[ozim]

*Why are we badly reinventing MJPEG instead of configuring the tools we already have?*

Getting to know and understand existing tools costs time/money. If it less expensive or more expensive than reinventing something badly is very complicated to judge and depends on loads of factors.

Might be that reinventing something badly - but good enough for the case is best use of resources.

[antisol]

From TFA:

    Implementation complexity: 
     h264 Stream: 3 months of rust
     JPEG Spam: fetch() in a loop

I don't see how it could have taken 3 months to read up on existing technologies. And that "3 month" number is before we start factoring in time spent on:

* Writing code for JPEG Spam / "fetch() in a loop" method

* Mechanisms to switch between h264 / jpeg modes

* Debugging implementation of 2 modes

* Debugging switching back and forth between the 2 modes

* Maintenance of 2 modes into the future