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How We Turbocharged Our Prediction Pipeline Using Dask

· 8 min read
Florian Courtial
Florian Courtial
Software Engineer

At Pigment, we provide a central platform for organizations to model and plan using their most valuable data. As part of that mission, enabling predictive insights is key. Our first implementation of predictions worked well for smaller datasets, but as more users began applying the feature to larger and more complex data models, we quickly hit the limits of a single-machine setup in terms of memory and compute.

To address this, we redesigned our infrastructure around a distributed Dask cluster, allowing us to scale horizontally and support much larger workloads. In this post, we’ll share the architecture of our new solution and key takeaways from adopting Dask in production.

Fuzz-driven slow path detection

· 6 min read
Nicolas Dubien
Nicolas Dubien
Software Engineer

Fuzz testing consists into executing a given piece of code against randomized inputs. It is a known tool when you want to detect bugs in your algorithms, but we rarely talk of it for performance related topics. Let's see how we can turn fuzzers into tools able to help us into detecting slow code paths.

Slashing load times by 10x with better scheduling

· 5 min read
Alexandre Bernard
Alexandre Bernard
Software Engineer

Pigment is a super fast growing company. Each day, new clients present unique challenges, adding to the platform's workload and pushing us to continually enhance its performance. This article explains how we successfully divided the loading time for certain clients by up to 10 times without touching to the execution time.