Optimizing Data Transfer Cost on AWS Infrastructure

Most of you would surely agree that  AWS billing mechanism is too complex and difficult to understand if you have limited experience with it. Any AWS bill where the system is internet facing and using different distributed systems internally, it is not unusual to see 15-20% bill pertaining to data transfer cost of over all AWSContinue reading “Optimizing Data Transfer Cost on AWS Infrastructure”

How We Improved our App Startup and Navigation Time on Android App

Our Engineering team at HealthKart has a keen focus on improving the performance and making the system scalable for better user experience. Our Mobile Development team encountered couple of bottlenecks which was causing the issue on the performance side and hence a bad user experience score on the different performance metrics. Few of the importantContinue reading “How We Improved our App Startup and Navigation Time on Android App”

When not to use Microservices

There is nothing like a silver bullet that exists in this world which can solve all your problems. In the field of medicine, certain medications can help in fighting only certain diseases. A medication for headache can not be used for diabetic care or curing eye problems. Certain medications also not suitable in a fewContinue reading “When not to use Microservices”

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 builtĀ 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”

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”