Scaling Event Messaging with Private Message Module

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Oliver Davies recently shared his expertise in a blog post recounting his experience working on an event booking and management website for a UK charity. The challenge was implementing a feature allowing event organizers to send private messages to all attendees without running into memory or timeout issues, particularly for events with numerous participants.

To address this concern, Davies opted to use the Private Message module but realized the need for a queue system to process and send messages efficiently, especially for events with several hundred attendees. Breaking down the feature into three parts, Davies focused on creating a custom UI for event organizers, ensuring scalability by utilizing a queue, and leveraging the existing capabilities of the Private Message module. For those interested in the technical details and insights, link to the blog post below:

Title: Writing contrib modules as glue between your custom code
Byline:Oliver Davies
Dateline: December 4th, 2023
Organization: Oliver Davies UK
URL: https://www.oliverdavies.uk/archive/2023/12/04/writing-contrib-modules-as-glue-between-your-custom-code

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