1M msg/sec: IronMQv3 Hits Dos Commas

By Iron | March 30, 2016 |

Overview IronMQ now has doors that go like this: Nearly two years ago, we set out to build a more friendly message queueing service that still keeps up with the big boys. In previous posts we have only shown the performance of the single server version, but now it’s time to take the gloves off…

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Best Practices and Anti-Patterns for Workers and MQs

By Iron | December 17, 2015 |
Best Practices and anti-patterns for workers and message queues

Thanks to Ruth Hartnup for the base image! CC BY 2.0 If you’ve been programming for a while, it’s probable that someone, somewhere, has recommended the Gang of Four book. The book dissects Object Oriented programming. It lists numerous ways of royally messing things up, but it’s claim to fame is that it also lists…

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See How Untappd Processes 100s of 1000s of Updates a Night

By Iron | November 19, 2015 |

Untappd, a mobile check-in app for beer lovers, helps beer lovers share their passion with friends and other beer lovers from around the world. With millions of users checking-in, tracking and sharing newly discovered beers and beer drinking locations, as well as earning points for coveted badges, the Untappd app’s processing power is tested daily.…

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Upgrade to IronMQ v3 in Under 30 Minutes

By Iron | November 6, 2015 |
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Thanks to Johan Fantenberg for the base image CC BY 2.0 Earlier this week, Iron.io Customer Success Engineer JPK and I sat down with Michael Geneles and Stephen Kamenar from PitchBox to discuss their transition to IronMQ v3. Last Friday, they made the transition in less than 30 minutes! We were so impressed, we asked…

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Message Queues & Workers: the Heart of Modern Infrastructure

By Iron | October 20, 2015 |
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Thanks to Sonny Abesamis for the base image! CC BY 2.0 Increasingly, message queues and workers are intertwined with the language of modern infrastructure. You might rely on explicit solutions like IronMQ or IronWorker. You might not. Whether you do or don’t is irrelevant: MQs and workers are in everything these days. MQs and workers…

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Iron.io Now Available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace

By Iron | September 10, 2015 |

Iron.io continues to grow its ecosystem of value-added partners. To this point, today you can now find Iron.io solutions in the Application Services within the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Azure users can now directly leverage Iron.io within their applications to respond to application events, decouple components as independent services, offload individual workloads, and schedule regular occurring…

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Squashing Bugs in The Cloud: How Airbrake uses IronMQ v3

By Iron | August 10, 2015 |

By Reed Allman, Backend Engineer, Iron.io Ah, message queues. Last year we set out to build a better message queue, both for our internal use and to run as a service for customers. If you’ve ever looked into message queues yourself, you’ll know they’re all different, and, conveniently, none of them are ever quite what…

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Hubble Gets Lean With Microservices and Iron.io

By Iron | April 21, 2015 |
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As microservices continues to spread through the industry as a dominant pattern for building modern cloud applications, marquee examples from large-scale companies such as Netflix and Twitter may appear daunting to companies still on a growth path. When powering through agile cycles to release new features at a rapid pace, the last thing on your…

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Roam Directories Goes Serverless With Iron.io and Other Cloud Services

By Iron | April 1, 2015 |

Users expect immediate access to information, and this expectation is no different in the commercial real estate industry. Fast-moving companies need innovative web tools that enable property managers to upload, update and exchange building information with prospective tenants. Roam Directories, founded in 2013, is a relatively new company in an industry filled with established firms.…

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