StatsD at Shopify - Shopify
Jul 28, 2011
Summary
This post introduces the `statsd-instrument` gem, a Ruby client for StatsD developed and used at Shopify. It details how StatsD is used for high-level overviews of custom data (e.g., cache hits/misses) and for proving assumptions about system performance. The post provides examples of using metaprogramming methods to inject instrumentation for parsing/rendering Liquid templates, updating Google Base products, and performing Webhook jobs. It also shows direct usage for incrementing storefront request counts and cache hit/miss metrics.
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