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When Should You Upgrade Your Rails Application?
11 Dec 2023
Entries tagged: technical debt
How to Decommission Your Ruby on Rails Application
6 Apr 2023
Our mission at Planet Argon is to fight the big rewrite. There are a few scenarios when we believe a complete rewrite in a new technical stack is a good business decision. Yet, we have helped many organizations migrate from their custom Ruby on Rails applications to a new platform.
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Outsource Your Rails Upgrades
20 May 2020
We're a development agency that performs Rails upgrades, but there are many reasons why you shouldn't hire a team like ours to handle your upgrade. Here are 3 big ones.
What are Common Traits of Maintainable Software?
12 Sep 2019
A few months ago, we launched the Maintainable Software Podcast. On Maintainable, host Robby Russell discusses with guests how to overcome issues that are often associated with technical debt and legacy code. We have since released over 20 episodes of Maintainable and have heard from over 20 wonderful guests with unique perspectives.
Upgrading Rails: Interview with Eileen Uchitelle
28 May 2019
Robby speaks with Eileen Uchitelle, Senior Engineer at Github and member of the Rails core team. They discuss Eileen's process for upgrading Rails at Github from 3.2 to 5.2 from both a technical and organizational point of view.
The Ruby Testing Podcast: Refactoring Legacy Projects with John Cech
28 Sep 2018
One of our Ruby on Rails developers, John, sat down with the host of The Ruby Testing Podcast to talk about test suites within legacy applications.
7 Steps to Take Over an Existing Rails App (Before You Write A Line Of Code)
26 Feb 2018
Inheriting an existing Ruby on Rails application requires a certain few steps before you ever write a line of code. Here's what we do to hit the ground running for a new partnership on an existing Rails app.
The UK Government discusses technical debt
10 Dec 2013
Worthwhile read on how technical debt can slow down velocity on a project.