Project Flash – JSFoo Talk Proposal

Project Flash is an internal project at Housing.com to boost the WebApp and achieve a linear < 1ms server processing time for all the pages.

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1. Project Flash
   A quest for < 1ms
   

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2. Previously
   Client Rails App
   Build Options
   Memcache
   Redis
   Elastic
   Search
   Compile Template
   v8 Engine*
   * Compile Hamlc
   

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3. Previously
   AWS Instance*
   Nginx
   Worker
   * m3 large instances
   …….. 7 …….. AWS Instance*
   Worker
   … 7 … Worker Worker
   … 7 …
   

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4. Previously
   Page Load time* = ~400ms
   * Excluding SSL handshake and including latency
   

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5. Then…
   Rails NodeJS*
   * a pure bonding
   

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6. Now
   Page Load time* = ~80ms
   * Excluding SSL handshake and including latency
   

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7. Now
   Server Time* = ~3ms
   * Home Page, Service Pages
   

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8. Housing NodeJS#
   # the awww.. moment
   

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9. • A non-blocking migration.
   • Keeping everything in place as was in rails.
   • Keeping it light weight and blazingly fast.
   • Logging & Server Analytics
   • Cache Management
   • and lot more…
   Challenges Faced
   

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10. • Infra Cost cutting
    • Faster Page load times
    • User happiness index raised
    • Less hassle
    • Better maintenance
    Results so far
    

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11. Future
    Server Time < 1ms #
    # consistent timeline. Game is On!
    
    

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12. Future
    100% Isomorphic App#
    # Thought process is On!
    

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