RealPin: A Highly Customizable Object Retrieval System

Explore Pinterest's highly customizable object retrieval system, RealPin, in this 21-minute conference talk by Bo Liu. Dive into the intricacies of RealPin's architecture, including its definition of objects, methods for updating object features, and organization strategies. Learn about the two primary retrieval patterns and how objects are stored in RocksDB. Discover the system's customization capabilities, implementation details, and how custom logic can be integrated. Gain insights from real-world use cases, lessons learned during development, and future plans for RealPin. Enhance your understanding of large-scale object retrieval systems and their applications in social media platforms.

Intro
What is RealPin?
What is an object in RealPin
Three ways to update object features
How are objects organized in RealPin
Two retrieval patterns
How are object stored in RocksDB
Retrieval pattern one
What can be customized?
How customized logics are plugged?
RealPin architecture
Implementation
Use case two
Lessons learned
Future Work