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Cronycle

A platform for creating and configuring search channels for articles on the Internet, allowing you to share them with your team
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Technologies

Ruby, Swift, Kubernetes, Node.js

Industry

Social Media

Engagement Model

Dedicated Team

Platform

iOS, Android, Web

Team

11 members

Timeline

1 year

About the project

The application allows you to create a board with your favorite articles and share them with the team. The team can comment and highlight relevant information on these boards without leaving the platform. Cronycle spares you from copying and pasting links between different apps or platforms. Altogether, it ensures a smooth work process without extra steps being done.
Among other solutions, the following services are available in the project:
  • Providing a dedicated server for the database instead of expensive third-party solutions.
  • Enabling the search function with the help of Elasticsearch.
  • Connecting microservices and applications such as Ruby on Rails JSON API, Python Flask applications, etc.
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Challenges to overcome

Before we started working on the project, the Cronycle platform comprised several Heroku-based applications to parse different sorts of content from the websites that have no API.

The system data was stored on Amazon s3 while Amazon RDS hosted the database. From a financial standpoint, using these third-party cloud platforms was rather expensive, e.g. the US-based retail giant charged $10k per month.

Speaking of costs, Embedly, another third-party platform used by Cronycle to aggregate content, also charged a few cents for each URL it was processing. And since more and more people started using Cronycle, the number of URLs often jumped over hundreds of thousands!

Our work

For dedicated server hosting, the Cronycle team suggested using Hetzner. The first thing we moved was the database. Next, we reindexed Elasticsearch using the resources of the application. As soon as reindexing was finished, the brand new Elasticsearch was good to go.

When moving the database, we came across some problems related to Amazon RDS, which the Bucardo replication system helped us solve. After a lengthy data migration procedure, we decided to separate applications and services so that problems with one would not cause problems with the entire application.

After conducting in-depth research on the theme of parsing, we launched not only new applications but also introduced new system functions and settings, for example, a feature that allows you to display the author’s name on a website page.

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Business results

We built a large, complex, and independent content-aggregation platform with a micro-service architecture that helps all kinds of users find and organize relevant content with just a little effort.
  • The database of the application is powered by Elasticsearch and enables storing terabytes of data.
  • At the same time, the platform’s new infrastructure is packed with a full set of services to provide a great in-app experience and shield users from the mass media noise.
Currently, Cronycle is used by 2308 companies across the globe.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a content aggregation platform?

A content aggregation platform collects information from multiple sources and brings it together in one centralized workspace. It helps users discover, organize, and manage relevant content from different channels, making it easier to monitor topics, research information, and share insights with teams.

Content aggregation platforms collect materials from connected sources, process and organize the information, and make it searchable within a single interface. Users can find relevant content through search and filters, review collected materials, and organize them into dedicated workspaces or boards for easier access.

A content curation platform should include content discovery from multiple sources, advanced search, filtering, saved collections, boards, annotations, and sharing capabilities. These features help users organize valuable information, add context, and create structured knowledge spaces for personal research or team workflows.

Content curation tools improve collaboration by allowing teams to collect and organize information in shared workspaces. Users can create common boards, add comments, highlight important parts of content, and share findings without switching between multiple applications. This helps teams build a centralized knowledge base and work more efficiently.

Elasticsearch is often used in content platforms to provide fast and scalable search across large volumes of information. It indexes content so users can quickly find relevant results through full-text search, filters, and structured queries. This helps platforms deliver a more efficient search experience as the amount of collected content grows.

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