SD Ruby Monthly Meeting

FEATURED TALK FOR AUGUST:

Brad Urani from Procore - "Jaywalking in Traffic: Safe Migrations at Scale"

At scale, easy things become hard. Migrations, especially, can become dangerously unpredictable if you don't understand the traps inherent. This talk will cover problems that occur with migrations at scale, and what to do about them. We'll talk about the ActiveRecord schema cache and how to reset it, and about Postgres locking and how it can take down your site. We'll see which types of migrations require downtime and which ones don't, and what order your migrations need to run in to make them safe. Whether you operate at scale or not, this talk will teach you plenty about Rails, databases, and how to avoid catastrophe the next time you deploy.

LIGHTNING TALKS:

We still have a few slots open for lightning talks. Feel free to sign up here: http://bit.ly/1Nsq9g8 (Google Form). Lightning talks are 5 minutes and a great chance to dip your toes in if you've always wanted to talk at SDRuby, but haven't had the chance to yet.

RAFFLE

We'll be giving away a few ebooks, software licenses, etc, using our super fun Rafflr!

AFTER PARTY

After the meeting, we'll head over to Rock Bottom Brewery for a round or two of drinks sponsored by Procore.

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DIRECTIONS

We meet the first Thursday of each month, on the campus of UCSD, in the Computer Science & Engineering Building.Map and directions.

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SPEAK AT THE NEXT MEETING

Wanna talk at our next meeting? Have a topic you want someone else to talk about? Post a proposal to SDRuby.org. We'll get you on the books.