This week on the podcast, Josh and Ben discuss shipping a Clickhouse migration and Honeybadger's new look. They also talk about Exceptional Creatures hitting number one on Hacker News and being featured at the top of Ruby Weekly. Plus, did Ben get interviewed by a rubber duck?
The team improved the user interface based on customer feedback, incorporating a random quote generator and a new header color to enhance the user experience.
The migration of the search backend from Elasticsearch to Clickhouse resulted in a 10x performance boost, providing users with faster and more efficient search results.
Deep dives
Improvements to the UI and customer feedback
The podcast episode discusses the recent improvements made to the user interface of the app, based on customer feedback. The team worked on fixing bugs, making enhancements, and implementing changes that simplified the user experience. The addition of a random quote generator in the app's navigation sidebar and a new header color helped create a more enjoyable and less intimidating experience for users.
Migration to Clickhouse for improved search
The team successfully migrated the search backend from Elasticsearch to Clickhouse. This migration resulted in a significant performance boost, with search results now being 10 times faster. The team ensured that there were no visible changes to the search functionality for users, maintaining the same search syntax and interactions. The new search backend provides a faster and more efficient search experience for users.
Testing Clickhouse with Science gem
Next, the team plans to test the performance of the Clickhouse backend using the Science gem. This gem allows for running experiments comparing the performance of different code paths. The team will measure the speed and accuracy of the Clickhouse backend compared to Elasticsearch. The results of the experiments will help optimize and fine-tune the Clickhouse implementation.
Working on landing pages and pricing
The team is currently working on landing pages for Insights, a new feature being introduced. They are exploring options for displaying pricing for Insights, considering whether to have a separate pricing page or integrate it into the existing pricing page. This decision-making process will be a focus in the coming weeks as they work on finalizing the landing page design.
This week Josh and Ben discuss shipping a Clickhouse migration and Honeybadger's new look. They also talk about Exceptional Creatures hitting number one on Hacker News and being featured at the top of Ruby Weekly. Plus, did Ben get interviewed by a rubber duck?