Talkin' Puma and the Rails Performance Workshop with Nate Berkopec

[00:01:20] Nate tells us a little bit about himself, what he does, and a book he wrote. [00:02:18] Nate talks about the Rails Performance workshop he released a month ago. [00:06:02] Jason asks Nate if he has any plans to go back into the in-person training or if he will keep the current format if it’s showing more advantages. [00:08:03] If you are interested in learning more about performance, Nate shares advice what you should do.[00:09:37] Jason announces that today we are basking in the release of Hotwire, and he’s curious from a performance perspective if there are any downsides or any performance benefits to doing HTML over the wire.[00:19:37] Chris asks Nate to talk about scaling his WebSocket side of things. He also tells us about Puma. [00:24:11] Nate tells us about Samuel Williams (ioquatix) and his work around the fiber scheduler and he also mentions Ractor being released soon.[00:26:34] Nate explains the Global VM Lock and he tells us he has an article on his Speedshop blog about this. He also mentions he has a new book coming out in January, and he tells us in your Ruby process there is a “virtual machine” that runs Ruby code. [00:29:10] Nate explains that Puma has two jobs and Andrew asks Nate if there is anything on the horizon for Puma.[00:34:10] Nate tells us what it was like traveling the world during the pandemic and what’s it’s like being back home. Panelists:Jason CharnesChris OliverAndrew MasonGuest:Nate BerkopecLinks:Nate Berkopec TwitterSpeedshopSpeedshop Blog“The Practical Effects of the GVL on Scaling in Ruby” by Nate BerkopecPumaThe Complete Guide To Rails Performance by Nate BerkopecThe Rails Performance WorkshopFalconHotwire for Rails-GitHubHow to use Hotwire in Rails by Chris OliverSamuel Williams ioquatixRactor Chris Oliver X/TwitterAndrew Mason X/TwitterJason Charnes X/Twitter