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Articles by Lee Sheppard

Lee is an Agile certified full stack Ruby on Rails developer. With over six years in the tech industry he enjoys teaching, coaching Agile, and mentoring others. Lee also speaks at tech related events and has a background in design and illustration.

Logging slow queries with Active Support Notifications

Learn how to use Active Support Notifications to log slow queries and identify and fix performance problems in your Rails application.
Reading time
6 min read
Updated date
January 24, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Development Languages
Topic
Web Development Tools

Active Record Query Optimization Tips: Boost Your Ruby on Rails Application Performance

Active Record, the Rails ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) tool, offers powerful features for querying databases efficiently.
Reading time
6 min read
Updated date
November 27, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Development Languages

10 Essential Gems for Ruby on Rails Applications

These gems for your Ruby on Rails applications offer features for auditing, code analysis, code quality improvement, testing, and debugging.
Reading time
4 min read
Updated date
November 3, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Development Languages

Configure and Deploy Rails 7.1 to Kinsta

This step-by-step tutorial will help you get started with your Ruby on Rails application deployment on Kinsta.
Reading time
6 min read
Updated date
November 14, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
PostgreSQL