Silent Killers - Lessons from the Brink

Explore the hidden factors that gradually degrade Rails applications in this 30-minute conference talk from RailsConf 2025. Discover how even well-architected Rails projects can drift toward complexity as features evolve and development teams change over time. Learn to diagnose codebase health using practical metrics that go beyond traditional test coverage and code churn measurements. Gain battle-tested strategies for revitalizing struggling Rails applications without resorting to costly complete rewrites, and understand the warning signs that indicate when your once-effortless code is becoming tangled, slow, and difficult to maintain.