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Rails Metal

#150 Rails Metal

Feb 23, 2009 | 9 minutes | Performance, Rails 2.3
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.
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