Page caching is an efficient way to cache full content to be served by the front-end web server. Learn how to deal with pagination, expiration with sweepers, and user-specific content in this episode. (9 minutes)

With HTTP response headers you can the cache in the user's browser and proxies. Etags, Last-Modified, Cache-Control and Rack::Cache are all covered here (15 minutes)

There are a number of libraries to help create graphs. Here I show how to integrate Highcharts into a Rails app. (16 minutes)

The router in Rails 3 is fully compatible with Rack. Learn how to embed Sinatra into an app, handle redirects, and improve on Rails Metal. (8 minutes)

Rails 2.3.3 brings us a new feature called "touch". See how to use this to auto-expire associated caches in this episode. (6 minutes)

Use JavaScript to allow dynamic content in a page cache. In this episode I show you how to insert the user-specific content into a page through JavaScript. (11 minutes)

Ever want to know what Rails is doing under the hood during a request? In this episode I show three different profiling tools: New Relic RPM, FiveRuns TuneUp, and Rack::Bug. (7 minutes)

Rails Metal is a way to bypass the standard Rails request process for a performance boost. In this episode you will learn how to shave off a few milliseconds using Metal. (9 minutes)

Rails 2.2 is out! In this episode I show how to upgrade Rails and then demonstrate one of the new additions: Memoization. (5 minutes)

In need of a background process? You may be able to accomplish this with a simple Rake task. See how in this episode. (10 minutes)