PHP-Queue Case Study: IslamicEvents.sg

Case study on how I optimised the Facebook publishing of prayer reminders for IslamicEvents.sg

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1. PHPQueue in Action
   Case Study: IslamicEvents.sg
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2. Michael Cheng
   Senior Software Engineer, mig33
   http://twitter.com/coderkungfu
   http://github.com/miccheng
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3. Problem
   • Daily prayer reminders via Facebook.
   • Facebook publishing is failing.
   • Cron Jobs & messy MySQL gymnastics.
   • Unable to reach audience fully.
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4. Solution
   • Implement a queuing system that can be
   scaled onto multiple servers.
   • Use Beanstalkd & PHPQueue.
   • Batch processing using Facebook's batch
   request API.
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5. PHP-Queue
   https://github.com/miccheng/php-queue
   https://packagist.org/packages/coderkungfu/php-queue
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6. Result
   • Increase reach by 80%.
   • Facebook Page Likes increased from 12,000
   to 15,000 in a few weeks.
   • Zero maintenance.
   • Git deployment using Bitbucket.
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7. Lessons Learnt
   • Facebook's Batch Request API does not work
   as advertised.
   • Continuous Deployment is a god-sent.
   • Continuous Integration is important, even in
   small projects.
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