Engineered for Unrivaled Speed
Performance isn't just a feature; it's our foundation. We've engineered every component of our technology stack—from custom-built services to meticulously configured infrastructure—to deliver the fastest, most advanced real estate search experience in the world.
Our platform is built to ensure instant load times and a fluid user experience, even during peak traffic.
Our Secret Weapon: A Custom In-Memory Search Engine
Many competitors rely on third-party services or traditional databases that aren't optimized for the complexity of real estate data. We took a different approach.
We built our proprietary search and indexing engine from the ground up in C++ to guarantee the fastest possible experience. It's designed to handle millions of listings and thousands of concurrent users, typically completing searches in under a millisecond. This raw speed allows us to power advanced features without the latency, delays, or frustration common on other platforms.
A Holistic Approach to Performance
Blazing-fast search is just the beginning. Speed is an integral part of our entire platform.
- Robust, Scalable Infrastructure: We leverage high-end server hardware, a global Content Delivery Network (CDN) for media, and a scalable architecture that handles traffic spikes without compromising performance.
- Blazing-Fast Frontend Experience: Our public-facing features are built as a Single-Page Application (SPA). This design, combined with our custom Javascript framework, an optimized codebase, and intelligent caching, ensures the user interface is incredibly responsive.
- Continuous Monitoring & Improvement: We constantly monitor platform performance and conduct real-world benchmarks to identify and implement optimizations, ensuring we always stay ahead of the curve.
Don't Just Take Our Word for It
We don't make empty claims; we deliver verifiable results.
- Test It Yourself: Open our live demo site and experience the speed firsthand.
- Top Lighthouse Scores: We consistently achieve elite scores on Google PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse, demonstrating our commitment to performance excellence.
Under the Hood: The Engineering Behind the Speed
For those interested in the technical details, here’s a glimpse into how we achieved this level of performance.
- The Right Tools for the Job: Our backend is a custom Java web server built for high-throughput, multithreaded operations. For the most performance-critical component—real estate search—we used C++ to push beyond the limits of other languages and traditional databases.
- Low-Level C++ Optimizations: We leveraged low-level C++ features for maximum efficiency, including Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX256) to process numeric comparisons in parallel, direct memory management to reduce allocations, and highly efficient, lock-free algorithms. In benchmarks, this allows a single machine to perform millions of searches per second.
- Eliminating Bottlenecks with JNI: To make our C++ engine even faster in a real-world environment, we integrated it directly into our Java application using the Java Native Interface (JNI). This allows the two languages to share memory directly, avoiding the network and data serialization overhead that slows down traditional database connections. The result is a search that is over 100 times faster than a database-driven approach while offering more features and flexibility.
- Purpose-Built Map Search: Our map search loads once and updates dynamically, minimizing data transfer and eliminating reloads as users pan and zoom. The C++ engine easily handles complex polygon searches with no noticeable delay.
This obsession with optimization creates a seamless and enjoyable experience for your website visitors, leading to higher engagement and more conversions.
With PeakIDX, you can Start at the top.
