RailsConf 2023 - A pragmatic and simple approach to fixing a memory leak by Vincent Rolea

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Published on September 4, 2023 8:00:02 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bc0y2wdDLs

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Memory leaks do not come by often in modern Rails applications. But when they do, the road to a fix can be tortuous: it often requires extensive knowledge of memory management in Ruby, experience on profiling tools as well as properly setup application monitoring.

As a developer working on Product, one does not always have the bandwidth to learn about the subject, and setup custom tools: project deadlines could be nearing, or your expertise needed on a shiny new project that just came in. In this talk, I’ll walk you through a real memory leak issue we encountered on one of our background worker, and how we fixed it with no custom tooling using simple technics.