How I Made Slow Xano Endpoints 15× Faster (12 s → 0.8 s)
· Xano · PostgreSQL · Performance
A recruitment platform on Xano had screens taking 12 s. Indexes on filter columns, an indexed type column and background jobs brought them to 0.8 s.
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Short, practical write-ups of problems I've solved: slow Xano endpoints, AI that makes users wait, and smarter search.
Stop Making Users Wait for AI: 32 s → Under 1 s
· OpenAI · Google Vision · Background jobs
Running OpenAI and Google Vision inside the request made CV uploads take 32 s. Moving the AI work to background jobs cut the wait to under 1 s.
AI Candidate Matching With Embeddings and Vector Search
· OpenAI · Embeddings · Vector search
How a recruitment platform matched 35k candidates to 4k jobs with OpenAI embeddings and vector search, plus boolean and distance filters for control.