Published on January 16, 2025 (9 months ago)

Reducing friction with video through Vercel Marketplace's integration with Mux

Dave Kiss
Staci DeGagne
By Dave and Staci • 23 min read • Partnerships & Engineering

Lee Robinson chats with Mux about the new Vercel Marketplace, the role of AI in the developer experience, and tips for aspiring content creators.

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