Rails Performance & Scalability

Our team includes engineers who have optimized Ruby on Rails applications at Microsoft and Coinbase. Whether you are scaling on Postgres or MongoDB, we deliver solutions that empower your application to handle millions of users effortlessly.

When Do Rails Monoliths Start to Break with Postgres and How to Fix Them
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Our Impact

100xConcurrent users
Optimized Active Record design to reduce database load by up to 70%
High-throughput job processing with Sidekiq and optimized caching
Enhanced Ruby runtime performance for faster request handling
Save 5x with optimized Puma memory and server efficiency

We collaborate with your engineering team to review and optimize your database, application, and infrastructure.

Our Approach

The Process

Database Performance Review

Application & Cloud Infrastructure Review

Continued Support & Optimization

RAILS Performance & Scalability

Problems

Solutions

Read operations overload the primary database, slowing down the entire applicationIntroduce Multiple Databases with Active Record to distribute read only queries
Team struggles to identify slow Active Record queries, stalling Postgres performanceUsing pg_stat_statements and Query Logs information, identify and optimize the most resource-intensive queries
Inefficient query patterns, particularly N+1 queries, impacting database performanceRefactor code for efficient database queries, use eager loading, and optimize application logic
High traffic spikes can overwhelm database connections, leading to slow queries and potential crashesMaximize Active Record connection pool database connection efficiency and safeguards

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