What is an API Gateway? An API Gateway is the first step towards diving into a microservices architecture. It is a type of proxy server which sits in front of all our backend services and provides a unified interface to the clients.It acts as the single entryway into a system allowing multiple APIs or microservicesContinue reading “API Gateway- Front Controller to our Microservices”
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Real time Analytics Pipeline Using AWS
At HealthKart, we use lambda architecture for building real time analytics pipeline. However the most critical part in this setup is picking the framework which are extensible and does not cost a heavy toll on your infrastructure cost. Keeping these thing in mind, AWS was the most viable option to have lambda architecture for achievingContinue reading “Real time Analytics Pipeline Using AWS”
Technology Dilemma – Build vs Buy
One of the most difficult and tricky situations you come along in tech leadership role is to make a decision whether the particular functional piece should be built in house or you should just buy it and integrate with your tech landscape. Every decision that we take in our professional or personal life is mostly theContinue reading “Technology Dilemma – Build vs Buy”
Google Sheet and HKConnector – Bulk processing Engine @ Healthkart
Process optimization becomes a necessity when any organization grows and flourishes. This optimization could be in any vertical technical, functional, business or financial and in any form of efficiency, stack, methodologies or roadmaps, etc , but each of these needs to leverage the existing system workflow to scale up and, redefine itself from the intelligenceContinue reading “Google Sheet and HKConnector – Bulk processing Engine @ Healthkart”
Transfer Learning – Our plunge into making an object detector
The ability of making a computer learn and localize objects is one of the many applications for a technology like Computer Vision and Deep learning , most precisely called object detection. We had a task of building a custom object detector such that the model could predict food labels from food images and can beContinue reading “Transfer Learning – Our plunge into making an object detector”
Hazelcast – Distributed Locking and Inventory Management System
Distributed locking management becomes absolute building block for high scale system where data consistency is a top priority. Systems like online booking/inventory management where hundred and thousands requests gets process in parallel, this becomes a must have to maintain the consistency of data. HealthKart being a omni-channel platform for selling health supplement and sport nutrition,Continue reading “Hazelcast – Distributed Locking and Inventory Management System”
Using Our Brains – Neuromarketing, Hands-Free Gaming & Rise Of EEG Headset
Overview Many people have eagerly awaited the day they can control technology using just their brains. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a monitoring method to record the electrical activity of the brain. The clinical definition of EEG is the recording of brain activity over a period of time. Wearable EEG headsets position noninvasive electrodes along the scalp. EEG electrodes pick upContinue reading “Using Our Brains – Neuromarketing, Hands-Free Gaming & Rise Of EEG Headset”
Graph Databases – Engine behind Healthkart’s Inventory Management
Overview Managing inventory to produce consistent and reliable results in any ERP system across multiple channels of sale can be a challenging task. Supply chains are becoming more and more vast and complex. With the omni-channel approach to sales kicking in – the system needs to be mindful of issues like the visibility of inventoryContinue reading “Graph Databases – Engine behind Healthkart’s Inventory Management”
Flowable – Engine for Automated Workflows @HealthKart
Automated business workflows are essentials for any organization. There are multiple options to automate your business workflows using tools and SaaS products available in the market. However, it becomes more challenging if you have several of internal systems that in running and managed internally and it needs integration with them. One can opt for buildingContinue reading “Flowable – Engine for Automated Workflows @HealthKart”
Engineering @HealthKart 