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ForAll Systems Inc. is a Chicago-based educational technology company with more than 15 years of experience developing assessment software for K–12 school districts. Their team was dealing with N+1 queries and a significant amount of slow requests. In order to diagnose issues before implementing an APM tool, Forall Systems would examine log files or try to reproduce the problems in their testing environments.

In 2025, many companies are reckoning with the true cost of microservices, especially as cloud bills grow and engineering teams face coordination fatigue.

With the assistance of Scout APM, IETF was able to identify architectural issues that had been a growing pain point for years. Read more about IETF's experience working with Scout APM.

In 2025, many companies are reckoning with the true cost of microservices, especially as cloud bills grow and engineering teams face coordination fatigue. The move back to monoliths is gaining traction, particularly for startups and mid-sized businesses that need Faster product delivery, lower operational costs, and simpler infrastructure.

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Zartis is a digital solutions provider and Deloitte Fast50 company specializing in technology consulting, team augmentation, and product development. They partner with businesses to deliver high-quality software solutions, combining technical expertise with a deep understanding of industry challenges.

As Rails apps scale, slow SQL can start to become an issue. Database logs can help, but don't show the location of the problem code. Read this post for an understanding of where the problems can start, and how Scout can send slowness packing.

Learn how to boost Ruby on Rails app performance and reduce server load in this second part by understanding Rails cache stores: their configuration and memory stores.

Learn how to boost Ruby on Rails app performance and reduce server load with cache strategies like page, action, and Russian Doll caching, cache stores, and more.

To put it simply, monitoring is for notifying you when something goes wrong in your application, and observability is to help you understand why that is. Read along, as we dive deeper to get a better understanding of the two and help you identify the right one for your use case!

Docker containers have revolutionized the cloud industry. This guide will cover different methods of optimizing Docker performance and answer some frequently asked questions about the technology.

Identifying, mitigating, and solving scaleable N+1 database queries in Ruby on Rails.