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DNS to CDN to Origin

Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) such as Amazon CloudFront and Fastly...
Dan Croak
August 8, 2014
- Web
- Performance
- Ruby
- DNS
Why Postgres Won't Always Use an Index

Use SQL EXPLAIN to understand when and why indexes are used (or not).
Simon Taranto
July 25, 2014
- Web
- Performance
- PostgreSQL
- SQL
How to Evaluate Your Rails JSON API for Performance Improvements

Before adding database indexes, eager loading, and caches, spend a few minutes at the whiteboard with your team to rethink the high-level requirements for your JSON API.
Laila Winner
February 10, 2014
- Web
- Performance
- Rails
Honey, I shrunk the internet! - Content Compression via Rack::Deflater

Speed is key. The snappier the site, the more visitors like you. Speed is so...
Dan Collis-Puro
November 12, 2013
- Web
- Ruby
- Performance
Fast JSON APIs in Rails with Key-Based Caches and ActiveModel::Serializers

Want to make your Rails JSON APIs fast? Blisteringly fast? In a project I’ve...
Josh Clayton
May 30, 2013
- Web
- Performance
- Rails
New screencast: Improving Performance for Real-time Requests

We’re pleased to announce our newest screencast video on Upcase, Improving...
Chad Pytel
May 9, 2013
- News
- Web
- Performance
- Rails
- Upcase
Designing for iOS: Graphics & Performance

Note: Even though the technology stack in iOS remained largely unchanged, the...
Reda Lemeden
November 26, 2012
- iOS
- Design
- Performance
Factory Bot 2.4 Goes Meta

Factory Bot1 has been getting some hardcore internal refactorings over the...
Josh Clayton
January 13, 2012
- News
- Web
- Rails
- Performance
- Open Source
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
How-To: Quick Rails Benchmarking

This February 6th we are launching a new workshop: Advanced Rails. The...
Harold Giménez
November 2, 2011
- Web
- Rails
- Performance
7 Minute Ab: Impatient Man's Load Tests For A Heroku App

A quick way to do a lightweight load test on Heroku.
Dan Croak
August 2, 2011
- Web
- Heroku
- Performance
- Testing
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