– The dream is to replace 9 separate systems with 1 custom solution

– Deploying on day 1 and what exactly is an EMR?

– Motivation for choosing Ruby on Rails to build a medical system

– Infrastructure as code is important

– The app does scheduling and soon emails will be sent to patients

– Specific things the app does and how Rails helps Jason accomplish them

– Custom generators are used for different modules

– Every 5 seconds certain forms are auto-saved and a few gems that are being used

– Rails can only help you so much, then you’re kind of on your own

– Making a distinction between imperative and declarative code

– Server rendered templates with sprinkles of Javascript (StimulusJS)

– Looking into using Hotwire Turbo in the distant future

– Migrating to use Elasticsearch and using it over PostgreSQL’s full text search

– Using AWS for hosting and landing on using Kubernetes with EKS

– 5% of Jason’s brain is taken up at all times knowing he’s on-call

– Switching from individual servers with Ansible to Kubernetes

– Using eksctl and Helm to move towards infrastructure as code

– The deploy process from development to production with Kubernetes

– Using feature flags and code reviews

– Handling database migrations with a load balanced application

– A strategy for writing Jira tickets

– RDS snapshots are handling database backups

– Monitoring, alerting and the idea of “sharpening the saw”

– Best tips? Make safe decisions and improve skills such as reading documentation

– Check out Jason’s site at https://www.codewithjason.com/