249: Upgrading GitHub from Rails 3.2 to 5.2 with Eileen M. Uchitelle

On August 15th, GitHub celebrated a major milestone: their main application is now running on the latest version of Rails: 5.2.1! Upgrading Rails on an application as large and as trafficked as GitHub is no small task. Eileen M. Uchitelle, better known as @eileencodes, came on to the show to discuss the upgrade and supporting multiple databases in Rails 6.

Links for this episode:

• Upgrading GitHub from Rails 3.2 to 5.2
  
• Multi-Database Support in Rails 6
  
• @eileencodes on Twitter
  
• Eileen's Blog
  
• Ruby on Ice
  
• Episode Music: "Creative Minds" by BENSOUND