Look Ma, No Background Jobs - A Peek into the Async Future - RailsConf 2024

Explore the potential of Ruby fibers and eliminate background jobs for IO-bound tasks in this RailsConf 2024 talk. Discover how to leverage Falcon and the Async gem to execute long-running tasks directly within your Rails application. Learn to write clean, simple, performant, and scalable code that can handle external API requests without relying on traditional background job solutions. Gain insights into optimizing your Rails app's performance and responsiveness by unlocking the power of asynchronous programming techniques.