The Ultimate Guide to Blazing-Fast Performance in Rails

Ruby on Rails is a tremendous framework when you want high development velocity for your project or startup. It’s useful right out of the box and comes with a plethora of behind-the-scenes magic to make your life easier. However, it’s not considered the fastest framework out there in terms of performance. You will find examples of individuals and companies drifting away from Rails in favor of something else. Despite this, there are many companies out there who have succeeded in scaling Rails and found success — just take a look at Airbnb, Github, Gitlab, and Shopify.So before you jump ship, you should consider keeping performance at the forefront of your mind when working with Rails, and you can succeed too. This article aims to list the most important tips and tricks I’ve learned over the years to make Rails run at blazing fast speeds and scale to millions of requests per minute.