On Rails

Rails Foundation, Robby Russell•rubyonrails.org

On Rails invites Rails developers to share real-world technical challenges and solutions, architectural decisions, and lessons learned while building with Rails. Through technical deep-dives and retrospectives with experienced engineers in the Rails community, we explore the strategies behind building and scaling Rails applications.

Hosted by Robby Russell of Planet Argon.

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Rosa Gutiérrez & Solid Queue

Send us a text In this episode of ‘On Rails’, host Robby Russell (@planetargon) chats with Rosa Gutiérrez, Principal Programmer at 37signals , about the technical decisions behind Solid Queue - a database-backed job queue replacing Resque in their Rails apps. Rosa dives into why her team built Solid Queue , how it improves reliability, visibility, and maintainability, and the challenges of migrating live apps like Hey during active development. Learn how they tackled recurring jobs, long-running...

Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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