Sidekiq Courses and Certifications

Confreaks

Lessons Learned Running Sidekiq at Scale

Gain insights into scaling Sidekiq effectively through real-world experiences, operational best practices, and solutions to common architectural challenges in Ruby applications.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Confreaks

Sidekiq at Gusto - The Parts Where People's Jaw Drops

Discover how Gusto scales 100+ million daily Sidekiq jobs with jaw-dropping patterns for queue SLAs, autoscaling, Redis optimization, and job repair across 600+ engineers.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ruby Central

Lessons Learned Running Sidekiq at Scale - Operational Experience and Best Practices

Gain insights into scaling Sidekiq effectively through real-world experiences, operational best practices, and solutions to common architectural challenges in Ruby applications.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ruby Central

Processing Data at Scale with Rails

Strategies for handling large datasets using Rails, covering data ingestion, transformation, and storage with tools like ActiveRecord, Sidekiq, and Postgres.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

The Queue Continuum - Applied Queuing Theory

Explore queuing theory, parallelism, and concurrency in Rails applications through a Star Trek-themed presentation. Learn to optimize scaling, manage resources, and improve performance using Sidekiq and Puma.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Ruby Central

Exploring Real-time Computer Vision Using ActionCable

Integrate Rails and Python for real-time computer vision analysis, combining OpenCV with ActionCable & Sidekiq to broadcast insights and create time-lapse renderings with graphs.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Confreaks

ACIDic Jobs: Building Maintainable and Resilient Background Jobs in Rails

Discover how to build maintainable and resilient background jobs in Rails applications by implementing ACID principles for enhanced scalability and operational cohesion.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Confreaks

In-Depth Ruby Concurrency: Navigating the Ruby Concurrency Landscape

Dive into Ruby's concurrency mechanisms, from Processes and Threads to Fibers and Ractors, while exploring practical scaling strategies and popular concurrent gems for optimizing application performance.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Confreaks

Ruby on Rails is a Game Engine

Explore how Ruby on Rails powers a turn-based web MMO, showcasing creative solutions like dynamic SVG, Sidekiq batching, PostGIS geometry queries, and Turbo Streams for game-like UX.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ruby Central

ACIDic Jobs: Building Maintainable and Resilient Background Jobs in Rails

Master the art of building resilient and maintainable background jobs in Rails applications through ACID principles and advanced scaling techniques for robust job processing systems.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Ruby Central

In-Depth Ruby Concurrency: Navigating the Ruby Concurrency Landscape

Dive into Ruby's concurrency ecosystem, exploring processes, threads, fibers, and scaling strategies while learning how popular gems implement these concepts for optimal application performance.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Confreaks

Growing Your Background Job Knowledge

Explore background job processing in Rails, covering best practices, performance optimization, and advanced techniques for efficient asynchronous task management.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Confreaks

The Queue Continuum: Applied Queuing Theory - RailsConf 2022

Explore queuing theory, parallelism, and concurrency in Rails applications through Star Trek-themed examples, focusing on Sidekiq and Puma optimization.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video