Sagyam Thapablog.sagyamthapa.com.np·Dec 16, 2024An interactive guide to HyperLogLogThe problem Imagine you’re running a large-scale online store. Thousands of users visit your website every second, and you want to know how many unique users visit each day. This sounds straightforward—just track each user by their IP address or logi...1 like·321 readshyperloglog
Duc Nguyen Huublog.nhduc.com·Aug 20, 2024How HyperLogLog worksThe HyperLogLog algorithm is a clever way to count how many unique items are in a big dataset without using a lot of memory. Imagine trying to count every different item in a huge list, like all the different words in a book. Doing it the regular way...hyperloglog
Andrea Iaconoandreaiacono.hashnode.dev·Feb 2, 2024Introduction to HyperLogLogCalculating the exact number of distinct items in a collection can be a difficult task if the collection is very large or if you have a very limited amount of memory. Typical approaches can be: using a hash map (uses more memory) using a bit map (u...data structures
