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Ruby on Rails

Still shipping, still fast, still underrated in 2026.

Category

Backend

At the studio

Since 2020

Projects shipped

Numerous

Status

Active

(01) Our take

Rails is criminally underrated right now. For the right problem — a database-backed web application with real business logic — a two-person team can ship in Rails what would take four people in a stricter ecosystem. Hotwire has closed most of the gap that once made React feel necessary.

We take on Rails engagements selectively. We don't evangelise it, but when a client comes to us with an existing Rails codebase, we're happy to work in it. For new projects, we most often pick Next.js or Laravel — but there are specific client profiles where Rails is still the right answer.

(02) What we build with it

Typical work

  • Feature work on existing Rails applications
  • Rails codebase audits and upgrade planning
  • Hotwire introductions to modernise legacy Rails apps
  • API backends paired with React or mobile frontends

(03) How we engage

Engagement shape

Usually scoped as advisory or feature-specific retainers — we maintain a handful of Rails engagements but don't actively pitch it for new work.

(04) Pairs with

Works well with

Technologies we reach for alongside Ruby on Rails in most engagements.

Data

PostgreSQL

The default database. For almost everything.

Data

Redis

The cache, the queue, the session store, the rate limiter.

Frontend

React

The UI library we'd still pick today.

Infra

AWS

The default cloud when compliance, scale, or sovereignty demand it.

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