Journey of Zero Downtime Migration of Elasticsearch at Blinkit
Explains how I carried out the plan to migrate our Elasticsearch datastore which powered search and discovery on Blinkit grocery app.
Harshit Prasad
Senior Software Engineer - @Blinkit, specialising in search systems - platform, data, and reliability engineering. Loves to talk about tech, travel, anime and always ready to try and explore new things.
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2022
2021
High Performance Data Processing with Python, Kafka and Elasticsearch
Gave my second international tech talk in EuroPython 2021.
Year Review - 2020
My Self Retrospection of the Year 2020.
2020
Building Production Ready Search - Python and Elasticsearch
Gave my first international tech talk in Pycon Sweden 2020.
2019
My Trip to Japan and Open Source Summit
This is my very first try to write a travel blog. I attended an open source conference in Tokyo, Japan and visited many other famous places in Tokyo. This...
2018
GSoC 2018: Final Work Report
Conclusion of GSoC 2018 work report - my project status, future work and work experience with CERN mentors.
Backpropagation Feature in LSTM Network
Learn how backpropagation works in LSTM network.
Forward Propagation Feature in LSTM Network
Learn how forward propagation works in LSTM network.
RNN and LSTM Networks
Understand what and how of RNN and LSTM in Deep Learning.
Internship at CERN, Switzerland
My starting summer internship (GSoC 2018) experience.
Deploy Static Page using Surge Tool
Understand how to set deploy static web pages using surge tool.
2017
Experience with Google Code-In 2017
I was a GCI Mentor in the year 2017 with FOSSASIA organization. This blog covers up my experience with the GCI participants.
Creating A Better Responsive Design in Susper
Understand how to make your web application responsive for all devices.
Implementing Advanced Search Feature in Susper
Understand how I introduced advanced search feature in Susper.
Creating Dockerfile for YaCy Server
Learn to create a dockerfile and deploy your backend with several dependencies.
Implementing Text-To-Speech Feature in Susper
Understand how I implemented text-to-speech feature in Susper search.
Adding Transition Effect to Voice Search in Susper
Understand how to transition effect in Susper voice search was implemented.
Designing Google Like Image Search Grid
Learn how to make resizable image grid with different sizes.
Refactor Dropdown in Susper
Sharing learnings of refactoring dropdown menus in Susper.
Mock Testing in Angular using MockBackend
Learn how to write mock tests for a Angular application.
Filtering Queries using Apache Solr in Susper
Understand how to filter documents in Apache Solr.
Setting up Code Coverage Tool
Learn to setup third party code coverage tools in your project.
Implementing Voice Search In Susper
Learn to create your own voice search capability using Typescript.
Discovering Default Search Provider in Firefox
Understand how to set default search engine in a browser.
Deploying Angular application using GitHub Pages
Learn how to deploy Angular application using Github Pages.