Yvan Michel is a seasoned software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in web and video playback technologies, having driven playback quality and observability at Dailymotion and api.video. He blends front-end expertise in JavaScript (notably contributions to the popular hls.js demo) with back-end work in Python and PHP, using QoS/QoE metrics and the Elastic Stack to improve real user experiences. Comfortable stepping out of his comfort zone, he favors collaborative, team-based problem solving and shared knowledge. Based in Lyon, he brings a pragmatic, product-focused mindset to complex media challenges and has a track record of turning playback edge cases into reliable demo and production features.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Master of Science (MS) at SUPINFO - The International Institute of Information Technology
HLS.js is a JavaScript library that plays HLS in browsers with support for MSE.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:1 release, 57 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Yvan primarily contributed to the demo page of the HLS.js library. Their work included adding a dropdown list to select different versions of the library, integrating the library's logo, and updating links. Furthermore, the user addressed code related to media errors and playlist handling to improve user experience and ensure the demo page's functionality. These changes mainly involved modifying the demo page's HTML and JavaScript code.
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