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This site won't load for me, that in itself strongly suggests it was built on Ruby on Rails.

by npalli 2y ago

evantbyrne 2y ago
Websites crashing under unusually high load typically has more to do with a lack of caching or undersized db than choice of backend.
yesdocs 2y ago
This has been my experience as well. Rails can do a lot, but it also allows you to develop junk. Most sites built in Ruby end up in the latter category, especially if built by a team that doesn’t use basic software architecture patterns.
Alifatisk 2y ago
HNs hug of death does not apply to Rails only
- xyzzy4747 2y ago
  Well actually, if they had used Next.js deployed via Vercel or something similar, it would have been statically cached on a CDN and prevents issues like this. But because they want to use older technology that's more difficult to cache and proxy, this happens.
  - clivestaples 2y ago
    Can you point us to your Vercel apps and what kind of traffic you're dealing with?
  - matthewmacleod 2y ago
    God, this reminds me of the worst sort of discussions I’ve had with people who don’t understand the technologies they are working with. I’m sorry for being so negative, but “older technology that's more difficult to cache and proxy” is just nonsense.
    - clivestaples 2y ago
      It's nonsense and worse: hype. I recently went through a bunch of Vercel apps and compared them to some of my favorite Rails/Django apps. The best performing Vercel apps were on par at best.
kyrylo 2y ago
I rescaled my VPS. Let me know if you still experience issues.
- ndriscoll 2y ago
  Out of curiosity, what kind of request/second are you seeing and what was your before/after VPS cores? Is it built with rails?
  - kyrylo 2y ago
    I don’t measure req/sec here, but at one point, I had 2.8k visitors in an hour. Before rescaling, it was running on Hetzner’s CPX11—2 vCPU cores shared with a few other Rails apps. (I didn’t expect it to go viral at all)
  - kyrylo 2y ago
    I forgot to mention that yes, it's built with Rails. https://weuserails.com/ruby-on-rails-websites/we-use-rails https://weuserails.com/ruby-on-rails-websites/we-use-rails

This site won't load for me, that in itself strongly suggests it was built on Ruby on Rails.

by npalli 2y ago

This site won't load for me, that in itself strongly suggests it was built on Ruby on Rails.

Websites crashing under unusually high load typically has more to do with a lack of caching or undersized db than choice of backend.

yesdocs 2y ago

This has been my experience as well. Rails can do a lot, but it also allows you to develop junk. Most sites built in Ruby end up in the latter category, especially if built by a team that doesn’t use basic software architecture patterns.

Alifatisk 2y ago

HNs hug of death does not apply to Rails only

xyzzy4747 2y ago
Well actually, if they had used Next.js deployed via Vercel or something similar, it would have been statically cached on a CDN and prevents issues like this. But because they want to use older technology that's more difficult to cache and proxy, this happens.
- clivestaples 2y ago
  Can you point us to your Vercel apps and what kind of traffic you're dealing with?
- matthewmacleod 2y ago
  God, this reminds me of the worst sort of discussions I’ve had with people who don’t understand the technologies they are working with. I’m sorry for being so negative, but “older technology that's more difficult to cache and proxy” is just nonsense.
  - clivestaples 2y ago
    It's nonsense and worse: hype. I recently went through a bunch of Vercel apps and compared them to some of my favorite Rails/Django apps. The best performing Vercel apps were on par at best.

kyrylo 2y ago

I rescaled my VPS. Let me know if you still experience issues.

ndriscoll 2y ago
Out of curiosity, what kind of request/second are you seeing and what was your before/after VPS cores? Is it built with rails?
- kyrylo 2y ago
  I don’t measure req/sec here, but at one point, I had 2.8k visitors in an hour. Before rescaling, it was running on Hetzner’s CPX11—2 vCPU cores shared with a few other Rails apps. (I didn’t expect it to go viral at all)
- kyrylo 2y ago
  I forgot to mention that yes, it's built with Rails. https://weuserails.com/ruby-on-rails-websites/we-use-rails https://weuserails.com/ruby-on-rails-websites/we-use-rails