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Destroy All Software is absolutely fantastic and without question worth $29/month. Probably more than any other single resource, DAS provided some of the most foundational ideas th…

I've added a note at the bottom of the post as your gem seems like a great option for this sort of functionality. Thanks again for sharing!

Oh that's interesting, thanks for the additional detail! I'm intrigued by what you mean when you say: "tell the app to stay in read only mode until told otherwise". Does that mean …

This looks interesting, thanks for sharing! Most of the apps I work with run on Heroku, so I'd likely end up reaching for their [High Availability Postgres] feature, but nice to kn…

The approach I shared worked really well for the use case I had (API, read-heavy traffic load, and a solid experience in the mobile apps with retry logic for failed writes), but I …

Glad I didn't let you down :) In my defense, I did call the segment "Good Idea, Terrible Idea". This solution did end up being much better than what I was initially considering, bu…

'Maybe Haskell' is a fantastic intro to using types and why you might care about them. It's focused in scope and really meant to give you a taste of some functional ideas and a bit…

Hey there, I'm Chris, one of the thoughtbotters who helped build Upcase over the years. We're all super excited to take this step and share Upcase with the world, and I'm more than…