Remote Ruby Rails World and SellRepo
Oct 11, 2024
Delve into travel tales and exciting plans for the Rails World conference. Explore the latest updates on Rails 8.1 and Ruby’s release schedule, alongside some technical challenges like Docker on Apple Silicon. Discover a new platform, SellRepo, for selling digital products on GitHub. Complain about the complexities of JavaScript package management while sharing humorous anecdotes about nostalgic sodas. The blend of tech insights and light-hearted banter makes for an engaging listen!
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Rails 8.1 Beta
- Rails 8.1 beta will likely be released at Rails World.
- Features like Solid Cable, Solid Cache, and Solid Queue are becoming default, but Solid Record is still pending.
Solid Cable Origins
- Solid Cable was originally a separate project by Nick Pezza.
- It was adopted into Rails and possibly renamed.
Deployment Challenges
- Chris tried deploying an app instance in Finland but experienced significant slowdowns.
- This was due to the database being located in Virginia and latency issues with Solid Cache.