Meetup Video
Real-world strategies for scaling Rails applications | Domain Driven Design by Andrzej Krzywda, Alan Ridlehoover and Fito von Zastrow
Recorded June 04, 2025 at Chime Chicago
What does it take to keep a massive Rails monolith maintainable without a total rewrite? Andrzej shares real-world strategies for scaling Rails applications while keeping complexity under control as your team and codebase grow.
How do you evolve a Rails monolith with over 4 million lines of code? Alan and Fito share Cisco Meraki’s approach to decoupling business logic from Rails constructs, enabling their teams to handle rapid growth and complexity at scale.
About Andrzej Krzywda, Alan Ridlehoover and Fito von Zastrow
Andrzej Krzywda is the founder of Arkency, creator of the Rails Architect Masterclass, and an experienced Rails consultant focused on large-scale applications. Alan Ridlehoover leads the Dashboard Platform Engineering teams for Cisco’s cloud networking platform. Fito von Zastrow is a staff software engineer focused on improving code quality and maintainability at Cisco Meraki.
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