Technical Debt: When to Pay It Down
Practical insights from building production applications.
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Thoughts & Ideas
Thoughts on web development, mobile apps, and building better software.
Estimating Software Projects
Everything we've learned about estimating software projects in production.
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Fixed Price vs Time and Materials
How we approach fixed price vs time and materials at Loadout.
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Kubernetes: Is It Overkill for Your App?
Practical insights from building production applications.
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Environment Variables: Management Strategies
Everything we've learned about environment variables: management strategies in production.
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SSL Certificates: Let's Encrypt Automation
Real-world lessons learned from client projects.
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Error Tracking with Sentry
Everything we've learned about error tracking with sentry in production.
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Log Management: What to Keep
Everything we've learned about log management: what to keep in production.
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Database Migrations During Deployment
How we approach database migrations during deployment at Loadout.
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CI/CD Pipelines for Rails Apps
Everything we've learned about ci/cd pipelines for rails apps in production.
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Kamal: Zero-Downtime Deploys Made Easy
How we approach kamal: zero-downtime deploys made easy at Loadout.
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Database Monitoring and Alerting
Practical insights from building production applications.
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Full-Text Search Without Elasticsearch
Practical insights from building production applications.
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JSONB in PostgreSQL: Use Cases
Everything we've learned about jsonb in postgresql: use cases in production.
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Database Constraints vs Application Logic
Real-world lessons learned from client projects.
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Read Replicas: Scaling Reads
Everything we've learned about read replicas: scaling reads in production.
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Database Backups: Strategy and Automation
Everything we've learned about database backups: strategy and automation in production.
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Connection Pooling: What You Need to Know
How we approach connection pooling: what you need to know at Loadout.
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SQLite for Production: When It Works
How we approach sqlite for production: when it works at Loadout.
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Database Migrations in Production
Everything we've learned about database migrations in production in production.
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