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<p>At this time, the team was iterating on new <strong>Ranker models</strong>, and real-time inference seemed like the next logical step. But Rankers needed <strong>real-time feature retrieval</strong>, which meant an <strong>online feature store</strong> had to be built first.</p>
<p>Exploring open-source options led to <strong>cost vs. performance trade-offs</strong>, but Meesho’s surging traffic meant that <strong>laten