Rails Apps and Slowdowns: How Scout Shows what Databases Don't
Congratulations! Your Rails app has finally started seeing consistent traffic and things are on the upswing. But with growth comes the potential for the sluggish sort of SQL queries that can really slow things down. In this post, we’ll go over what your database (whether it’s MySQL or PostgreSQL) can tell you about the problem, and we’ll also talk about what it can’t tell you. Spoiler alert: this is where Scout comes galloping over the hillside to the rescue!