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Evolution of Rails within RubyGems.org

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Explore the 16-year evolution of Rails development through the lens of RubyGems.org, one of the longest-running open source Rails applications. Follow the journey from its creation in 2009 to present day as Samuel Giddins and Nick Quaranto from Ruby Central share insights on how building and maintaining Rails applications has transformed over nearly two decades. Discover how deployment strategies, gem dependency management, background processing systems, web server configurations, security practices, and frontend approaches have evolved within this critical Ruby ecosystem infrastructure. Learn from real-world experiences and challenges faced while maintaining a high-traffic Rails application that serves the entire Ruby community. Gain valuable perspectives on the lessons learned throughout this evolution and understand the speakers' vision for the future of security and compliance in Rails applications.

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RailsConf 2025 Evolution of Rails within RubyGems.org by Samuel Giddins, Nick Quaranto

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