Episode 260: 254 RR Building/Scaling a Rails SaaS App with Derrick Reimer

Ruby Rogues

• Episode: Episode 260: 254 RR Building/Scaling a Rails SaaS App with Derrick Reimer
• Website: Ruby Rogues
• Feed URL: https://feeds.feedwrench.com/RubyRogues.rss
• Duration: 00:46:50
• Published: 2016-04-06 15:00

02:25 - Julia Evans Introduction

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Blog

02:52 - Derrick Reimer Introduction

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Blog
• Drip
• SaaS = Software as a Service
• Codetree

05:25 - SaaS Apps vs Other Web Development Projects

06:18 - Scaling

08:44 - Gathering Feedback

12:01 - How has underlying technology helped and gotten in the way?

• PostgreSQL

15:18 - Choosing Boring Technology

20:49 - Scaling (Cont’d)

• Caching
• Redis

29:07 - Strategies to Keep the Application Manageable

31:41 - What makes technology boring and safe to use? Evaluating Technologies

• “Boringification”

35:43 - Building Something Useful vs Building Something for Entertainment

40:13 - Prioritization

Picks

writegif (Derrick)
RuboCop (Derrick)
htop (Jessica)
Java Concurrency in Practice (Julia)
HOW TO PRONOUNCE GIF! (David)
Teaching a local Ruby class (Avdi)

Special Guests: Derrick Reimer and Julia Evans.