RR 362: Measuring Ruby Performance with Rails and Discourse with Noah Gibbs

In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk to Noah Gibbs about measuring Ruby performance with Rails and Discourse. Noah wrote a book called Rebuilding Rails and is currently analyzing Ruby performance for AppFolio. They talk about how he puts benchmarks around Discourse, the 2 distinct audiences that come to Rails, and how Rails is constantly improving. They also touch on his life as a programmer leading up to being a Ruby fellow and much more!

Special Guests: Noah Gibbs

Show Notes

Panel: 
  • Charles Max Wood
  • David Richards
  • Dave Kimura
  • Catherine Meyers
Special Guests: Noah Gibbs
In this episode of Ruby Rogues, the panelists talk to Noah Gibbs about measuring Ruby performance with Rails and Discourse. Noah wrote a book called Rebuilding Rails and is currently analyzing Ruby performance for AppFolio. They talk about how he puts benchmarks around Discourse, the 2 distinct audiences that come to Rails, and how Rails is constantly improving. They also touch on his life as a programmer leading up to being a Ruby fellow and much more!
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
  • Catherine intro
  • Noah intro
  • Engineering.appfolio.com
  • Ruby Weekly
  • Do you find that your benchmark is applicable worldwide?
  • Rails is going to continue to rise and fall
  • Ruby code goes up and down with Rails in the US
  • Hanami
  • How do you put benchmarks around Discourse?
  • Messy and requires a lot of tooling
  • Always a balance in a benchmark
  • The “real world” is messy
  • 2 distinct audiences for Rails
  • Rails is transitioning over time
  • Nothing has ever come close to Rails
  • Technology revolves around what’s hot
  • Recent shift in technology
  • Server-less technology
  • The life of a Ruby fellow
  • And much, much more!
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Special Guest: Noah Gibbs.
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