Interview: David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) on Rails performance and speed

This interview is 1 of a series of 6 interviews for The Complete Guide to Rails Performance, discussing Ruby and Rails performance with community leaders like Mike Perham, Sean Griffin, Evan Phoenix, Richard Schneeman and more. To view the other interviews and much more, visit to purchase The Complete Guide to Rails Performance. Is Rails “fast enough“ for modern web development, or doomed to fail in a sea of competing frameworks and languages that promise high performance, like Node.