Upgrading GitHub to Rails 3 with Zero Downtime

Re:Upgrading GitHub to Rails 3 with Zero Downtime by tootie on Monday September 15, 2014 @11:38PM (#8322912)

I feel like the lesson here is not to put mission-critical systems on leading edge software. I'd be porting to Java at this point. GitHub is a big boy company.

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Re:Upgrading GitHub to Rails 3 with Zero Downtime by wging on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @12:05AM (#8322966)

In 2014, Rails is not leading-edge software.

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Re:Upgrading GitHub to Rails 3 with Zero Downtime by imjoshholloway on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @04:45AM (#8323586)

It's `web scale` and everything

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Re:Upgrading GitHub to Rails 3 with Zero Downtime by tootie on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @09:16AM (#8324298)

It was when they started.

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Re:Upgrading GitHub to Rails 3 with Zero Downtime by Tenhundfeld on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @12:05PM (#8325188)

Leading edge is subjective. Rails was already 3-4 years old and already being shipped standard on OSX when GitHub was launched. IMO, that's not excessively leading edge for a small startup, especially if the founders already know the framework.

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Re:Upgrading GitHub to Rails 3 with Zero Downtime by iagooar on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:21AM (#8323410)

Party hard like it's 1999.

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