Getting Performant with Nate Berkopec

In this episode, we are thrilled to host Nate Berkopec, a renowned author, speaker, trainer, and consultant. Nate runs Speedshop, his Rails performance consultancy, and is the author of "The Complete Guide to Rails Performance." He also maintains Puma, the most popular Ruby web server, and somehow finds time to be an avid cyclist. Nate's journey from a junior Rails developer to a leading performance expert is nothing short of inspiring. Join us as we dive into his story, insights, and expertise.

Links:

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• Personal Website
• SpeedShop
• The Rails Performance Workshop. A four-week program that makes your Rails app faster and more scalable. Attended by over 500 developers so far. Team and solo editions.
• The Complete Guide to Rails Performance, an in-depth 370 page reference manual on making Rails apps faster.
• Sidekiq in Practice, a workshop for teaching you how to scale Sidekiq from 0 to 10,000 jobs per second.
• The Ruby on Rails Performance Apocrypha, a short book about the ins and outs of scaling Rails
• Speedshop Blog, the number one Ruby on Rails performance blog on the 'net.
• The Speedshop Newsletter, a weekly email newsletter that talks about issues surrounding optimizing and scaling Ruby web applications.