The Queue Continuum - Applied Queuing Theory

YouTube·RailsConf

Embark on a Star Trek-themed journey through queuing theory and application scaling in this 30-minute RailsConf 2022 talk. Explore the distinctions between parallelism and concurrency, and learn when to implement additional threads or processes. Dive into examples using Sidekiq and Puma with various concurrency settings in different IO scenarios. Discover key concepts such as Little's Law, the USE Method, vertical and horizontal scaling, and Amdahl's Law. Examine job queueing with Sidekiq, request queueing with Puma, and intelligent routing techniques. Gain insights into balancing customer satisfaction and system performance while optimizing your Ruby applications for scalability and efficiency.