PinnedBack-Of-The-Envelope-Calculations : Google’s approach to system designingHow do you know which is the “best” design for a given problem? If, for example, “you were given the problem of generating an image search results page of 30 thumbnails, would you load images sequentially? In parallel? Would you cache? How would you decide?” One way is to start…Architecture Design4 min read
Oct 26, 2021Extend disk on GCP instanceWhat Is a Google Cloud Persistent Disk? Using a virtual machine (or cloud instance) it is sometimes hard to see the different underlying components that compose it. Google Cloud Compute Engine is a powerful service that can be used to manage all the different aspects of virtual instances in Google Cloud. In cloud virtual instances, the computing…Gcp6 min read
Jan 27, 2021ElasticSearch AutoComplete: A story worth telling 🔥It all started with me trying to implement a website wide search functionality for Spacejoy (🥱Ahh.. an organization I work with), though we could have built it over our main database MongoDB. But for some good enough reasons, we were inclined towards Elasticsearch/Solr, let me explain why & how we…Elasticsearch4 min read
Aug 14, 2020AWS Batch Jobs with easeRunning ETL at scale is one of the prominent issues people face with large scale systems….though airflow, azkaban etc have already proved there mark it’s time to move from traditional systems to scalable solutions. In order to understand this, we need to have preliminary knowledge about Docker. Docker enables you…AWS9 min read
Nov 19, 2019Azure Functions on DockerAzure Functions and Docker are a perfect match for microservices in a hybrid world. This combo gives you the flexibility to easily deploy and run your microservices either in the cloud or on-premises. …Docker3 min read
Sep 23, 2019What is actually inside NodeJs, Let’s dig in!If you’re new to Node.js and you want to understand how Node.js works under the hood, then read this article. Every Node.js article introduces Node.js as single-threaded. Below are some misconceptions about multi-threading in Node.js. Just like JavaScript, Node.js doesn’t support multi-threading. Node.js is a proper multi-threaded language just like…Nodejs3 min read
Apr 28, 2018Avengers Infinity War: Thanos killed half of them what’s next….We’re going to be talking about the events of the movie, what it means for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and our guesses with where it will all be going next. First up, those DEATHS. This was a movie that literally opened with the death of Idris Elba’s…Marvel6 min read
Apr 25, 2018Create Your Own Search Engine for more Privacy & Trust IssuesWhile there are a variety of privacy-focused search engines available like StartPage and DuckDuckGo, nothing can offer the complete trust offered by creating one’s own search engine. …Docker5 min read
Feb 7, 2018Tech Talks One Should Seek For….I’ve put together a list of the must-see talks for every programmer. In this list, I’ve avoided language or library specific talks and instead focused on high-level, general topics that apply to everyone: The future of technology User interface Programming language design Software engineering Computers and learning A career in…Programming6 min read
Feb 6, 2018Docker in Production: A big leap to take part 2In the previous part, i have explained typical methodology followed by a naive to deploy Docker’s in Prod. Now we will take a look on how to take this ahead as a geek rather than just a newbie.We will Opt for Amazon ECS to further ….. Deploying Docker containers on ECS The idea behind ECS…AWS18 min read
