Ruby on Rails is a great framework for startups, but we often hear people talk about Rails scalability issues when a startup project grows too large (read: becomes very popular). One of the key events that triggered the discussion that Rails can't scale ...

We have all been there when you see your controller action getting way too long and hold too much business logic. You know you need to email the user, adjust an account, maybe submit to Stripe and…...

rails-directory-structure-guide - A guide to understanding Ruby on Rails directory structure... (more…)

When query, schema and index optimizations aren’t enough to support the load of a high throughput database system, fundamental changes in… (more…)

In the final part of the series on Rails patterns and anti-patterns, we are going to analyze the final part of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern — the Controller. (more…)