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title: Adventures in DIY Ad Servers
description: Hop back in time as Timehop's David Leviev tells MGS 19 attendees how his team built Nimbus from the ground up, and helped improve the ad experience.
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# [Adventures in DIY Ad Servers](https://web3growthassociation.com/videos/adventures-in-diy-ad-servers)

 Written by [MGS](https://web3growthassociation.com/videos/author/mgs) | Jan 1, 2020 1:38:32 PM

What happens when you can't find an ad server that meets all of your app's needs? Well, if you're [Timehop's](https://www.timehop.com/)[David Leviev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-leviev-3326422b/), VP Programmatic & Partnerships, you build it from the ground up. Hop back in time as David tells MGS 19 attendees how his team built Nimbus from the ground up, and helped improve the ad experience for everyone involved.

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