12-Factor: The Key to Scaling the Cloud

Using the cloud as the cloud should be used is something that not many get right. More often than not you'll find applications running on larger than needed, long running servers, that accumulate upgrades and configuration entropy. This talk will discuss 12 Factor and how to apply it to your AWS stack to ensure you are taking advantage of the Cloud as it should be used and leveraging its true potential to drive performance and minimize cost.

Mikel Lindsaar heads up reinteractive, Australia's
largest Ruby on Rails focused development and operations support company. Through reinteractive, his company maintains and supports large Ruby on Rails applications
through the OpsCare and CodeCare Services. He’s the author of the Ruby Mail gem and a Ruby on Rails Core Contributor, he has been involved with building, hosting and maintaining Ruby and Rails applications since 2007.