Video Compression NOW

Video compression algorithms have far developed so much, they are wiping the competition with animated graphic formats. Here is a comparison:
https://mediacru.sh/demo

What brought this this discussion:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6196133

So next time you have an animation you need to make, try using a video codec instead (primarly dirac).

next time you have an animation you need to make, try using a video codec instead
Where is the API documentation for these codecs?