Introduction In the world of programming, not all applications are created equal. Some are CPU heavy operations, while some spend a significant amount of time waiting for input/output (IO) operations, leading to performance bottlenecks. In the latter case, concurrency becomes a superhero, swooping in to rescue your application from sluggishness.…
Introduction Motivation for this post is to let people know things about designing concurrent queue. A queue is a fundamental data structure that follows the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) principle. It represents an ordered list of elements where the addition of new elements (enqueue) occurs at the rear, and removal of existing…
Have you ever wondered how to build an image search engine (like Google Images, Myntra fashion products search, etc,.)? In this blog post, we will create a simple image search feature in the Ruby on Rails application using the Weaviate vector database. The modern approach to implementing image search involves…
Introduction Ruby is celebrated for its expressiveness and elegance. Much of its charm stems from the concept of metaprogramming. In this blog, we delve into the captivating realm of Ruby metaprogramming, uncovering its historical origins and emphasizing its advanced features that set it apart from other programming languages. What is…
Sidekiq is an awesome workhorse for efficiently running background jobs. Whether it be sending emails, processing huge amount of data etc... Maybe that is why for many of us, background processing in ruby ( rails ) is synonymous with sidekiq. All thanks to is efficient use of memory and concurrency…
Text Search With Trigrams in PostgreSQL - Part 2 In the previous blog post, we learned how to use trigrams for text searching and how they work behind the scenes in PostgreSQL. We also ran some queries and found the results. But that's not the end. Let's see how fast…
Introduction: Webhooks are essentially custom HTTP callbacks (or small snippets of code associated with web application) triggered by certain events. Whenever this triggering event occurs on the source site, the webhook checks for the event collects the data and sends it in the form of an HTTP request to the…
