The Art of the Spike

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This document outlines the process of "spiking" or prototyping a technology to evaluate its fit for a given project. It discusses gathering information about Redis through downloading, interfacing, building prototypes, evaluating operations and performance, and presenting findings to stakeholders. The goal of spiking is to quickly evaluate options in a time-boxed manner before making architecture decisions.

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The Art of the Spike

Aaron Bedra
Principal, Relevance, Inc.
Copyright 2007-2010 Relevance, Inc. This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share
Alike 3.0 United States License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Do you have 10
years of
experience or the
same year 10
times?
Saturday, May 15, 2010

So you’re starting
a new project...

Saturday, May 15, 2010

A Jedi craves not
these things
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Preserving
reputation

Saturday, May 15, 2010

We’ve just been
assigned a new
project

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Credit card
authorization
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Very lean
information set

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Number, available
credit, per charge
limit

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Lookup by card
number

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Web service for
charges

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Transaction
speed is
essential
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Ok let’s get down
to planning

Saturday, May 15, 2010

We’ve decided to
use clojure as a
language

Saturday, May 15, 2010

And PostgreSQL as
a database
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Has anyone heard
about Redis?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

It might be a good
ﬁt for this

Saturday, May 15, 2010

We should spike
it out!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Record everything!
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Time-box
everything!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

All technology you
are about to
encounter should be
treated as a ﬁrst
class citizen!
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Download and
install

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Should we keep
going?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Is there an SDK
or API?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

In the language
you are using?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

How long did it
take?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Reference
Example

Saturday, May 15, 2010

What does my
team think?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

How do we
deploy it?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

How do we
monitor it?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

How fast can a
single instance go?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

How does it
compare to our
original idea?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Does it help us
meet our “why”

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Management /
Client

Saturday, May 15, 2010

We did a spike
and here’s what
we found

Saturday, May 15, 2010

The dev team has
a reference

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Dev team feels
they can be
productive on day
one
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Outperforms our
RDBMS

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Easy and fast
scaling

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Contact
• aaronbedra.com (blog)
• @abedra (twitter)
• aaron@thinkrelevance.com
• github.com/abedra
• speakerrate.com/talks/3252

Saturday, May 15, 2010

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The Art of the Spike

1. The Art of the Spike Aaron Bedra Principal, Relevance, Inc. Copyright 2007-2010 Relevance, Inc. This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Saturday, May 15, 2010

2. Saturday, May 15, 2010

3. DRY Saturday, May 15, 2010

4. Do you have 10 years of experience or the same year 10 times? Saturday, May 15, 2010

5. So you’re starting a new project... Saturday, May 15, 2010

6. Yes but why? Saturday, May 15, 2010

7. Business value Saturday, May 15, 2010

8. “Faster” Saturday, May 15, 2010

9. “Better” Saturday, May 15, 2010

10. “Easier” Saturday, May 15, 2010

11. A Jedi craves not these things Saturday, May 15, 2010

12. Making money Saturday, May 15, 2010

13. Preserving reputation Saturday, May 15, 2010

14. Saturday, May 15, 2010

15. We’ve just been assigned a new project Saturday, May 15, 2010

16. Credit card authorization Saturday, May 15, 2010

17. Very lean information set Saturday, May 15, 2010

18. Number, available credit, per charge limit Saturday, May 15, 2010

19. Lookup by card number Saturday, May 15, 2010

20. Web service for charges Saturday, May 15, 2010

21. Transaction speed is essential Saturday, May 15, 2010

22. Ok let’s get down to planning Saturday, May 15, 2010

23. We’ve decided to use clojure as a language Saturday, May 15, 2010

24. And PostgreSQL as a database Saturday, May 15, 2010

25. But wait! Saturday, May 15, 2010

26. Has anyone heard about Redis? Saturday, May 15, 2010

27. It might be a good ﬁt for this Saturday, May 15, 2010

28. We should spike it out! Saturday, May 15, 2010

29. Research time Saturday, May 15, 2010

30. Record everything! Saturday, May 15, 2010

31. Time-box everything! Saturday, May 15, 2010

32. Getting started Saturday, May 15, 2010

33. All technology you are about to encounter should be treated as a ﬁrst class citizen! Saturday, May 15, 2010

34. Download and install Saturday, May 15, 2010

35. How did it go? Saturday, May 15, 2010

36. Should we keep going? Saturday, May 15, 2010

37. Interfacing Saturday, May 15, 2010

38. Is there an SDK or API? Saturday, May 15, 2010

39. In the language you are using? Saturday, May 15, 2010

40. Does it work? Saturday, May 15, 2010

41. Should we keep going? Saturday, May 15, 2010

42. Prototype code Saturday, May 15, 2010

43. Simple CRUD Saturday, May 15, 2010

44. How long did it take? Saturday, May 15, 2010

45. Should we keep going? Saturday, May 15, 2010

46. Reference Example Saturday, May 15, 2010

47. What does my team think? Saturday, May 15, 2010

48. Should we keep going? Saturday, May 15, 2010

49. Operations Saturday, May 15, 2010

50. How do we deploy it? Saturday, May 15, 2010

51. How do we monitor it? Saturday, May 15, 2010

52. Should we keep going? Saturday, May 15, 2010

53. Performance Saturday, May 15, 2010

54. How fast can a single instance go? Saturday, May 15, 2010

55. Can it scale? Saturday, May 15, 2010

56. How does it compare to our original idea? Saturday, May 15, 2010

57. Does it help us meet our “why” Saturday, May 15, 2010

58. Should we keep going? Saturday, May 15, 2010

59. Management / Client Saturday, May 15, 2010

60. We did a spike and here’s what we found Saturday, May 15, 2010

61. Easy to install Saturday, May 15, 2010

62. Easy to use Saturday, May 15, 2010

63. The dev team has a reference Saturday, May 15, 2010

64. Dev team feels they can be productive on day one Saturday, May 15, 2010

65. Easy deployment Saturday, May 15, 2010

66. Easy monitoring Saturday, May 15, 2010

67. In memory Saturday, May 15, 2010

68. Outperforms our RDBMS Saturday, May 15, 2010

69. Easy and fast scaling Saturday, May 15, 2010

70. ? Saturday, May 15, 2010

71. Questions? Saturday, May 15, 2010

72. Contact • aaronbedra.com (blog) • @abedra (twitter) • aaron@thinkrelevance.com • github.com/abedra • speakerrate.com/talks/3252 Saturday, May 15, 2010

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